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Abstract | ||
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Purpose: In this work, we want to examine whether or not there are some scientific fields to which contributions from Chinese scholars have been under or over cited.Design/methodology/approach: We do so by comparing the number of received citations and the IOF of publications in each scientific field from each country. The IOF is calculated from applying the modified closed system input-output analysis (MCSIOA) to the citation network. MCSIOA is a PageRank-like algorithm which means here that citations from the more influential subfields are weighted more towards the IOF.Findings: About 40% of subfields in physics in China are undercited, meaning that their net influence ranks are higher (better) than the direct rank, while about 75% of subfields in the USA and German are undercited.Research limitations: Only APS data is analyzed in this work. The expected citation influence is assumed to be represented by the IOF, and this can be wrong.Practical implications: MCSIOA provides a measure of net influences and according to that measure. Overall, Chinese physicists' publications are more likely overcited rather than being undercited.Originality/value: The issue of under or over cited has been analyzed in this work using MCSIOA. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2019 | 10.2478/jdis-2019-0022 | JOURNAL OF DATA AND INFORMATION SCIENCE |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Input-Output Analysis, Scientific impact, Citation networks | Journal | 4 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
4 | 2096-157X | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Jinzhong Guo | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Xiaoling Liu | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Liying Yang | 3 | 11 | 7.05 |
| Jinshan Wu | 4 | 23 | 7.62 |