Humanities Citation Index Research Articles

Early insights on the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI): an overlay map-based bibliometric study

With rapid advances and diversifications in new fields of science and technology, new journals are emerging as a location for the exchange of research methods and findings in these burgeoning communities. These new journals are large in number and, in their early years, it is unclear how central these journals will be in the fields of science and technology. On one hand, these new journals offer valuable data sources for bibliometric scholars to understand and analyze emerging fields; on the other hand, how to identify important peer-reviewed journals remains a challenge--and one that is essential for funders, key opinion leaders, and evaluators to overcome. To fulfill growing demand, the Web of Science platform, as the world's most trusted research publication and citation index, launched the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in November 2015 to extend the universe of journals already included in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. This paper profiles ESCI, drawing some comparisons against these three established indexes in terms of two questions: (1) Does ESCI cover more regional journals of significant importance and provide a more balanced distribution of journals? (2) Does ESCI offer earlier visibility of emerging fields and trends through upgraded science overlay maps? The results show that the ESCI has a positive effect on research assessment and it accelerates communication in the scientific community. However, ESCI brings little impact to promoting the inferior role of non-English countries and regions. In addition, medical science, education research, social sciences, and humanities are emerging fields in recent research, reflected by the lower proportion of traditional fundamental disciplines and applied science journals included in ESCI. Furthermore, balancing the selection of journals across different research domains to facilitate cross-disciplinary research still needs further effort.

Estudio bibliométrico y de impacto de la Revista Complutense de Educación (2005-2015)

El presente estudio presenta un análisis bibliométrico de la Revista Complutense de Educación de los últimos diez años (2005-2015). Se han analizado 269 artículos correspondientes a los Vol. 16, N. 1 (2005) al Vol. 26, N. 3 (2015). La información se obtuvo de la versión electrónica de la revista y se establecieron para el análisis, los siguientes índices bibliométricos: número de artículos publicados por año de publicación, tipo de metodología, temática, índice de autoría, filiación institucional de los autores, productividad por país y revistas citantes en Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index y Arts and Humanities Citation Index. En las conclusiones se discuten los aspectos más relevantes que hay que potenciar y otros que es necesario mejorar para que la revista consiga una mayor difusión. Finalmente, el estudio ofrece algunas sugerencias de mejora para mejorar el impacto de la revista y su posicionamiento nacional e internacional en bases de datos.

“Second Language Writing” Publications in Web of Science: A Bibliometric Analysis

There are several indicators that distinguish an academic discipline, including journals, conferences, and graduate programs. One of them is the presence of academic publications in well-regarded citation indices such as Web of Science (WoS). This study explored the bibliometric characteristics of publications on “second language writing” (SLW) covered in the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index of WoS. We found that, while the first appeared in 1992 with a steady increase in recent years, there were a total of 266 SLW publications, mostly in the linguistics research area (92%), in the WoS between 1900 and 2013. The publications included articles, book reviews, and bibliographies written by 1.64 authors per publication, suggesting a low level of collaborations among SLW scholars. They cited 31.44 publications and received citations from 5.90 publications on average. An average SLW title had 2.49 different words and a total of 10.85 words, with an abstract of about five sentences and about six keywords and diverse topics including second language writing, writing, academic writing, error correction, and plagiarism. Our findings will be of value to second language writing scholars, graduate students, and practitioners for examining the status of their field.

Bibliometric analysis of art exhibit reviews in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Art exhibit reviews is one of document types in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). Art exhibit reviews in A&HCI from 1994 to 2013 were analyzed in terms of languages, publication output, authors, Web of Science categories, journals, and art exhibit reviews’ title. Most of the art exhibit reviews were contributed by only one author. Authors prefer to publish their art exhibit reviews in the same journal. The editor of Magazine Antiques, A.E. Ledes, the editors of Art in America and Connaissance des Arts were high productive authors. Art was the leading subject category with a great majority of art exhibit reviews. More than a half of art exhibit reviews were published in Art in America, Artnews, Connaissance des Arts, Artforum International, and Burlington Magazine. Artists, art, new, world, modern, museum, and collection were the most frequently used in art exhibit reviews’ title.

The changing role of non-English papers in scholarly communication: Evidence from Web of Science's three journal citation indexes

Non-English languages are widely used, but their roles in scholarly communication are relatively under-explored. By using Web of Science's Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, 1900–2015), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI, 1900–2015), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI, 1975–2015), this study probes the patterns and dynamics of non-English papers by year, citation index, and discipline using bibliometric analysis. The analyses show that English is increasingly being used as the dominating language from natural sciences and social sciences to arts and humanities. Around 97% of the papers in SCIE, 95% of the papers in SSCI, and 73% of the papers in A&HCI during the past decade were in English. However, other languages such as German and French were also used as important academic languages in sciences and social sciences during the first half of the 20th century, 1970s, and 1980s. Unlike natural science and social science disciplines, non-English papers have consistently played important role in arts and humanities disciplines from the beginning of 1975. Although the shares of non-English papers in SCIE and SSCI databases have been limited during the past decade, a large number of non-English papers can be found in some applied disciplines of sciences and social sciences.

Book reviews in academic journals: patterns and dynamics

Book reviews play important roles in scholarly communication especially in arts and humanities disciplines. By using Web of Science's Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, this study probed the patterns and dynamics of book reviews within these three indexes empirically during the past decade (2006-2015). We found that the absolute numbers of book reviews among all the three indexes were relatively stable but the relative shares were decreasing. Book reviews were very common in arts and humanities, common in social sciences, but rare in natural sciences. Book reviews are mainly contributed by authors from developed economies such as the USA and the UK. Oppositely, scholars from China and Japan are unlikely to contribute to book reviews.

Effectiveness and experience of arts-based pedagogy among undergraduate nursing students: a mixed methods systematic review.

To develop well rounded professional nurses, educators need diverse pedagogical approaches. There is growing interest in arts-based pedagogy (ABP) as the arts can facilitate reflection, create meaning and engage healthcare students. However, the emerging body of research about ABP needs to be systematically examined. To synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of ABP in enhancing competencies and learning behaviors in undergraduate nursing education and to explore nursing students' experiences with art-based pedagogy. The review considered studies that included participants who are undergraduate nursing students. The qualitative (QL) component considered studies investigating nursing students' experiences of ABP, and the quantitative (QN) component considered studies evaluating the effectiveness of ABP in undergraduate nursing education. The QL component considered QL studies including designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research. The QN component considered studies that examined the effectiveness of ABP including designs such as randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental, before and after studies, prospective and retrospective cohort studies, case-control studies, analytical cross-sectional studies, case series, individual case reports and descriptive cross-sectional studies. The following QN outcomes of ABP were assessed: knowledge acquisition, level of empathy, attitudes toward others, emotional states, reflective practice, self-transcendence, cognitive/ethical maturity, learning behaviors and students' perspectives of ABP. An extensive three-step search strategy was conducted for primary research studies published between January 1, 1994 and April 7, 2015. The strategy included searching CINAHL, MEDLINE, ERIC, PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Art Full Text, Scopus, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, A&I, and gray literature. Only studies published in English were included. Two reviewers assessed all studies for methodological quality using appropriate critical appraisal checklists from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-QARI) or the Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-MAStARI). Data were extracted from included articles using the standardized data extraction tool from JBI-QARI or JBI-MAStARI. Qualitative studies were pooled through a meta-synthesis. Data from the QN studies were combined using a narrative synthesis as a meta-analysis was not possible. The researchers used a segregated mixed methods approach to integrate the QL and QN components. Twenty-one QL studies of high methodological quality were included. The two synthesized findings revealed that art forms could create meaning and inspire learning in undergraduate nursing education and that ABP can develop important learner outcomes/competencies for professional nursing. These synthesized findings received a moderate ConQual rating. Fifteen experimental/quasi-experimental studies of moderate methodological quality were included. The narrative synthesis suggested that ABP improved nursing students' knowledge acquisition, level of empathy, attitude toward others, emotional states, level of reflective practice, learning behaviors and aspects of cognitive/ethical maturity. In five cross-sectional studies, the majority of students had a positive perspective of ABP. When the QL and QN findings were interpreted as a whole, ABP appeared to facilitate learning in the cognitive and affective domains and may be especially useful in addressing the affective domain. Nurse educators should consider using ABP as students found that this approach offered a meaningful way of learning and resulted in the development of important competencies for professional nursing. The QN studies provide a very low level of evidence that ABP improved students' knowledge acquisition, level of empathy, attitude toward others, emotional states, level of reflective practice, learning behaviors and aspects of cognitive/ethical maturity. Although the QN findings can inform future research, the evidence is not robust enough to demonstrate improved outcomes.

Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars' Language Choices in International Scholarly Publishing: A Ten-Year Survey

International scholarly publishing is a multifaceted and interconnected activity around the globe. This paper critically examines the linguistic facet of scholarly publication as a global phenomenon. We investigated the distribution of languages in the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index lists to determine Chinese humanities and social sciences scholars' choice of language as recorded in the Web of Science when publishing in selected disciplines. Covering a ten-year period from 2005 to 2014, the findings show that English was by far the most preferred language. Although other languages have a presence in the two key lists, Asian languages were conspicuously absent. Chinese scholars' language preferences have been almost exclusively confined to English and Chinese, and they have limited multilingual abilities for scholarly publication. The findings are discussed in relation to equity and multidirectionality in international scholarly publishing.

Characterization, description, and considerations for the use of funding acknowledgement data in Web of Science

Funding acknowledgements found in scientific publications have been used to study the impact of funding on research since the 1970s. However, no broad scale indexation of that paratextual element was done until 2008, when Thomson Reuters Web of Science started to add funding acknowledgement information to its bibliographic records. As this new information provides a new dimension to bibliometric data that can be systematically exploited, it is important to understand the characteristics of these data and the underlying implications for their use. This paper analyses the presence and distribution of funding acknowledgement data covered in Web of Science. Our results show that prior to 2009 funding acknowledgements coverage is extremely low and therefore not reliable. Since 2008, funding information has been collected mainly for publications indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE); more recently (2015), inclusion of funding texts for publications indexed in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) has been implemented. Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) content is not indexed for funding acknowledgement data. Moreover, English-language publications are the most reliably covered. Finally, not all types of documents are equally covered for funding information indexation and only articles and reviews show consistent coverage. The characterization of the funding acknowledgement information collected by Thomson Reuters can therefore help understand the possibilities offered by the data but also their limitations.

A systematic review of research on innovation in hospitality and tourism

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the state of academic research on innovation in tourism. The authors present a systematic review of the literature, different research approaches and perspectives on tourism innovation; offer a synthesis of our findings and provide a discussion and proposals for future research.Design/methodology/approachExisting studies on innovation in hospitality and tourism (included in the Web of Knowledge database) were reviewed, and their limitations were identified. A procedure used in previous studies (Crossan and Apaydin, 2010; Tranfieldet al., 2003; Becheikhet al., 2006) was applied. Moreover, aiming to reveal theoretical foundations of tourism innovation research and identify their structure, a bibliometric analysis was performed.FindingsThis paper identifies 152 published papers that represent the major efforts in expanding the body of research on innovation in hospitality and tourism. The importance of innovation for business and regional competitiveness and success has been recognised by both researchers and practitioners. In the papers included in the sample of this paper, the authors identified a general consensus that much remains to be done in the development of the theory of innovation in tourism. Through bibliometric analysis, nine co-citation networks, or clusters, were retrieved by applying co-citation relations among the most cited authors. The examination of these nine clusters revealed some dominant themes that characterise the field.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors used three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. While these databases may not include all relevant research, the authors, nonetheless, believe that by using a rigorous procedure in reviewing the literature systematically, they were able to reduce the probability of neglecting any information that would critically change the content of the present paper.Practical implicationsThe aim of this paper was to bring together the prior research with presently existing models that may be used in further research. For the continuation of the research, the authors propose additional studies with the aim of theory development. By introducing new theoretical ideas and theoretical models, more qualitative and inductive research would help to stimulate further work. As stated above, researchers could go further by undertaking quantitative methods to empirically verify the theoretically proposed models.Originality/valueSince the last review (Hjalager, 2010) of past studies in tourism innovation, mostly focusing on studies up to 2009, tourism innovation research has grown noticeably in terms of diverse topics. In this paper’s database, the year with the most publications was 2012 with 48 papers, followed by 2014 with 42 (by 19 September), 2010 and 2011 with 41 and 2009 with 29. To the authors’ knowledge, no updated reviews focusing on innovation in tourism have been published recently. This study, consisting of a systematic review of academic literature, includes analyses of the international context, the methodology used, the points of view, the level of analysis (micro-level, macro-level and general level) and the type of innovation discussed in the paper. Moreover, the authors did not find any studies that used bibliometric analysis to identify the structure of the theoretical foundation of research in the area of innovation in tourism.

Regional and global science: Publications from Latin America and the Caribbean in the SciELO Citation Index and the Web of Science

In this article the authors compare the visibility of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) publications in the Core Collection indexes of the Web of Science (WoS) inlcuding Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and the SciELO Citation Index (SciELO CI) which was integrated into the larger WoS platform in 2014. The purpose of this comparison is to contribute to the broader understanding of the communication of scientific knowledge produced in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to provide some reflections on the potential benefits of the articulation of regional indexing exercises into WoS for a better understanding of geographic and disciplinary contributions. How is the regional level of SciELO CI related to the global range of WoS? In WoS, LAC authors are integrated at the global level in international networks, while SciELO has provided a platform for interactions among LAC researchers. The articulation of SciELO into WoS may improve the international visibility of the regional journals, but at the cost of own journal inclusion criteria independence.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ESTONIAN FOLKLORE RESEARCH AND FOLKLORE: ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE

1. Background The research areas in Estonia that are most often considered to have a strong impact on the world based on their citations per publication are molecular biology and genetics (18th in the world on the Essential Science Indicator), environment/ ecology (15th on the ESI), and plant and animal science (12th on the ESI). Overall the level on Estonian research is a small miracle considering Estonia's size and history (Allik 2015). But what is not known is that there is an area of research where Estonia is at world level--and it is an area not visible in either ESI or Journal Citation Reports because it is an area in arts and humanities. The humanitarian researchers in Estonia are skeptical about bibliometrics and how or if it can display their impact on a local or on a larger scale, and for the most part this is true (Allik 2012). It is no secret that the humanities with their publishing and citation practices are largely different from most of the other research areas in science and for this they are not ideal for bibliometrical comparisons or analysis. The citation tradition in the humanities is not as strong as it is in science. An art historian may not formally cite such works as Guernica or Mona Lisa. A literary critic would not cite Shakespeare every time he mentions Hamlet (Garfield 1980a). The citations to articles are slow to grow and in many subfields of the humanities articles do not even have any great impact (because of the book-oriented nature of the fields) (Stern 1983). Also most of the research done in the humanities are with localized conceptions, meaning that linguistic studies on Estonian or Finnish will be published in Estonian or Finnish for Estonian or Finnish readers and researchers. But there is still a remarkable amount of documents on arts and humanities in the Web of Science Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) and this data is bibliometrically analyzable and actually quite interesting (Ho et al. 2015, Konur 2012). The following paper tries to answer these questions: How does an Estonian folklore researcher compare with its neighbors and with the whole world? What kind of impact has the Estonian folklore journal The Electronic Journal of Folklore (EJoF) had and how has it changed the area in Estonia? 2. Methodology To measure, compare and visualize the area of folklore in Estonia, 100 documents published from 2005-2014 and 73 documents published from 2010-2014 indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) were analyzed. For comparison with Estonia, Finland was naturally chosen because of its neighboring location and its similar culture to Estonia. Also Latvia, Sweden, the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales in total) and the United States of America were chosen because of their location to Estonia and their history and their role in the area of folklore. The analysis on the journal the Estonian Electronic Journal of Folklore (EJoF) was made by using data from Thomson Reuters Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Journal Citation Report (JCP), Scopus, and SCImago. To compare the impact of EJoF to a Finnish journal FF Communications was chosen since it has published the most cited and important work in folklore (Aarne, Stith 1928). Folk Life--Journal of Ethnological Studies from the United Kingdom, Folklore, the journal for the Folklore Society of England, which is one of the earliest English-language journals in the area of folkloristics, first published in 1879 and the Journal of Folklore Research from the Indiana University in the United States of America were chosen. The analysis was done in InCites (InCites is a customized, web-based research evaluation tool that allows users to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark research output against peers worldwide) during the last week (23-29) of November 2015. …

A comparison of citation distributions of journals and books on the topic “information society”

The purpose of this study is to explore and compare citations and discipline distribution in journal articles and books in the field of information society. By investigating citations, co-citation analysis and social network analysis, this study highlights the major disciplines in the information society field, identifies the highly-cited works and the relationships among them, and analyzes the multidisciplinary nature of the field. A total of 84 selective documents related to the study of information society were collected. The Web of Science, including Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and Book Citation Index, was selected to search for citation and co-citation data from 2005 to 2012. A co-citation matrix was built and subject clusters were determined. Moreover, co-citation data acquired from a social network analysis tool, UCINET, were put through centrality analysis to explore the influence of each document in the field of information society. Conclusions were made based on research results.

Understanding for whom, under what conditions, and how group-based physical activity interventions are successful: a realist review.

BackgroundParticipation in group-based physical activity (GBPA) interventions has been found to result in higher levels of exercise adherence and program compliance. However, previous reviews of GBPA programs have provided limited insight regarding ‘for whom’, ‘under what conditions’, and ‘how’ these interventions increase physical activity behavior.MethodsA realist review was conducted by following the seven recommended iterative and overlapping steps (J Health Serv Res Policy 10S1:21-34, 2005). The review was limited to group dynamics-based interventions for adults (>17 years of age). The search was conducted in PubMed, PsychInfo, and Web of Science search engines associated with the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and MEDLINE.ResultsUsing a realist review approach, data from 52 studies were synthesized. Of those, 92 % (n = 48) reported significant increases in participant physical activity. The synthesis resulted in three main observations and recommendations.DiscussionGBPA interventions have worked for a variety of populations, including those who are hard to reach; however, more research is needed on moderating factors to determine for whom different GBPA programs may be effective. Second, previous interventions have varied in the duration, frequency, and number of group-based strategies used, and comparative effectiveness research may be necessary to isolate the mechanisms of effect. Third, these interventions have been conducted in a diverse range of settings, using a variety of research designs and analytical approaches. Less information is known about the costs or sustainability of these programs in their intended settings.ConclusionThe results of this realist review have important implications for practice, refining trial designs, and replication across diverse populations and settings.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2270-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Publications in dance field in Arts & Humanities Citation Index: a bibliometric analysis

This paper presents a detailed chronological survey of papers published in the Web of Science category of dance from 1994 to 2013 based on Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). An analysis of the research performance according to publication output, distribution of words in article title was carried out. Performances of authors, including total, single author, first author, and corresponding author publications were analyzed. The results indicated that annual output of the articles increased slightly. More document types were found in A&HCI database than in other Web of Science database. Dance Magazine published the most articles. Single-author article was the most-popular type of authorship. Editors were the dominant author. "Ballet" is the main research topic in dance field.

Phishing or Hijacking? Forgers Hijacked DU Journal by Copying Content of Another Authenticate Journal

2 Hijacked journals are journals that are created by forgers and use same name and ISSN similar authenticate journals. These journals publish papers of authors by requesting publication charges without any peer review because they have financial goals. In many cases, forger select journals that have print version and create the fake website then cheat authors (1- 3). We found a new hijacked journal that name Journal. Original DU journal is Thomson Reuters indexed and has Arts & Humanities Citation Index. This journal is established by DU Verlag, Steinackerstrasse in Switzerland. Journal's ISSN is monthly ISSN: 0012-6837 and available at this URL: http://www.du-magazin.com. Fake journal is placed in this URL http://dujournal.eu.pn. DU journal is Scopus indexed, and we cannot find papers of evaluated URL (http://dujournal.eu.pn) in Scopus database. Also in Thomson Reuter's website we cannot find any link to website. By using a Whois databases, we detect that fake website is created in Jul 2007 by a hosting company and use ns1.freehostingeu.com as a name server, it means that website use free hosting service. Often Phisher and forgers use free hosting to be anonymous. Domain of the fake journal is a free domain too. In other words, forgers used free domain and hosting for fake journal. We can find similar hijacking technique for another hijacked journal that name Journal. Ephemera Journal is placed in this server and uses free hosting and domain such as DU journal. It is high probability that a person is a forger of these two journals. In fake DU journal, two volumes are accessible, and some issues only have one paper. It seems that forgers are creating a website or are searching for victims to publish their papers in these volumes. In contact section of the website, there are three email addresses; du.editor@swissmail.com, du.customer@swissmail.com and info@dujournal.eu.pn. Forgers used swissmail.com server as official email addresses to convince authors that journal is belonged to Switzerland, and journal is authenticated while swissmail.com server, is free email service such as Google, Yahoo and other free email services, that is created by mail.com and any people can create email account in it. In main page of the fake website, there is an image from a certificate, we searched this image and other images of this site in Google and found that these images are belonged to journal of Siberian federal university (http://journal.sfu-kras.ru/en). Hijackers used Siberian federal university Journal' website content and created faked DU journal. This type of hijacking is very similar to deceptive phishing attacks. In information security literature, phishing is a social engineering based attack where the attacker tries to steal victims' sensitive information by means of different techniques (4, 5). In deceptive phishing attacks, phisher use content of other websites and create the fake website then redirect victims to the fake website by using of social engineering techniques.

Library and Information Science Research Output: A study based on Web of Science

The paper assessed growth trend of “Library and Information and Science” (LIS) literature based on the output of research publications indexed in the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) during the period from 1975 to 2012. An overall total of 311,886 records were retrieved on LIS including all forms of literature. The records were categorized under 23 types of documents. A scientometric assessment of the status of research papers is presented in the study by way of analyzing some of the features of publications of the study period; Year-wise distribution of publications on LIS, Form-wise distribution, Language-wise distribution, Annual output of publications, Geographical distribution, Subject dispersion, Institutional distribution, Sources preferred for publishing, Indian contribution to LIS, etc. The paper has given special emphasis for Indian LIS research output. The study certainly be useful to subject experts, analysts, scholars and policy makers for drafting effective policies on the basis of inferences drawn in this paper.

A bibliometric analysis of linguistics in web of science

The present study investigated the bibliometric characteristics of linguistics as represented in Web of Science (WoS), focusing on the number of linguistics publications between 1900 and 2013 in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and between 1975 and 2013 in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AH whereas, A&HCI ranked the language linguistics category no. 9.33, linguistics category no. 22.15, and the linguistics research area no. 7.92. Based on these results, we can conclude that linguistics is an important field in both the social sciences and arts and humanities as covered in WoS.

Producción e impacto de las instituciones españolas de investigación en <em>Arts and Humanities Citation Index</em> (2003-2012)

This essay reviews both the scholarly output and impact factor of Spanish research institutions in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AH it also highlights the outstanding production of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Co-cited author retrieval and relevance theory: examples from the humanities

Given a user-selected seed author, a unique experimental system called AuthorWeb can return the 24 authors most frequently co-cited with the seed in a 10-year segment of the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. The Web-based system can then instantly display the seed and the others as a Pathfinder network, a Kohonen self-organizing map, or a pennant diagram. Each display gives a somewhat different overview of the literature cited with the seed in a specialty (e.g., Thomas Mann studies). Each is also a live interface for retrieving (1) the documents that co-cite the seed with another user-selected author, and (2) the works by the seed and the other author that are co-cited. This article describes the Pathfinder and Kohonen maps, but focuses much more on AuthorWeb pennant diagrams, exhibited here for the first time. Pennants are interesting because they unite ego-centered co-citation data from bibliometrics, the TF*IDF formula from information retrieval, and Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory (RT) from linguistic pragmatics. RT provides a cognitive interpretation of TF*IDF weighting. By making people's inferential processes a primary concern, RT also yields insights into both topical and non-topical relevance, central matters in information science. Pennants for several authors in the humanities demonstrate these insights.