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Les Yes I also thought it curious, and it is misleading, even if strictly correct to say Śmost cited nationsą. I think it might also point quite interestingly at citation cultures within nations and language groupings. There could be reasons why Danish researchers quote other Danish researchers extensively. We commissioned a report on library involvement in research assessment in five countries last year from Key Perspectives. Denmark was one of the countries studied, and it was distinctive in the element of bibliometrics they employ. They have a system known as the Bibliometric Research Indicator (based on a Norwegian model) which awards points on the basis of where research is published. In creating it, it seems clear that Danish academics in some disciplines valued their own national journals and monographs very highly, and there was a bit of a tussle over how highly rated Danish journals and publishers should be in the Indicator: Ślaw, history, Nordic philology and similar fields have very localised publishing practices, so researchers in these fields have nominated Danish publishers and journals in the highest category; this needs to be taken into account in a refined system.ą Details of the report: Key Perspectives Ltd. 2009. A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process. Report commissioned by OCLC Research. Published online at: http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2009/2009-09.pdf John -- John MacColl [log in to unmask] European Director, RLG Partnership, OCLC Research St Andrews University Library, North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TR, UK office: +44 1334 462310 mobile: +44 7769 952324 blog: hangingtogether.org/ www.oclc.org/research/ From: Les Carr <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Les Carr <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:13:38 -0400 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Times Higher - most cited nations 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 ń please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary!