Web of science with the conference proceedings citation indexes - The case of computer science

Judit Bar-Ilan

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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 languageEnglish
Pages399-409
Number of pages11
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 14 Jul 200917 Jul 2009

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period14/07/0917/07/09

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