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Indicators in a research institute: A multi-level classification of scientific journals

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  • E. Bassecoulard

    (INRA)

  • M. Zitt

    (INRA
    Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST))

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Indicators in a research Institute ought to be readable at several decision levels, and particularly with different break-downs of the publication set chosen as reference. Citation transactions between journals have been widely used to structure scientific subfields in ISI databases. We tried a seed-free structuration of SCI/CMCI journals (a) to test convergence of pure citation-built specialties (roughly 150) on SCI/CMCI journals with existing classifications at the subfield level (b) to explore the interest and the limits of this approach for upper levels of aggregation (roughly 30 fields). A few limits of journal-level classification are addressed. At the subfield level, the convergence is large with some discrepancies worth noticing. At the subdiscipline level, the method is not sufficient to achieve a satisfactory 30-level delineation, but gives a good basis for informed expert validation.

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  • E. Bassecoulard & M. Zitt, 1999. "Indicators in a research institute: A multi-level classification of scientific journals," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 44(3), pages 323-345, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:44:y:1999:i:3:d:10.1007_bf02458483
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