On the evolution of the scientific information environment

Guz, A. N.

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“…Citation indicators for an individual scientist determined in any international database are strongly dependent on how well this scientist is integrated into the world's scientific community (is represented in the global scientific information environment, as termed in [6]). High citation indicators of scientists well integrated into the world's scientific community suggest the relevance, recognition, and high level of their research.…”

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“…As a rule, scientists make partial use of all four approaches. We believe that the fourth approach is the most preferable, which was discussed in [6,8,10]. 5.…”

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“…The global scientific information environment is commensurable with the development of the world's scientific community provided that there is a proper engineering support; this process was analyzed in numerous publications including [6,8]. It should be emphasized that the most universally known scientific information systems are accessible only through subscription.…”

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On the level of coverage and citation of publications by mechanicians of the national academy of sciences of Ukraine in the Scopus database

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Rushchitsky²

2009

Int Appl Mech

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The paper analyzes the level of coverage and citation of publications by mechanicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) in the Scopus database. Two groups of mechanicians are considered. One group includes 66 doctors of sciences of the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics as representatives of the oldest institute of the NASU. The other group includes 34 members (academicians and corresponding members) of the Division of Mechanics of the NASU as representatives of the authoritative community of mechanicians in Ukraine. The results are presented for each scientist in the form of two indices-the total number of publications accessible in the database as the level of coverage of the scientist's publications in this database and the h-index as the citation level of these publications. This paper may be considered to continue the papers [6-12] published in Prikladnaya MekhanikaIntroduction. The history of science evidences that the analysis and assessment of scientific results obtained by individual researchers is an important aspect in the development of science. Initially, scientific results were reported to colleagues in letters or verbally. However, as the human society developed and the number of people interested in science increased, it became necessary to organize the disclosure of scientific achievements. It had long been realized, and there was a tradition of issuing scientific treatises and periodic scientific journals and holding scientific congresses, conferences, and symposiums. With certain changes, new scientific results have been disclosed in this manner so far, though the analysis and assessment of scientific results became more and more complex.The most qualified assessment of scientific results obtained by a scholar can apparently be given by his colleagues (local, national, or international). Then this assessment is transformed into a public assessment.Note that both objective and subjective factors are involved in the assessment of scientific results. For example, results obtained by some scientists were underestimates by their contemporaries, while some erroneous and sidetracking publications were overestimated.Thus, an assessment of scientific work and its result involves, like any phenomenon, qualitative and quantitative aspects. Assessments of a research often combine both aspects.The most popular is a qualitative assessment of the publications by a scientist (more specifically, a qualitative assessment of scientific results presented in the publications of a scientist). It is universally and regularly used in practices of scientific, educational, departmental, state, and international institutions. This assessment is evident and practical in awarding academic degrees and ranks, appointing to managerial academic and academic and administrative positions, or electing

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“…As a rule, scientists make partial use of all four approaches. We believe that the fourth approach is the most preferable, which was discussed in [6,8,10]. 5.…”

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“…These theses were illustrated in [28] by two examples that [30] "show how the International Journal of Solids and Structures published (in 2002 and2006) results that are less general than those published in International Applied Mechanics 20 to 35 years ago (1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986) and gave no references (citations) to them.…”

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“…6] were widely discussed at that time. Note that issues of citation were detailed in the publications [12,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34], which discuss the evolution of the global scientific information environment. The reason is that "citation indicators become more and more popular and are more and more actively used in various fields to assess scientists' work" [33].…”

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On non-objective citation to scientific publications on mechanics and control systems

Aliev

Larin

2011

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The problem of non-objective citation to scientific publications on mechanics and control systems that arose with the advent of the global scientific information environment is discussed. Examples demonstrating the importance of this problem are presented. It is concluded that non-objective citation is not always due to the language barrier Keywords: citation analysis, parametrization of the set of stabilizing controllers, linear quadratic control problemIntroduction. The problem of priority to scientific results is far from new (see the dispute between Gauss and Legendre on the authorship to the least-squares method in [55]). However, the related problem of citation has attracted much attention only in the second half of the 20th century. The ethics of citation and other sociological issues [11, Ch. V, Sec. 6] were widely discussed at that time. Note that issues of citation were detailed in the publications [12,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34], which discuss the evolution of the global scientific information environment. The reason is that "citation indicators become more and more popular and are more and more actively used in various fields to assess scientists' work" [33].Moreover, "…Prof. Eric Thomas, chair of the Research Policy Committee, underlines that since 2008, bibliometric-based indicators will be used for assessing and funding university research. This aspect of using citation indicators affects the basis of funding planning in science and education" [32].In this connection, the problem of objective citation was naturally given particular relevance. This is evidenced by the discussion reviewed in [30] and took place in July, 2007 on the iMechanica academic communications website hosted on a server at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The discussion was titled Objective Citation-A Proposal from the Timoshenko Institute.This discussion confirmed the following theses formulated in [28]: (i) the problem of non-objective citation exists and is of current importance; (ii) the problem of non-objective citation is a vulnerability of the scientific information environment; (iii) no approaches have yet been developed to ensure objective citation. These theses were illustrated in [28] by two examples that [30] "show how the International Journal of Solids and Structures published (in 2002 and2006) results that are less general than those published in International Applied Mechanics 20 to 35 years ago (1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986) and gave no references (citations) to them.These examples are indicative of how the authorship of scientific results is distorted even in the new millennium." This is supported by the publications [15,17,20,24,44,[46][47][48] which give various examples of non-objective citation. Cases of making no references to Rayleigh's classical result and to the more general results are mentioned in [17,44], etc. We will not address these publications here, but instead refer the reader to the websites of the jour...

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On the evolution of the scientific information environment

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

On the level of coverage and citation of publications by mechanicians of the national academy of sciences of Ukraine in the Scopus database

On the level of coverage and citation of publications by mechanicians of the national academy of sciences of Ukraine in the Scopus database

On non-objective citation to scientific publications on mechanics and control systems

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