Abstract
In September 2008 Thomson Reuters added to the ISI Web of Science (WOS) the Conference Proceedings Citation Indexes in Science and in the Social Sciences and Humanities. This paper examines how this change affects the publication and citation counts of highly cited computer scientists. Computer science is a field where proceedings are a major publication venue. The results show that most of the highly cited publications of the sampled researchers are journal publications, but these highly cited items receive more than 40% of their citations from proceedings papers. The paper also discusses issues related to double-counting, i.e., when a given work is published both in a proceedings and later on as a journal paper.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 399-409 |
Number of pages | 11 |
State | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 14 Jul 2009 → 17 Jul 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Brazil |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Period | 14/07/09 → 17/07/09 |