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The Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design: a bibliometric note
Summarizes the articles in, and the citations to, volumes 2-24 of the Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. The citations to the journal come from almost 2000 different sources that span a very wide range of academic subjects, with the most heavily cited articles being descriptions of software systems and of computational methods
Quantifying the consistency of scientific databases
Science is a social process with far-reaching impact on our modern society.
In the recent years, for the first time we are able to scientifically study the
science itself. This is enabled by massive amounts of data on scientific
publications that is increasingly becoming available. The data is contained in
several databases such as Web of Science or PubMed, maintained by various
public and private entities. Unfortunately, these databases are not always
consistent, which considerably hinders this study. Relying on the powerful
framework of complex networks, we conduct a systematic analysis of the
consistency among six major scientific databases. We found that identifying a
single "best" database is far from easy. Nevertheless, our results indicate
appreciable differences in mutual consistency of different databases, which we
interpret as recipes for future bibliometric studies.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, 4 table
A Multi-Level Analysis of World Scientific Output in Pharmacology
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse international research in “pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics” (hereafter pharmacology) on the basis of the scientific papers listed in the Scopus multidisciplinary database. This primary objective is reached by answering the following questions (in the section on results). What weight does the subject area “pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics” carry in world-wide science? What is the percentage contribution made by the various regions of the world to the subject area “pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics”? Can certain regions be identified as leaders on that basis, as in other scientific contexts? Are emerging countries present in the field? Do the most productive countries also publish the largest number of journals? What features characterise the scientific output of companies that publish pharmacological papers
Bibliometric Perspectives on Medical Innovation using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of PubMed
Multiple perspectives on the nonlinear processes of medical innovations can
be distinguished and combined using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) of the
Medline database. Focusing on three main branches-"diseases," "drugs and
chemicals," and "techniques and equipment"-we use base maps and overlay
techniques to investigate the translations and interactions and thus to gain a
bibliometric perspective on the dynamics of medical innovations. To this end,
we first analyze the Medline database, the MeSH index tree, and the various
options for a static mapping from different perspectives and at different
levels of aggregation. Following a specific innovation (RNA interference) over
time, the notion of a trajectory which leaves a signature in the database is
elaborated. Can the detailed index terms describing the dynamics of research be
used to predict the diffusion dynamics of research results? Possibilities are
specified for further integration between the Medline database, on the one
hand, and the Science Citation Index and Scopus (containing citation
information), on the other.Comment: forthcoming in the Journal of the American Society for Information
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