Braun Tibor, Glänzel Wolfgang, Schubert András: Országok, szakterületek, folyóiratok tudománymetriai mutatószámai 1981-1985 (A MTAK Informatikai És Tudományelemzési Sorozata 6., 1992)
The structure of this volume - Datafiles on science journals
A. SCHUBERT, W. GLÄNZEL, T. BRAUN : SCIENTOMETRIC DATAFILES The structure of this volume The tables and charts presented in this volume have been structured as follows: Datafiles on science journals Datafiles on science fields and subfields Datafiles on countries Attempts have been made to avoid both unnecessary duplication of information and the need of unconvenient cross-referencing. Each section is preceded by a separate introduction with the most important guidelines of interpreting its tables and charts. Datafiles on science journals In this section, the full list of the 2649 journals covered in all the five years of the 1981-1985 period can be found. The list contains both the 11 character ISI abbreviation and the full title of each journal. The number of papers published between 1981-1985 includes only the citable items (articles, reviews, notes and letters). The total number is followed by the distribution of papers among three citation categories: from 0 to the journal average citation rate (Zj), from z 1 to the outstanding citation rate limit (z 2) and from z 2 to the maximum citation rate. The citation rate values dividing the zones and the number of papers falling into each category are indicated as well. As a unique feature, the contribution of each country to the publication and citation record of the journals is reported. The number of publications and the citation rate per paper of each country publishing at least 10 papers in the fiveyear period 1981-1985 are presented separately (in the alphabetical order of the countries). All other countries are pooled into a rest of the world category. By comparing the countries' averages to the journal's average and/or outstanding citation rates, the relative contribution of each country to the journal's citation impact can be assessed. To make cross-journal comparisons quantitative, the use of the relative citation rate (RCR ) or, alternatively, of the unified citation rate can be suggested. E.g., denoting a country's average citation rate per paper by x, the quantities x/z, (relative citation rate), or (x-zf)/(z 2-z x) (unified citation score), respectively, can be calculated for various journals, and can be used to find out the journal in which the papers of the country in question had the greatest impact. 21 Scientomelrics 16 (1989)
