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Is the impact of journal impact factors decreasing?
Jan Reedijk, Henk F. MoedThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the use of the citation‐based journal impact factor for evaluative purposes upon the behaviour of authors and editors. It…
Data sources for performing citation analysis: an overview
Christoph Neuhaus, Hans‐Dieter DanielThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of new citation‐enhanced databases and to identify issues to be considered when they are used as a data source for performing…
Use of the Universal Decimal Classification: A world‐wide survey
Aida SlavicThe purpose of this paper is to present a general overview with up‐to‐date information on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) use worldwide.
Yield sequences as journal attractivity indicators: “payback times” for Science and Nature
Liming Liang, Ronald RousseauThe yield period of a journal is defined as the time needed to accumulate the same number of citations as the number of references included during the period of study. Yield…
Author‐rated importance of cited references in biology and psychology publications
Rong Tang, Martin A. SaferThe present study aims to investigate how textual features, depth of citation treatment, reasons for citation, and relationships between citers and citees predict author‐rated…
Personality traits of individuals in different specialties of librarianship
J.M. Williamson, A.E. Pemberton, J.W. LounsburyThis paper aims to investigate whether academic reference librarians, archivists, catalogers, distance education librarians, public librarians, records managers, school…
Students' search process and outcome in Medline in writing an essay for a class on evidence‐based medicine
Saila Huuskonen, Pertti VakkariThe aim of this study is to explore to which extent searching by medical students in Medline produces information items useful for writing an essay measured by precision and…
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