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Experimental comparison of first and second-order similarities in a scientometric context
Umeå universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sociologiska institutionen. (Inforsk)ORCID-id: 0000-0002-7653-4004
Department of e-Resources, University Library, Stockholm University.
2012 (engelsk)Inngår i: Scientometrics, ISSN 0138-9130, E-ISSN 1588-2861, Vol. 90, nr 2, s. 675-685Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

The measurement of similarity between objects plays a role in several scientific areas. In this article, we deal with document–document similarity in a scientometric context. We compare experimentally, using a large dataset, first-order with second-order similarities with respect to the overall quality of partitions of the dataset, where the partitions are obtained on the basis of optimizing weighted modularity. The quality of a partition is defined in terms of textual coherence. The results show that the second-order approach consistently outperforms the first-order approach. Each difference between the two approaches in overall partition quality values is significant at the 0.01 level.

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Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 2012. Vol. 90, nr 2, s. 675-685
Emneord [en]
Bibliographic coupling, Cluster analysis, Document–document similarity, Science mapping, Similarity order, Textual coherence
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biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-46805DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0491-xScopus ID: 2-s2.0-84855523185OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-46805DiVA, id: diva2:441188
Tilgjengelig fra: 2011-09-15 Laget: 2011-09-15 Sist oppdatert: 2023-03-23bibliografisk kontrollert
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1. Science mapping and research evaluation: a novel methodology for creating normalized citation indicators and estimating their stability
Åpne denne publikasjonen i ny fane eller vindu >>Science mapping and research evaluation: a novel methodology for creating normalized citation indicators and estimating their stability
2014 (engelsk)Doktoravhandling, med artikler (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the methodology at the intersection of relational and evaluative bibliometrics. Experimental investigations are presented that address the question of how we can most successfully produce estimates of the subject similarity between documents. The results from these investigations are then explored in the context of citation-based research evaluations in an effort to enhance existing citation normalization methods that are used to enable comparisons of subject-disparate documents with respect to their relative impact or perceived utility. This thesis also suggests and explores an approach for revealing the uncertainty and stability (or lack thereof) coupled with different kinds of citation indicators.This suggestion is motivated by the specific nature of the bibliographic data and the data collection process utilized in citation-based evaluation studies.

The results of these investigations suggest that similarity-detection methods that take a global view of the problem of identifying similar documents are more successful in solving the problem than conventional methods that are more local in scope. These results are important for all applications that require subject similarity estimates between documents. Here these insights are specifically adopted in an effort to create a novel citation normalization approach that – compared to current best practice – is more in tune with the idea of controlling for subject matter when thematically different documents are assessed with respect to impact or perceived utility. The normalization approach is flexible with respect to the size of the normalization baseline and enables a fuzzy partition of the scientific literature. It is shown that this approach is more successful than currently applied normalization approaches in reducing the variability in the observed citation distribution that stems from the variability in the articles’ addressed subject matter. In addition, the suggested approach can enhance the interpretability of normalized citation counts. Finally, the proposed method for assessing the stability of citation indicators stresses that small alterations that could be artifacts from the data collection and preparation steps can have a significant influence on the picture that is painted by the citationindicator. Therefore, providing stability intervals around derived indicators prevents unfounded conclusions that otherwise could have unwanted policy implications.

Together, the new normalization approach and the method for assessing the stability of citation indicators have the potential to enable fairer bibliometric evaluative exercises and more cautious interpretations of citation indicators.

sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Umeå: Umeå universitet, 2014. s. 37
Serie
Akademiska avhandlingar vid Sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, ISSN 1104-2508 ; 76
Emneord
document-document similarity, science mapping, citation analysis, citation normalization, stability analysis, citation impact, research evaluation
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Forskningsprogram
biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-94189 (URN)978-91-7601-134-8 (ISBN)
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2014-10-31, Hörsal 1031, Norra Beteendevetarhuset, Umeå universitet, Umeå, 13:15 (engelsk)
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2014-10-10 Laget: 2014-10-06 Sist oppdatert: 2018-06-07bibliografisk kontrollert

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