RPYS i/o: A web-based tool for the historiography and visualization of citation classics, sleeping beauties, and research fronts

Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) and Multi-RPYS provide algorithmic approaches to reconstructing the intellectual histories of scientific fields. With this brief communication, we describe a technical advancement for developing research historiographies by introducing RPYS i/o, an online tool for performing standard RPYS and Multi-RPYS analyses interactively (at http://comins.leydesdorff.net/). The tool enables users to explore seminal works underlying a research field and to plot the influence of these seminal works over time. This suite of visualizations offers the potential to analyze and visualize the myriad of temporal dynamics of scientific influence, such as citation classics, sleeping beauties, and the dynamics of research fronts. We demonstrate the features of the tool by analyzing--as an example--the references in documents published in the journal Philosophy of Science

Research on tribology in Southeastern Europe: A bibliometric study

In recent years there is a small but increasing number of articles presenting and/or analyzing the scientific production from discrete geographical regions on a certain scientific topic. These articles applied the so-called bibliometric methods in order to evaluate the contribution of different countries in a scientific research field. In the present work, the research output of all countries in Southeastern Europe (SEE) on the scientific field of tribology is presented by using bibliometric indices such as the total number of publications and citations as well as the h-index and the average number of citations per publication. Such a study is attempted, to the authors' knowledge, for the first time

Research on tribology in Southeastern Europe: A bibliometric study

In recent years there is a small but increasing number of articles presenting and/or analyzing the scientific production from discrete geographical regions on a certain scientific topic. These articles applied the so-called bibliometric methods in order to evaluate the contribution of different countries in a scientific research field. In the present work, the research output of all countries in Southeastern Europe (SEE) on the scientific field of tribology is presented by using bibliometric indices such as the total number of publications and citations as well as the h-index and the average number of citations per publication. Such a study is attempted, to the authors' knowledge, for the first time

A bibliometric analysis of scientific research on tribology of composites in Southeastern Europe

In recent years there is a small but increasing number of articles presenting and/or analyzing the scientific production from discrete geographical regions on a certain scientific topic. These articles applied the so-called bibliometric methods in order to evaluate the contribution of different countries in a scientific research field. In the present work, the research output of all countries in Southeastern Europe on the scientific field of composites tribology is presented by using bibliometric indicators such as the total number of publications and citations, the average number of citations per publication, and the h-index. Analysis spans the last ten years and the required scientific data in order to calculate the bibliometric indicators were retrieved using the Scopus (R) scientific database

A bibliometric analysis of scientific research on tribology of composites in Southeastern Europe

In recent years there is a small but increasing number of articles presenting and/or analyzing the scientific production from discrete geographical regions on a certain scientific topic. These articles applied the so-called bibliometric methods in order to evaluate the contribution of different countries in a scientific research field. In the present work, the research output of all countries in Southeastern Europe on the scientific field of composites tribology is presented by using bibliometric indicators such as the total number of publications and citations, the average number of citations per publication, and the h-index. Analysis spans the last ten years and the required scientific data in order to calculate the bibliometric indicators were retrieved using the Scopus (R) scientific database

Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure

To comprehend the multipartite organization of large-scale biological and social systems, we introduce a new information theoretic approach that reveals community structure in weighted and directed networks. The method decomposes a network into modules by optimally compressing a description of information flows on the network. The result is a map that both simplifies and highlights the regularities in the structure and their relationships. We illustrate the method by making a map of scientific communication as captured in the citation patterns of more than 6000 journals. We discover a multicentric organization with fields that vary dramatically in size and degree of integration into the network of science. Along the backbone of the network -- including physics, chemistry, molecular biology, and medicine -- information flows bidirectionally, but the map reveals a directional pattern of citation from the applied fields to the basic sciences.Comment: 7 pages and 4 figures plus supporting material. For associated source code, see http://www.tp.umu.se/~rosvall

Scientific literature on thermal spray coatings from Southeastern Europe: A ten years bibliometric analysis

Bibliometrijske analize naučno-istraživačkog rada u određenoj naučnoj oblasti, u okviru definisanog geografskog regiona, predstavljaju jedan od načina za kvantitativno poređenje i rangiranje akademskih i/ili istraživačkih institucija. U ovim analizama se primenjuju tzv. bibliometrijske metode, a u ovom radu su prikazani rezultati naučno-istraživačkog rada u zemljama jugoistočne Evrope, u oblasti prevlaka nanetih termički procesom raspršivanja. Rezultati su prikazani pomoću sledećih bibliometrijskih parametara: ukupan broj publikacija i citata, h-indeks i prosečan broj citata po publikaciji. Razmatrane su publikacije objavljene u poslednjih deset godina, a podaci potrebni za izračunavanje bibliometrijskih parametara su dobijeni korišćenjem Skopus (Scopus®) citatne baze podataka.One of the tools used within the effort of developing new quantitative scientometric tools, reliable to be used for ranking academic/research unities is the bibliometric analysis of the scientific production from discrete geographical regions on a certain scientific topic. These analyses apply the so-called bibliometric methods. In the present work, the research output of all countries in Southeastern Europe (SEE) on the scientific topic of thermal spray coatings is presented by using bibliometric indices such as the total number of publications and citations as well as the h-index and the average number of citations per publication. Analysis spans the last ten years and the required scientific data in order to calculate the bibliometric indices were retrieved using the Scopus® scientific database