Methodological note : Bibliometrics as a tool for the analysis of the scientific production of a country
This document is a methodological note that accompanies the Country Leaflets: produced by OST in project ESTIME. Country leaflets were produced for the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia.
First version July 2007, revised v.4 - Feb. 2009. Paris, France
Table of contents
- Brief introduction to bibliometrics
1.a. “Publication” as a practice in science
1.b. The building of bibliographic databases 2 - The database: Web of Science 3
- From data to indicators 3
3.a. Journals and documents selected 3
3.b. Classifying journals in disciplines 4
3.c. Fractional and integer counts 4
- Indicators presented in the leaflets 5
4.a. Scientific production indicators 6
4.b. Visibility indicators 6
4.c. Indicators of scientific cooperation 7
4.d. Variation of the indicators over time 8
- Conclusions 9
- Annex 1: Definition of the 8 scientific disciplines 10
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