... It was found that a high correlation exists between the h‐index ranking generated in this study and that produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The results confirm the validity of the h‐index in the assessment of research performance at the university level. Originality/value The h‐index has been used...

... measures, including the h‐index and its variants, the citation rate of the documents making up the h‐core (the set of records that contribute to the h‐index), and computing additional bibliometric indicators that can be used as proxies in evaluating the research performance of individuals, research groups...

...G.E. Gorman Research methods Library and information Research Literature review Assessment Article Type: Reviews of Recent Research Literature – 1: Comparative book review From: Online Information Review, Volume 35, Issue 5 The literature of research, including theory...

... that the Royal Society's report gives too much emphasis to the growth rate of the publications of Chinese researchers when interpolating those data and forecasting that, within the decade and possibly as early as 2013, China will be ahead of even the USA in terms of the number of publications. Findings...

...Ina Fourie In their discourse the authors describe these four research perspectives or research paths through a brief discussion of the orientation of the method, key tenets of the method, a bit more detail on the method, global variations regarding the method, comments on how the method...

... bibliometric indicators (Holmes and Oppenheim, 2001 ; Norris and Oppenheim, 2003 ; Bence and Oppenheim, 2004 ; Oppenheim, 1995 , 1996 , 1997 ; Oppenheim and Stuart, 2004 ; Moed, 2008). Research Peer review Quality indicators © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 I can relate...

...Kayvan Kousha; Mahshid Abdoli Purpose The main purpose of this study is to assess the citation advantage for self‐archived Open Access (OA) agriculture research against its non‐OA counterparts. Design/methodology/approach At the article level, the paper compared the citation counts of self...

...F J García‐Peñalvo; C G de Figuerola; J A Merlo; Steffen Bernius Purpose This paper aims at analysing the impact of open access (OA) on the creation, retrieval and transfer of scientific knowledge. In doing so, the focus is set on scientific research as one core function of higher education...

... with the low omission rates of the language, document type and subject category elements, and many can just avoid using these filters. The two factors that define the level of distortion in the assessment and ranking of the research achievements of countries are the rate of cited reference enhanced records...

... their font size to six points. This is worse than traditional price fixing – it is price gouging. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Information retrieval Research Air transport Internet shopping Cost reduction It may be difficult to quantify how much it is worth to find a highly...

... the h‐index as a single measure of published research output and influence at the individual researcher level. Findings The paper finds that there are notable similarities and differences between WoS and Scopus, and that any WoS edition has a unique and important feature. As opposed to other cited...

...A.R.D. Prasad; Imma Subirats; Irene Onyancha; Gauri Salokhe; Stefka Kaloyanova; Stefano Anibaldi; Johannes Keizer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore addressing the accessibility, availability and interoperability issues of exchanging agricultural research output by means of the AGRIS...

... for scholars. Findings Although there are limitations in the content, and even in the mostly excellent, swift, powerful and innovative software of Scopus, it can produce a much more reliable and reproducible h‐index – at least for relatively junior researchers – than Google Scholar. Originality/value...

... --> Research Communication processes Written communication This book is about the development of modern scholarship in the context of electronic representation and the resulting relationship created between the author, reader and electronic literary texts. It is important to note that the reference...

..., with universities regularly adopting avoidance measures rather than tackling the issue head‐on. Originality/value The paper offers the view that it is now an opportune time for all involved in research and writing, editing and publishing to look seriously at the issue of plagiarism, and to create clearly...

... of the existing models of internet use by academics. Findings The paper postulates an internet adoption model for academics. The Internet Adoption Model for Academics (IAMA) was conceptualized as an abstract object with five main components: internet for teaching, internet for research, internet...

... on the web. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Research Electronic media Information facilities Nursing Nursing and the related health sciences are at present dynamic fields that need to deal with demands for evidence‐based practice, increased research, continuing education...

... respects the collection does a sterling job of compressing a huge literature into a representative and authoritative sample collection. Sandra   Braman . Communication Researchers and Policy Making . Cambridge MA : MIT Press   2003 . 605 pp. , ISBN: 026252340X   US$44.94 soft ©...

...Kuang‐hua Chen The Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI) is Taiwan's effort to construct a search, research, and evaluation tool for research in the arts and humanities. This article describes the design, framework, features, and policies and rules of the THCI. Citation analysis has been regarded...

...Triveni Kuchi Edited by Hossein   Bidgoli . The Internet Encyclopedia . Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley   2003 . , ISBN: 047122202X (hard cover set)   US$750.00 (hard cover) 3 vols © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Internet Research...