The h-index, the citation rating, impact factors and the aspiring researcher

Wykes, Til; Lipczynska, Sonya; Guha, Martin

doi:10.3109/09638237.2013.850153

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“…The USA and UK achieved the highest h -index in the field of methaemoglobinaemia research, signifying a higher quality of research than other countries. The scientific research has shown an enormous interest in the h -index, as shown by the high number of publications on this subject (Wykes et al 2013 ; Therattil et al 2014 ; Zhang et al 2015 ). The h -index allows differentiation of the scientific productivity of a researcher with objectivity and accordingly may play an important role when making decisions about awarding prizes, fund allocation, and promotion (Costas and Bordons 2007 ).…”

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Global methaemoglobinaemia research output (1940–2013): a bibliometric analysis

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Bibliometric studies, which involve the use of statistical methods, are increasingly being used for research assessment. A bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the publication pattern of methaemoglobinaemia research output at the global level based on the Scopus database. We analysed selected documents with “methemoglobinemia”, or “methaemoglobinaemia” as a part of the title and reported the following parameters: trends of publication output, country of publication, journal pattern, collaborative measures, citations pattern, and institute productivity. A total of 1770 articles were published worldwide. The time trend for the number of articles showed an increase after 2000. The highest number of articles related to methaemoglobinaemia was from the USA (24.8 %), followed distantly by the UK (4.5 %), India (3.7 %), and France (3.7 %). No data related to methaemoglobinaemia were published from 152 countries. The total number of citations at the date of data collection was 10,080, with an average of 5.7 citations per document. The USA and UK had the highest h-index of 31 and 14, respectively, and six countries had an h-index of 9–14. It is notable that Canada was ranked eighth in the number of publications but fourth in h-index and India was ranked third in the number of publications but eighth in h-index. Furthermore, Canada produced the most internationally collaborated papers out of the total number of publications for each country (16.1 %), followed by the UK (13.9 %). This bibliometric analysis provides data contributing to a better understanding of the methaemoglobinaemia research field. The number of publications on methaemoglobinaemia increased significantly after 2000. The USA was the most productive country as measured by total publications. The USA and UK achieved the highest h-index in the field of methaemoglobinaemia research, signifying a higher quality of research than other countries.

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Global methaemoglobinaemia research output (1940–2013): a bibliometric analysis

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“…Owing to the low correlation coefficient of the two variables, it seems that increasing the number of authors does not have a significant effect on the altmetric score of these articles (Table 5). However, some studies have shown that as the number of authors of an article increases, so does the number of citations to an article and, consequently, its scientific impact (Wykes et al , 2013). However, despite the significant relationship between the two co-authorship indices and the impact of the articles, but because of the weak correlation coefficient between these two indicators, it is necessary to examine the lack of significant effect of scientific cooperation on the altmetric performance of articles in a separate study. The results of the correlation test show a statistically significant and weak relationship between the open access to journals and the impact of their articles (Table 6).…”

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Altmetrics analysis of selected articles in the field of social sciences

Sedighi

2022

GKMC

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Purpose This study aims to measure the impact of the selected papers in the field of social sciences indexed in Scopus using altmetrics tools. Design/methodology/approach The research community consists of the articles of the Iranian researchers in the field of social sciences indexed in the Scopus database in 2014–2018. Some of the most important altmetric service providers have been used to assess the presence of the research outputs in the social media and their impact assessment. Also, the relationship between variables such as scientific collaboration of researchers, open access journals and the quality of research journals with altmetric activity have been investigated through appropriate correlation tests. Findings The findings indicated that the most important social media publishing Iranian articles are Mendeley, Twitter and Facebook. The results of the correlation test showed a statistically significant positive and weak relationship between the scientific collaboration of researchers and their altmetric activity. Also, there is a significant and weak statistical relation between journal openness and the altmetric scores. In this study, the findings suggest that the published articles in the journals with higher quality indicators have higher altmetric scores and are more likely to be present in social media. Research implications In this study, the social network indicators have been introduced as a solution to examine the effectiveness of research activities on social media. These indicators can be used to evaluate the impact and usefulness of the articles and other scientific outputs with the aim of completing and eliminating the shortcomings of traditional scientometrics indicators. What distinguishes altmetric criteria from other criteria related to the scientometric studies is the speed, ease and transparency of these scales. This allows the publications to be evaluated regardless of their formal form and in the shortest possible time, and in addition to the scientific impact, the social impact of the works is also measured. Originality/value The results of these studies show that using altmetric service providers not only reflects the social impact of publications on authors in different subject areas but also helps libraries, universities, research organizations and politicians in planning, budgeting and allocating resources.

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“…Academics are witnessing an ever more rapid transformation of the system in which they work (Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff 1998;Gibbons et al 1994). Among the changes are the introduction of New Public Management (De Boer et al 2007), the entrepreneurial university (Slaughter and Leslie 1997), and the rise of quantitative performance indicators (Fernández-Ríos and Rodríguez-Díaz 2014;Wykes et al 2013). Furthermore, the trend towards the projectification of research management processes and structures (Packendorff and Lindgren 2014;Torka 2018) has also increased the proportion of short-term contracts (Waaijer 2015;Torka 2009;Kreckel and Zimmermann 2014).…”

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Does Academia Still Call? Experiences of Academics in Germany and the United States

Antal

Rogge

2019

Minerva

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The h-index, the citation rating, impact factors and the aspiring researcher

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Global methaemoglobinaemia research output (1940–2013): a bibliometric analysis

Global methaemoglobinaemia research output (1940–2013): a bibliometric analysis

Altmetrics analysis of selected articles in the field of social sciences

Does Academia Still Call? Experiences of Academics in Germany and the United States

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