Bibliometric Indicators in Nanoscience

Scale-Independent Bibliometric Indicators

Van Raan (this issue) makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of groups: research groups, university departments, and institutes. He claims that, next to peer review, these indicators are indispensable for evaluating research and can be used in parallel with peer review processes. By way of an example...

Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers: Data processing, indicators and interpretation

Here we describe the Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers Project, an initiative undertaken by EC3Metrics SL for the analysis and development of indicators based on books and book chapters. Its goal is to study and analyze the publication and citation patterns of books and book chapters considering academic publishers as the unit of analysis. It aims at developing new methodologies and indica...

[Bibliometric indicators realities, myth and prospective].

The impact factor of scientific reviews, calculated by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), is increasingly used to evaluate the performance of scientists and programmes. Bibliometric indicators, originally designed for other purposes than individual evaluation, are very useful tools provided their interpretation is not extrapolated beyond their limits of validity. Here we present a ...

Bibliometric Indicators of the Zika Outbreak

Priscila C. Albuquerque, Mauro Jorge C. Castro, Juliana Santos-Gandelman, Ana Claudia Oliveira, José M. Peralta, Marcio L. Rodrigues* 1 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde (CDTS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 Associação Brasileira das Indúst...

Bibliometric indicators and international publishing in physical and rehabilitation medicine.