Sunday 19 May 2019

Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?

Source: http://eprints.rclis.org/19367/

Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?

Farhadi, Hadi and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Farhadi, Maryam and Fooladi, Masood and Ale Ebrahim, Nader Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers? Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2013, vol. 7, n. 4, pp. 198-202. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: h-index, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Nobel Prize, Physics, Chemistry, Economic Sciences.
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
E. Publishing and legal issues.
I. Information treatment for information services > IC. Index languages, processes and schemes.
Depositing user: Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Date deposited: 04 Jun 2013 13:18
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:26
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19367

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Thursday 16 May 2019

Publication Trends in Drug Delivery and Magnetic Nanoparticles

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-019-2994-y

Nanoscale Research Letters
, 14:164 | Cite as

Publication Trends in Drug Delivery and Magnetic Nanoparticles

  • Saba Ale Ebrahim
    • 1
  • Amirhossein Ashtari
    • 1
  • Maysam Zamani Pedram
    • 1
  • Nader Ale Ebrahim
    • 2
    • 3
1.Faculty of Electrical EngineeringK.N. Toosi University of TechnologyTehranIran
2.Centre for Research Services, Institute of Management and Research Services (IPPP)University of Malaya (UM)Kuala LumpurMalaysia
3.RVnIC, Iranian Center for Development Studies (ICDS)TehranIran
Open Access
Nano Review

Abstract

This bibliometric study investigated the public trends in the fields of nanoparticles which is limited to drug delivery and magnetic nanoparticles’ literature published from 1980 to October 2017. The data were collected from the Web of Science Core Collections, and a network analysis of research outputs was carried out to analyse the research trends in the nanoparticles literature. Nanoparticles and its applications are progressing in recent years. The results show that documents in the field of nanoparticles in chemistry and material science have improved in citation rate, as the authors were researching in multidisciplinary zones. Top-cited documents are mainly focusing on drug delivery, magnetic nanoparticles and iron oxide nanoparticles which are also the top research keywords in all papers published. Top-cited papers are mostly published in Biomaterials journal which so far has published 12% of top-cited articles. Although research areas such as contrast agents, quantum dots, and nanocrystals are not considered as the top-ranked keywords in all documents, these keywords received noticeable citations. The trends of publications on drug delivery and magnetic nanoparticles give a general view on future research and identify potential opportunities and challenges.

Keywords

Magnetic nanoparticles Biomedical and medical applications Drug delivery to the brain/cell Nanotechnology Bibliometrics Research productivity 


Cite this article as:
Ale Ebrahim, S., Ashtari, A., Zamani Pedram, M. et al. Nanoscale Res Lett (2019) 14: 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-019-2994-y