Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessment. Bibliometric
indicators are strongly methodology‐dependent but for all of them, various types of data …

This paper reviews developments in informetrics between 2000 and 2006. At the beginning
of the 21st century we witness considerable growth in webometrics, map** and …

Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in
scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book …

A new approach to the field normalization of the classical journal impact factor is introduced.
This approach, called the audience factor, takes into consideration the citing propensity of …

As citation practices strongly depend on fields, field normalisation is recognised as
necessary for fair comparison of figures in bibliometrics and evaluation studies. However …

Several authors have proposed that a large number of unusual combinations of cited
references in a paper point to its high creative potential (or novelty). However, it is still not …

We present a new approach to study the structure of the impact factor of academic journals.
This new method is based on calculation of the fraction of citations that contribute to the …

This article argues that the discipline of economics consists of two subdisciplines: heterodox
and mainstream economics. Being distinct bodies of knowledge, it is possible that the …

This article introduces a new modified method for calculating the impact factor of journals
based on the current ISI practice in generating journal impact factor values. The impact …

The journal impact factors, published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI;
Philadelphia, PA), are widely known and are used to evaluate overall journal quality and the …