Comprehensive Citation Research Articles

Long-acting inhaled therapy (beta-agonists, anticholinergics and steroids) for COPD: a network meta-analysis.

Long-acting inhaled therapy (beta-agonists, anticholinergics and steroids) for COPD: a network meta-analysis.

Interface management research in supplier–customer relationships: findings from a citation analysis of international literature

Currently, the terms interface and interface management in the context of interorganisational relationships between suppliers and customers are under intensive discussion. Central issues are the emphasis placed upon the coordination of activities at business interfaces, and the conviction that the concept can make business operations more efficient and thus more effective. That interface management in supplier–customer relationships is discussed in various academic disciplines and characterized by various thematic approaches makes this field complex. Thus the first goal of this article is to investigate the state of interface research, identifying select topics that promise further significant research in the field of interface management in supplier–customer relationships. In addition, based upon a comprehensive citation analysis of 176 journal articles or 4,654 references, the publication development, the important players and the most important academic journals in interface management research in supplier–customer relationships will be briefly presented. Finally, five clusters in interface management research that provide a framework for additional research activities are, based on a co-citation analysis, defined and briefly analysed.

Comprehensive bibliographic coverage of the social sciences and humanities in a citation index: an empirical analysis of the potential

A well-designed and comprehensive citation index for the social sciences and humanities has many potential uses, but has yet to be realised. Significant parts of the scholarly production in these areas are not published in international journals, but in national scholarly journals, in book chapters or in monographs. The potential for covering these literatures more comprehensively can now be investigated empirically using a complete publication output data set from the higher education sector of an entire country (Norway). We find that while the international journals in the social sciences and humanities are rather small and more dispersed in specialties, representing a large but not unlimited number of outlets, the domestic journal publishing, as well as book publishing on both the international and domestic levels, show a concentration of many publications in few publication channels. These findings are promising for a more comprehensive coverage of the social sciences and humanities.

Congratulations to All are in order, asAllergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (AAIR)is going to Change to a Bimonthly Publication From a Quarterly One

On behalf of the editorial members, I am very pleased and honored to announce that Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research (AAIR) will be published bimonthly as of January, 2012. AAIR has been published quarterly since its first issue in October, 2009, under the auspices of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease. The previous 9 issues of AAIR contained 97 articles, including timely clinical, basic science, and experimental research papers, and instructive case reports. As of October 2011, we have published 8 editorials, 32 reviews, 38 original articles, 17 case reports, and 2 brief communications. More than 30 world-famous scholars and 50 domestic professors and researchers have contributed excellent articles and distinguished papers to AAIR. More than 100 reviewers have willingly acted as their critics, reviewing each article from the title to the end of the document. All of the members of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease would like to express our special appreciation to the authors for their outstanding contributions to AAIR. As a result, AAIR was accepted for indexing in Web of Science, the largest, most comprehensive citation index available in 2011, making it the first Allergy and Asthma Journal in the Asia-Pacific region to be included. This reflects our goal of providing the most relevant and influential allergy, asthma, and immunology content to our community. After our entry into the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), increasing numbers of manuscripts have been submitted to AAIR. This prompted us to increase the speed of our review system and the frequency of issues published. We are keen to develop AAIR as a leading journal for clinical and basic research on asthma, allergy, and clinical immunology. To enhance its academic quality, we have invited world-class professors and researchers to join the AAIR Advisory and Editorial Boards. As the Editor-in-Chief, I heartily thank them for their continuing input to AAIR. On behalf of all of the Editors, I look forward to further excellent support and assistance from members of the Korean Academies. All of our members must strive to improve the quality and quantity of AAIR by submitting their clinical and research studies. We also ask our members to cite those articles already published in AAIR. Finally, I would like to express our deep appreciation to the associate editors for their efforts and final decisions regarding publication of the manuscripts and our loyal, hard-working Editorial Office staff.

Comprehensive Citation Index for Research Networks

The existing Science Citation Index only counts direct citations, whereas PageRank disregards the number of direct citations. We propose a new Comprehensive Citation Index (CCI) that evaluates both direct and indirect intellectual influence of research papers, and show that CCI is more reliable in discovering research papers with far-reaching influence.

Comprehensive Citation Factor: A novel method in ranking medical journals

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) defines substantive articles as source items, which include only research and review (R&R) articles. This policy encourages some Journals to publish a significant number of original reports in the category of letters to the editor and reviews in the category of Editorials. Consequently, the Impact Factor (IF) fails to provide a fair comparison between medical journals. We introduce a new value, the Comprehensive Citation Factor (CCF), which would include in the denominator all original reports and review articles. We reassessed the 2007 ISI IF rankings of 39 dermatology journals using the CCF formula. Along with research and review articles, research letters, editorials and case reports were also included in the denominator value. The CCF was calculated for each journal and then compared with the IF provided by the ISI for 2007. The rank orders of 27/39 journals (69%) were altered by two or more places bi-directionally. Journals with a significant number of editorial and/or letters had a lower CCF. Only 4 of the 39 journals (10%) kept the same rank when evaluated with the new CCF formula. The CCF is a more accurate quantitative representation to use for individual journal comparison. This formula would encourage editors to publish more manuscripts as original or review articles, rather letters or editorials, and eliminate the need for the controversial subjective classification.

Identifying missing relevant patent citation links by using bibliographic coupling in LED illuminating technology

This study uses bibliographic coupling to identify missing relevant patent links, in order to construct a comprehensive citation network. Missing citation links can be added by taking the missing relevant patent links into account. The Pareto principle is used to determine the threshold of bibliographic coupling strength, in order to identify the missing relevant patent links. Comparisons between the original patent citation network and the comprehensive patent citation network with the missing relevant patent links are illustrated at both the patent and assignee levels. Light emitting diode (LED) illuminating technology is chosen as the case study. The relationships between the patents and the assignees are obviously enhanced after adding the missing relevant patent links. The results show that the growth rates on both the total number and the average number of links have apparently improved at the patent level. At the assignee level, the number of linked assignees and the average number of links between two assignees are increased. The differences between the two citation networks are further examined by means of the Freeman vertex betweenness centrality and Johnson's hierarchical clustering. The patents with more new links to other patents have distinct results in terms of the Freeman vertex betweenness centrality. The enhancement of links among patents also results in different clustering.

Citation Analysis: Comparison of Web of Science®, Scopus™, SciFinder®, and Google Scholar

In recent years, numerous articles have compared the coverage, features, and citation analysis capabilities of Scopus™ and Google Scholar with Web of Science®, a Web-based version of Science Citation Index. This article goes a step further and compares the citation analysis potential of four databases: Web of Science, Scopus, SciFinder, and Google Scholar. Each database presents its own strengths and weaknesses, including methods of analysis, differences in coverage, and means of linking references. As an illustration, Web of Science provides coverage back to 1900. In contrast, Scopus only has completed citation information from 1996 onward, yet Scopus provides better coverage of clinical medicine and nursing than Web of Science. SciFinder has the strongest coverage of chemistry and the natural sciences, while Google Scholar has the capability to link citation information to individual references. Although Scopus and Web of Science provide comprehensive citation reports, all databases miss linking to some references included in other databases.

“Publish or Perish” as citation metrics used to analyze scientific output in the humanities: International case studies in economics, geography, social sciences, philosophy, and history

Traditionally, the most commonly used source of bibliometric data is the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge, in particular the (Social) Science Citation Index and the Journal Citation Reports, which provide the yearly Journal Impact Factors. This database used for the evaluation of researchers is not advantageous in the humanities, mainly because books, conference papers, and non-English journals, which are an important part of scientific activity, are not (well) covered. This paper presents the use of an alternative source of data, Google Scholar, and its benefits in calculating citation metrics in the humanities. Because of its broader range of data sources, the use of Google Scholar generally results in more comprehensive citation coverage in the humanities. This presentation compares and analyzes some international case studies with ISI Web of Knowledge and Google Scholar. The fields of economics, geography, social sciences, philosophy, and history are focused on to illustrate the differences of results between these two databases. To search for relevant publications in the Google Scholar database, the use of "Publish or Perish" and of CleanPoP, which the author developed to clean the results, are compared.

Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

Traditionally, the most commonly used source of bibliometric data is Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge, in particular the Web of Science and the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which provide the yearly Journal Impact Factors (JIF). This paper presents an alternative source of data (Google Scholar, GS) as well as 3 alternatives to the JIF to assess journal impact (h-index, g-index and the number of citations per paper). Because of its broader range of data sources, the use of GS gen- erally results in more comprehensive citation coverage in the area of management and international business. The use of GS particularly benefits academics publishing in sources that are not (well) cov- ered in ISI. Among these are books, conference papers, non-US journals, and in general journals in the field of strategy and international business. The 3 alternative GS-based metrics showed strong correlations with the traditional JIF. As such, they provide academics and universities committed to JIFs with a good alternative for journals that are not ISI-indexed. However, we argue that these metrics provide additional advantages over the JIF and that the free availability of GS allows for a democratization of citation analysis as it provides every academic access to citation data regardless of their institution's financial means.

Molecular genetics of AMD and current animal models

During the past few years systematic investigation into the epidemiology, genetics, and pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has provided important new insight into this leading cause of vision loss in older persons. These studies provide a view of AMD as a complex trait influenced by well-established genetic and environmental risks that leads to the deposition of inflammatory deposits in the outer retina. This maculopathy leads to visual dysfunction through a variety of mechanisms and complications that can be observed in both humans and animal models. In this review, the risks associated with AMD in humans and the animal models used to study AMD and its complications will be summarized. No effort has been made to perform a comprehensive citation of all areas of AMD genetics and animal models, but rather a selection of observations and supporting references illustrative of the current state of the field is presented.

More than a marker... Phosphorylated Akt in prostate carcinoma.

Advances in understanding carcinogenesis have fostered many ideas for improving cancer prognostication and treatment. However, development of these ideas has far outpaced the rate of clinical testing. The advent of tissue microarrays has accelerated analysis and reduced the expense of analysis of

Virtue, Commerce, and the Enduring Florentine Republican Moment: Reintegrating Italy into the Atlantic Republican Debate

Republicanism has dominated the historiographies of English and American political thought for the past two decades.' Its success derives principally from J. G. A. Pocock's The Machiavellian Moment, which presents a sweeping vision of an ancient Aristotelian republican language that persisted for centuries in the mental landscape of the western world. Resurrected in Renaissance Florence, the language of republicanism continued to resonate powerfully in Stuart and Hanoverian Britain and colonial America. Pocock and those sympathetic to his work attributed the power and significance of republicanism to its internal discursive coherence over time; because of its deep roots in the European classical and Renaissance past, republicanism-not liberalism-provided the intellectual weapon with which the English and the Americans rebelled against the Stuart and Hanoverian monarchies. Pocock's provocative repudiation of the significance of John Locke and liberalism, as well as his suggestion that the revolutions of 1641, 1688, and 1776 were animated not by a utopian, forward-looking political ideology but by a backward-looking desire to restore a classical political order, generated a still-ongoing academic debate.2 This paper is the result of a Mellon summer seminar on early modern political thought (Northwestern University, July 1999). Thanks especially to Timothy Breen, Edward Muir, Alison Brown, Sean Field, and the anonymous reviewers of JHI. ' On The Machiavellian Moment the literature is too extensive for comprehensive citation; but see Quentin Skinner, Liberty Before Liberalism (Cambridge, 1998); Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government (Oxford, 1997); Robert E. Shalhope, Toward a Republican Synthesis: The Emergence of an Understanding of Republicanism in American Historiography, William and Mar' Quarterly, 29 (1972), 49-80. 2 See Republicanism, Liberty, and Commercial Societv; 1649-1776, ed. D. Wootton (Stanford, 1994); Joyce Appleby, Liberalism and Republicanism in the Historical Imagination (Cambridge, Mass., 1992), 279; Steven Pincus, Neither Machiavellian Moment nor Posses-

Quantification and the "New" History: A Review Essay

During the last fifteen or more years, much has been made of new, quantitative approaches to the study of the past. For a time, quantification was a subject of some controversy, occasionally heated, among historians. The more aggressive advocates of quantification promised that its use in historical investigation would have a revitalizing and revolutionary impact, one that would move historical studies beyond the impressionistic and episodic and would produce more reliable, more respectable, and more relevant knowledge of the past. There was some effort, perhaps in the interest of conferring legitimacy, to demonstrate that even great American historians of earlier years made use of quantitative methods and materials in their work. On the other side, critics were equally certain that quantification would dehumanize history, sacrifice the rich variety of the past, and produce works devoid of interest value or genuine understanding. Although disagreements remain, controversy concerning the use of quantification in historical studies is now largely a thing of the past. An occasional curmudgeonly voice is still raised to inveigh against virtually any use of numbers by historians beyond pagination and the recording of dates, but a large and steadily growing body of completed work testifies to the widespread use of quantitative materials in the investigation of historical phenomena. Indeed, the number of books and articles that make use of quantification, more or less extensively, precludes anything approaching comprehensive citation.1

Some aspects of the salt nutrition of higher plants

The subject of the salt nutrition of plants is vast in its ramifications and in the extent of its literature. Only a few aspects of this field of investigation can be considered in this brief review, which has as its intent the presentation of the broad outlines of the present status of certain of the basic problems now attracting the active interest of research workers, rather than the comprehensive citation of publications. The review is prepared primarily for botanists without a specialized interest in plant nutrition. For more extensive surveys of recent literature, the reader will be referred to other more detailed reviews. No other system presented for scientific study by experimental methods is so complex or so difficult to control as the soil-plant system. It is indispensable, for purposes of experimentation planned to elucidate general principles of mineral nutrition of plants, to simplify the natural system. Of paramount importance is the ability to study plant growth without introducing the soil factor at all, through the use of sand and water culture technique. It is now ancient knowledge that plants can be grown in artificial culture solutions containing certain simple salts, but only comparatively recently have several variables and sources of error begun to receive that adequate attention which their importance demands. Growing plants under water or sand culture conditions still affords one of the most potent means of attack on problems of the mineral nutrition of plants, and this review is especially concerned with advances made possible by the utilization of these methods of artificial culture.

Temperature as an Ecological Factor in Animals

IT would be highly presumptuous to attempt to recite all the possible effects of temperature in the ecology of animals, for relatively little is known about the subject. Nor would it come within the legitimate scope of this symposium to attempt to recite all of the investigations with regard to the subject. Rather than to produce the dulling effects of prolonged and comprehensive citation of details, important though they may be, an attempt will be made in the course of a brief survey of this field to cite certain outstanding features of research which have contributed much to our recent knowledge of the subject and promise much in the future, in the hope that these may stimulate the production of new ideas and the initiation of new research projects. For the purpose of the present discussion the subject of as an Ecological Factor in Animals will be arbitrarily divided under the heading, first of Temperature as a Factor in Animal Distribution and secondly, as a Factor in the Equilibrium of Natural Animal Communities. The subject of the text upon animal distribution will be divided, first into distribution in space, and, secondly, into distribution in time. The subject of distribution in space will be divided first into geographic distribution and, secondly, local distribution. Under the subject of geographic distribution we shall consider, first, the effect of temperature during