Discipline-specific bibliometric analysis: Quality and performance indexes

Recent advances in bibliometric indexes

Bibliometric indexes are customary used in evaluating the impact of scientific research, even though it is very well known that in different research areas they may range in very different intervals. Sometimes, this is evident even within a single given field of investigation making very difficult (and inaccurate) the assessment of scientific papers. On the other hand, the problem can be recast...

Bibliometric indexes, databases and impact factors in cardiology

Bibliometry is a quantitative statistical technique to measure levels of production and dissemination of knowledge, as well as a useful tool to track the development of an scientific area. The valuation of production required for recognition of researchers and magazines is accomplished through tools called bibliometric indexes, divided into quality indicators and scientific impact. Initially de...

Recent advances in bibliometric indexes and the PaperRank problem

Bibliometric indexes are customary used in evaluating the impact of scientific research, even though it is very well known that in different research areas they may range in very different intervals. Sometimes, this is evident even within a single given field of investigation making very difficult (and inaccurate) the assessment of scientific papers. On the other hand, the problem can be recast...

Bibliometric Analysis of Quantity and Quality of Nigeria’s Biomedical Literature

The empirical evidence on the biomedical literature of Nigeria was drawn from 295 journals in Medline through which papers on Nigeria were published during the period 1967-2002. We categorized the journals according to their subject heading and examined the potential impact factors of a sample of the journals based on Thomson’s ISI Journal Citation Reports. Multidisciplinary journals and papers...

Advances in bibliometric analysis: research performance assessment and science mapping