Abstract
We present the results of the Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers project (also known as BiPublishers). This project represents the first attempt to systematically develop bibliometric publisher rankings. The data for this project was derived from the Book Citation Index and the study time period was 2009-2013. We have developed 42 rankings: 4 by fields and 38 by disciplines. We display six indicators for publishers divided into three types: output, impact and publisher’s profile. The aim is to capture different characteristics of the research performance of publishers. 254 publishers were processed and classified according to publisher type: commercial publishers and university presses. We present the main publishers by field and then discuss the principal challenges presented when developing this type of tool. The BiPublishers ranking is an on-going project which aims to develop and explore new data sources and indicators to better capture and define the research impact of publishers.
Highlights
In the last years many advances have been made on the development of bibliometric databases including books and book chapters
In a previous paper we suggested the development of academic publisher rankings (Torres-Salinas, et al, 2012) based on the Book Citation Index
In this paper we present the first results of the Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers project
Summary
In the last years many advances have been made on the development of bibliometric databases including books and book chapters. In a previous paper we suggested the development of academic publisher rankings (Torres-Salinas, et al, 2012) based on the Book Citation Index. We present the results of the BiPublishers-Bibliometric Indicators for Publishers project (Robinson-Garcia et al, 2014) available at http://bipublishers.es. This is an initiative aimed at developing new methodologies and indicators that can better capture and define the research impact of academic and scholarly book publishers. It is an on-going initiative in which data sources and indicators are tested. The data is based on the Thomson Reuters’ Book Citation Index
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