Analyzing the citation characteristics of books: edited books, book series and publisher types in the book citation index

Daniel Torres-Salinas (), Nicolás Robinson-García (), Álvaro Cabezas-Clavijo () and Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras ()
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Daniel Torres-Salinas: Universidad de Navarra
Nicolás Robinson-García: Universidad de Granada
Álvaro Cabezas-Clavijo: Universidad de Granada
Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras: Universidad de Granada

Scientometrics, 2014, vol. 98, issue 3, No 33, 2113-2127

Abstract: Abstract This paper presents a first approach to analyzing the factors that determine the citation characteristics of books. For this we use the Thomson Reuters’ book citation index, a novel multidisciplinary database launched in 2011 which offers bibliometric data on books. We analyze three possible factors which are considered to affect the citation impact of books: the presence of editors, the inclusion in series and the type of publisher. Also, we focus on highly cited books to see if these factors may affect them as well. We considered as highly cited books, those in the top 5 % of those most highly cited in the database. We define these three aspects and present results for four major scientific areas in order to identify differences by area (science, engineering and technology, social sciences and arts and humanities). Finally, we report differences for edited books and publisher type, however books included in series showed higher impact in two areas.

Keywords: Book citation index; Monographs; Highly cited; Publishers; Databases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1168-4

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