Citation Ootprint Analysis Part I: UK and US Chemical Engineering Academics

Gilbert Shama, Klaus Hellgardt and Charles Oppenheim
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Gilbert Shama: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Klaus Hellgardt: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Charles Oppenheim: Loughborough University, Loughborough

Scientometrics, 2000, vol. 49, issue 2, No 5, 289-305

Abstract: Abstract A novel method of displaying the publication and citation characteristics of outputs of researchers using a graphical "footprint" has been developed. Its first application has been to compare the publication and citation characteristics of a small group of top UK, and US academic chemical engineers. The footprint demonstrates the Relationship Factors of publications in a number of related disciplines, as defined by ISI's Journal Citation Reports. The technique has been used to compare both individual academics and each national group as a whole. The results clearly show that US academic chemical engineers are far more interdisciplinary in their output than their UK counterparts. The technique has a number of potential applications, including tracking changes in a discipline over time, tracking individual academics' output over time, and comparing different disciplines for their interdisciplinarity.

Date: 2000
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