A bibliometric profile of top-scientists a case study in chemical engineering

Autor: A. F. J. Van Raan, H. P. F. Peters
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Scientometrics. 29:115-136
ISSN: 1588-2861
0138-9130
DOI: 10.1007/bf02018386
Popis: We carefully selected a group of chemical engineering scientists internationally recognized as ‘top-scientists’ in their field. A method has been developed to systematically compare bibliometric characteristics of these top-scientists with an ’average scientist‘ in chemical engineering. This method also includes citation-analysis of books and proceedings. The results show a very clear ‘bibliometric profile’. First, top-scientists’ references are more numerous and, fourth, they concern more recent literature. Our fifth findings is that the journals used by top-scientists for their publications are representative for the field of chemical engineering as a whole. But they differ in specific aspects significantly from the ‘average’ journal structure in chemical engineering: the published work of top-scientists is both ‘general’ as well as more specialistic than the average work in chemical engineering.
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