Synthetic biology is an emerging domain that combines biological and engineering
concepts and which has seen rapid growth in research, innovation, and policy interest in …

This paper exploits a unique 2003–2011 large dataset, indexed by Thomson Reuters,
consisting of 17.2 million disambiguated authors classified into 30 broad scientific fields, as …

In research policy, effective measures that lead to improvements in the generation of
knowledge must be based on reliable methods of research assessment, but for many …

When comparing the citation impact of nations, departments or other groups of researchers
within individual fields, three approaches have been proposed: arithmetic means, geometric …

This study analyzes the journal impact factor and related bibliometric indicators in Education
and Educational Research (E&ER) category, highlighting the main differences among …

Governments sometimes need to analyse sets of research papers within a field in order to
monitor progress, assess the effect of recent policy changes, or identify areas of excellence …

Citations measure the importance of a publication, and may serve as a proxy for its
popularity and quality of its contents. Here we study the distributions of citations to …

There is no agreement over which statistical distribution is most appropriate for modelling
citation count data. This is important because if one distribution is accepted then the relative …

Several scientometric indicators of 29 countries were analysed according to main scientific
fields (Life, Natural, Applied, and Agricultural Sciences). The difference of the individual …

In the double rank analysis of research publications, the local rank position of a country or
institution publication is expressed as a function of the world rank position. Excluding some …