True, an average citation count would have been more useful.
On 22 June 2010 21:13, Leslie Carr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone else think this is a curious table? As with all citation analysis, it can be difficult to adequately express in English the exact combination of factors that are selected for in a particular set of results. This table would seem to be best expressed as "the nations with the fewest uncited papers" rather than "the most cited nations" as the key metric is whether papers received either "zero" or "more than zero" citations. The phrase "most cited" seems to imply that the quantity of citations is taken into account, whereas this is not so. Only the existence of at least one citation (in a particular time period) is deemed to be of importance.
>
> It may be that this data set, correctly interpreted, gives an interesting perspective on national research effectiveness. Or it may show that if you own the world's citation data then the higher education community will eagerly fall upon any quantitative information that you deign to give them, no matter how bizarre.
> --
> Les Carr
>
>
>
> On 22 Jun 2010, at 08:59, Anna Clements wrote:
>
>> Has anyone else seen this week's THE with a league table for most cited nations [based on TR Data]
>>
>> See
>> http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=412083
>>
>> Not sure what all the factors are but I do find it very interesting that Denmark tops the rankings but, as we heard at the euroCRIS conference at beginning of the month Denmark has only recently agreed a national strategy on OA .. although they have had a CRIS [Pure] at their Institutions for several years ...
>>
>> Anna
>> --
>> _______________________________________________________________________
>> Anna Clements
>> Project Manager and University Data Architect
>> University of St Andrews
>> Business Improvements
>> Butts Wynd Building
>> St Andrews
>> Fife KY16 9AD
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 01334 462761
>> http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-improvements
>>
>> The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532
>> The University of St Andrews is committed to sustainable practices and the preservation of the environment ñ please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary!
>
--
David Kane
Systems Librarian
Waterford Institute of Technology
Ireland
http://library.wit.ie/
[log in to unmask]
T: ++353.51302838
M: ++353.876693212
|