The use of bibliometric techniques for institutional research evaluation: A study of avian virology research
The use of bibliometric techniques for institutional research evaluation: A study of avian virology research
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文献计量技术在机构研究评估中的应用：禽病毒学研究
DOI：
10.1007/bf02020081
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发表时间：
1988
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
J. King
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作者：
J. King
在寻求定量指标以协助英国农业和食品研究委员会（AFRC）进行研究评估的背景下，对兽医研究领域禽类病毒学进行了文献计量学分析。在一种方法中，利用CAB数据库编制了一份世界禽类病毒学出版物清单，该数据库在主题特异性和覆盖范围方面是最适当的文献来源。设法尽量减少这类引文研究所需的人力投入；在国家排名和时间趋势方面，仅基于高峰年引用的结果与更广泛使用的四年计数的结果相似。在第二种方法中，对几个禽类病毒学研究小组的出版物产出进行了“预期”引用评估，即该小组发表的期刊每篇论文收到的平均引用次数与实际收到的引用次数进行了比较。两种方法中各组的排名是相同的。第二种方法虽然只能给出近似的引用率，但它的优点是只需要内部数据。在农业和粮食研究方面，似乎更适合对研究小组的产出进行事后评价，并建议有必要进一步研究基于期刊的指标。
A bibliometric analysis was made of an area of veterinary research, avian virology, in the context of seeking quantitative indicators to assist research evaluation for the UK Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC). In one approach, a list was made of world publications in avian virology using the CAB database which is the most appropriate literature source in terms of subject specificity and breadth of coverage. Means were sought to minimise the labour input required for citation studies of this kind; results based on peak-year citations only were similar to those from the more widely used four-year count, in terms of country-ranking and time trends. In the second method, the publication outputs of several avian virology research groups were assessed in terms of ‘expected’ citations i.e. the average number of citations per paper received by the journals in which the groups published, as compared to the actual citations received. The rankings of the groups were the same in both methods. This second approach, while giving only approximate citation rates, has the advantage of requiring only in-house data. It seems more appropriate for the ex-post evaluation of the output of research groups in the context of agricultural and food research, and it is suggested that further studies on journal-based indicators are warranted.