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New developments in citation analysis and research evaluation

New developments in citation analysis and research evaluation Information Services & Use 26 (2006) 135–137 IOS Press Henk F. Moed Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands 1. Introduction This contribution discusses a number of studies that are currently carried out by the author and his colleagues at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. A first cluster of studies relates to ranking of world universities, and a second to the effects of evaluation processes, and particularly of the use of bibliometric indicators therein, upon author publication practices and upon journal editorial practices. The core of this contribution presents preliminary results from a study examining the effect of “open access” upon citation impact and visibility. This contribution presents the main lines of the research and preliminary findings. Detailed findings from all studies will be published in separate, future research articles. 2. Ranking of world universities Rankings of world universities are very popular nowadays. Preliminary analyses reveal that the research performance of universities strongly depends upon the structure of the research system in the country in which they are located, and is therefore to a large extent also determined by political and historical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Services & Use IOS Press

New developments in citation analysis and research evaluation

Moed, Henk F.
Information Services & Use , Volume 26 (2) – Jan 1, 2006
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Information Services & Use 26 (2006) 135–137 IOS Press Henk F. Moed Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands 1. Introduction This contribution discusses a number of studies that are currently carried out by the author and his colleagues at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. A first cluster of studies relates to ranking of world universities, and a second to the effects of evaluation processes, and particularly of the use of bibliometric indicators therein, upon author publication practices and upon journal editorial practices. The core of this contribution presents preliminary results from a study examining the effect of “open access” upon citation impact and visibility. This contribution presents the main lines of the research and preliminary findings. Detailed findings from all studies will be published in separate, future research articles. 2. Ranking of world universities Rankings of world universities are very popular nowadays. Preliminary analyses reveal that the research performance of universities strongly depends upon the structure of the research system in the country in which they are located, and is therefore to a large extent also determined by political and historical

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