The analysis of national subfields: a case study of Dutch fresh-water ecology

Hagendijk, Rob; Smeenk, J. W.

doi:10.1007/bf02017067

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“…The claim is often made that the ISI databases are not suited for the evaluation of the social sciences and the humanities because these scholarly discourses are embedded in national cultures with a specific character. Hagendijk & Smeenk (1989) introduced the terminology of "national subfields" for field sciences like ecology, but the point has mainly been made more emphatically with reference to the specific character of continental European sociology and philosophy, where the premises are different from those in American and English literature (Nederhof et al, 1989). The Scopus database promises to enable us to study these national sets in more detail using leading journals in the respective cultures.…”

Section: National Subfieldsmentioning

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Journal maps on the basis of Scopus data: A comparison with the Journal Citation Reports of the ISI

Leydesdorff

Anegón²,

Guerrero‐Bote

2009

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Using the Scopus dataset (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007) a grand matrix of aggregated journal-journal citations was constructed. This matrix can be compared in terms of the network structures with the matrix contained in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). Since the Scopus database contains a larger number of journals and covers also the humanities, one would expect richer maps. However, the matrix is in this case sparser than in the case of the ISI data. This is due to (i) the larger number of journals covered by Scopus and (ii) the historical record of citations older than ten years contained in the ISI database. When the data is highly structured, as in the case of large journals, the maps are comparable, although one may have to vary a threshold (because of the differences in densities). In the case of interdisciplinary journals and journals in the social sciences and humanities, the new database does not add a lot to what is possible with the ISI databases.

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Section: National Subfieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Journal maps on the basis of Scopus data: A comparison with the Journal Citation Reports of the ISI

Leydesdorff

Anegón²,

Guerrero‐Bote

2009

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

113

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“…However, there can be a tension between national and international research agendas. Hagendijk and Smeenk (1989) used the metaphor of "national subfields" which may be specific in the dependency on domains and resources like a specific lake district. Merton (1973) distinguished between the development of the international literature and national "styles" in the social sciences responsive to local conditions.…”

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The negative effects of citing with a national orientation in terms of recognition: National and international citations in natural-sciences papers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK

Bornmann

Adams

Leydesdorff

2018

Journal of Informetrics

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Nations can be distinguished in terms of whether domestic or international research is cited.We analyzed the research output in natural sciences of three leading European research economies (Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK) and ask where their researchers look for the knowledge that underpins their most highly-cited papers. Is one internationally oriented or is citation limited to national resources? Do the citation patterns reflect a growing differentiation between the domestic and international research enterprise? To evaluate change over time, we include natural-sciences papers published in the countries from three publication years: 2004, 2009, and 2014. The results show that articles co-authored by researchers from Germany or the Netherlands are less likely to be among the globally most highly-cited articles if they also cite "domestic" research (i.e. research authored by authors from the same country). To put this another way, less well-cited research is more likely to stand on domestic shoulders and research that becomes more highly-cited is more likely to stand on international shoulders. A possible reason for the results is that researchers "overcite" the papers from their own countrylacking the focus on quality in citing. However, these differences between domestic and international shoulders are not visible for the UK.

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“…Bibliometric analysis has been applied to various research related to water. Hagendijk and Smeenk (1989) reported their case study on Dutch freshwater ecology back in 1989 and strongly suggested that bibliometric (among others) helps in understanding the intellectual continuity of researchers with relevance to science policy. Zhang et al (2010) adopted bibliometric study on global wetland research with a detailed analysis on the keywords used; hence the temporal trends of the research.…”

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“…Bibliometric studies in water research are often topics specific (Hu et al, 2010;Fu et al, 2013;Hagendijk and Smeenk, 1989;Zhang et al, 2010) or journals specific (Wang et al, 2010(Wang et al, , 2011 whereas water research is actually a wide research area covering basic sciences and applied sciences with major topics such as water resources management, alternative energy (hydroelectric), wastewater treatment and others. A more general bibliometric study on water research could provide even more detailed information regarding research trends and focus.…”

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Water research productivity, trends and collaborations in Malaysia between 1964 to 2012

Chew

Shamsir

Yusop

2018

JRMG

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The analysis of national subfields: a case study of Dutch fresh-water ecology

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Journal maps on the basis of Scopus data: A comparison with the Journal Citation Reports of the ISI

Journal maps on the basis of Scopus data: A comparison with the Journal Citation Reports of the ISI

The negative effects of citing with a national orientation in terms of recognition: National and international citations in natural-sciences papers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK

Water research productivity, trends and collaborations in Malaysia between 1964 to 2012

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