TY - JOUR
T1 - The actual citation impact of European oncological research
AU - López-Illescas, Carmen
AU - de Moya-Anegón, Félix
AU - Moed, Henk F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research carried out by the first author of this paper is funded by a grant of the Ministry of Science & Education of Spain for the training of university teachers.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - This study provides an overview of the research performance of major European countries in the field Oncology, the most important journals in which they published their research articles, and the most important academic institutions publishing them. The analysis was based on Thomson Scientific's Web of Science (WoS) and calculated bibliometric indicators of publication activity and actual citation impact. Studying the time period 2000-2006, it gives an update of earlier studies, but at the same time it expands their methodologies, using a broader definition of the field, calculating indicators of actual citation impact, and analysing new and policy relevant aspects. Findings suggest that the emergence of Asian countries in the field Oncology has displaced European articles more strongly than articles from the USA; that oncologists who have published their articles in important, more general journals or in journals covering other specialties, rather than in their own specialist journals, have generated a relatively high actual citation impact; and that universities from Germany, and - to a lesser extent - those from Italy, the Netherlands, UK, and Sweden, dominate a ranking of European universities based on number of articles in oncology. The outcomes illustrate that different bibliometric methodologies may lead to different outcomes, and that outcomes should be interpreted with care.
AB - This study provides an overview of the research performance of major European countries in the field Oncology, the most important journals in which they published their research articles, and the most important academic institutions publishing them. The analysis was based on Thomson Scientific's Web of Science (WoS) and calculated bibliometric indicators of publication activity and actual citation impact. Studying the time period 2000-2006, it gives an update of earlier studies, but at the same time it expands their methodologies, using a broader definition of the field, calculating indicators of actual citation impact, and analysing new and policy relevant aspects. Findings suggest that the emergence of Asian countries in the field Oncology has displaced European articles more strongly than articles from the USA; that oncologists who have published their articles in important, more general journals or in journals covering other specialties, rather than in their own specialist journals, have generated a relatively high actual citation impact; and that universities from Germany, and - to a lesser extent - those from Italy, the Netherlands, UK, and Sweden, dominate a ranking of European universities based on number of articles in oncology. The outcomes illustrate that different bibliometric methodologies may lead to different outcomes, and that outcomes should be interpreted with care.
KW - Bibliographic databases
KW - Bibliometrics
KW - Biomedical research
KW - Europe
KW - Information Science
KW - Medical oncology
KW - Neoplasms
KW - Periodicals
KW - Research support
KW - Statistics & numerical data
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.10.020
DO - 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.10.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 18039565
AN - SCOPUS:38149040144
SN - 0959-8049
VL - 44
SP - 228
EP - 236
JO - European Journal of Cancer
JF - European Journal of Cancer
IS - 2
ER -