Increase In Number Of Citations Research Articles

What Has Changed in the Last Decade in the Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology?

Objective:The primary aim of the study was to perform sequential analyses together with a citation analysis on the characteristics of the studies published in the Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (TAO) in the periods of 2010–2014 and 2015–2019.Methods:The studies published in the indicated periods were reviewed for study type, study topic, language and country of origin. Then, the citation analysis of the articles was performed through the Google Scholar and Web of Science (WoS) databases for the indicated periods. The estimated annual impact factors (EIF) of TAO from 2017 to 2020 were calculated by dividing the total number of citations performed in the projected year to the total number of citable articles published in the preceding two years.Results:The total numbers of articles published from 2010 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2019 were 144 and 214, respectively. In 2010 to 2014, the most frequent study topic was head and neck with case reports ranking highest among study types. In 2015–2019, the most frequent study type had changed to original investigation and topic to general otorhinolaryngology. There was a remarkable increase in the total number of citations in 2015-2019 according to Google Scholar and WoS databases. Also, there was a remarkable increase in the EIF values for 2019 and 2020.Conclusion:Although the increase in the number of citations and impact factor values cannot be appreciated as a single indicator for the success of a journal, the results of the presented study showed a promising advancement in the scientific quality of the TAO, driven by the inclusion of the journal to national and international indexes and by changing the language of the journal to English, as well as the well-orchestrated editorial efforts.

What are we talking about? Sika deer (Cervus nippon): A bibliometric network analysis

The introduction of alien species represents the second most dramatic cause of biodiversity loss all over the world as they may negatively affect the genetic diversity of native species and represent a major problem to both conservation strategies, and functionality of the ecosystems. In the last centuries, sika deer (Cervus nippon) have been widely spread from their native areal (China, Japan, Viet Nam, Korea, Taiwan and Russia) across most continents and they are nowadays considered one of the most invasive existing mammal species. In this study, we jointly used two software tools (VOSviewer and CiteSpace) to quantitatively review and investigate the global scientific literature on the sika deer. We reviewed and analysed the patterns and trends in global scientific literature on the species, performing co-authorship and co-occurrence analyses and creating relative network maps. The results showed a high and constant productivity of Japan, followed by China and USA, with China having an increase in production over the last years. Keywords as “hybridization” and “introgression” figured among the most frequently investigated topics, suggesting genetics as an important field of research, followed by the impacts of the species on the vegetation. Out of the species native range, the most productive country was the UK, followed by Germany and Czech Republic, with similar preferences for the topic of “hybridization” and “introgression”. In addition, we investigated the presence of keywords that experienced an abrupt increase in number of citations (i.e. “citation burst”) across the sika deer scientific literature. The analysis confirmed the previously described trends, highlighting the importance of genetic studies applied to the native fauna. We concluded that the scientific production trends on sika deer follow different and defined research flows according to the area of investigation. In addition, it is possible to notice that countries with the biggest or most invasive populations are also the most prolific. Lastly, this study highlighted the usefulness of integrating different methodologies and approaches to investigate topics in scientific literature through the support of informatics tools.

The Importance of Species Name Synonyms in Literature Searches.

The synonyms of biological species names are shown to be an important component in comprehensive searches of electronic scientific literature databases but they are not well leveraged within the major literature databases examined. For accepted or valid species names in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) which have synonyms in the system, and which are found in citations within PLoS, PMC, PubMed or Scopus, both the percentage of species for which citations will not be found if synonyms are not used, and the percentage increase in number of citations found by including synonyms are very often substantial. However, there is no correlation between the number of synonyms per species and the magnitude of the effect. Further, the number of citations found does not generally increase proportionally to the number of synonyms available. Users looking for literature on specific species across all of the resources investigated here are often missing large numbers of citations if they are not manually augmenting their searches with synonyms. Of course, missing citations can have serious consequences by effectively hiding critical information. Literature searches should include synonym relationships and a new web service in ITIS, with examples of how to apply it to this issue, was developed as a result of this study, and is here announced, to aide in this.

Journal of Food Science and Technology:A Web of Science Based Bibliometric Analysis (2006-2015)

Research articles published in the Journal of Food Science and Technology from 2006 to 2015 were analyzed to know the latest publication trend, citation details, most contributing institutions and contributing authors. 2376 articles were published during the period, initially with 100-150 articles per year to 488 and 891 during 2014 and 2015. Also, the number of references cited per article and average pages per article had increased to 35.01 references and 7.02 pages per article respectively during 2015. A steady increase in number of citations was observed for the articles published during the period 2010-2014 with the highest citation counts of 640 during 2015. The analysis of major contributing institutions showed that the Central Food Technology and Research Institute, Mysore was the leading institution.

The Journal of Management’s First 40 Years

Reflecting on the Journal of Management’s journey from a regional publication to an international outlet for management research, this editorial commentary (a) documents the year-to-year increase in number of citations to articles published in the journal as it has become a leading venue for management scholarship originating worldwide, (b) acknowledges the most frequently published authors in the journal over the past 40 years, and (c) recognizes the journal’s 50 most highly cited articles and their authors.

How could we increase the impact factor of the journal of neurogastroenterology and motility?

How could we increase the impact factor of the journal of neurogastroenterology and motility?

Diversity of fields in patent citations: synchronic and diachronic changes

While there is a large body of research analyzing the overall structure of citation relations for patents, there has been very little research seeking to clarify the characteristics of fields relating to the diffusion of technology through observing the citation network surrounding each patent individually and tracing its growth. This study focused on the classifications assigned to patents and examined the diversity of the fields of patents citing each patent from the following two perspectives: (1) expected values for growth in the number of citing fields, when regarding the observation period as being in a synchronic state and assuming that the strength of connections between each patent and citing fields is constant; and (2) empirical values for growth in the number of citing fields according to the increase in the cumulative number of citations over time. From the results, it was confirmed that the strength of potential connections between each patent and citing fields changes over time. Especially in the fields of "chemistry; metallurgy" and "physics," the following change is considerable: a patent tends to receive citations repeatedly from a limited range of fields for a while, but later comes to be cited by various fields.

Field crops for phytoremediation of metal-contaminated land. A review

The use of higher plants to remediate contaminated land is known as phytoremediation, a term coined 15 years ago. Among green technologies addressed to metal pollution, phytoextraction has received increasing attention starting from the discovery of hyperaccumulator plants, which are able to concentrate high levels of specific metals in the above-ground harvestable biomass. The small shoot and root growth of these plants and the absence of their commercially available seeds have stimulated study on biomass species, including herbaceous field crops. We review here the results of a bibliographical survey from 1995 to 2009 in CAB abstracts on phytoremediation and heavy metals for crop species, citations of which have greatly increased, especially after 2001. Apart from the most frequently cited Brassica juncea (L.) Czern., which is often referred to as an hyperaccumulator of various metals, studies mainly focus on Helianthus annuus L., Zea mays L. and Brassica napus L., the last also having the greatest annual increase in number of citations. Field crops may compensate their low metal concentration by a greater biomass yield, but available data from in situ experiments are currently very few. The use of amendments or chelators is often tested in the field to improve metal recovery, allowing above-normal concentrations to be reached. Values for Zn exceeding 1,000 mg kg−1 are found in Brassica spp., Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Zea mays, and Cu higher than 500 mg kg−1 in Zea mays, Phaseolus vulgaris and Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Lead greater than 1,000 mg kg−1 is measured in Festuca spp. and various Fabaceae. Arsenic has values higher than 200 mg kg−1 in sorghum and soybean, whereas Cd concentrations are generally lower than 50 mg kg−1. Assisted phytoextraction is currently facilitated by the availability of low-toxic and highly degradable chelators, such as EDDS and nitrilotriacetate. Currently, several experimental attempts are being made to improve plant growth and metal uptake, and results are being achieved from the application of organic acids, auxins, humic acids and mycorrhization. The phytoremediation efficiency of field crops is rarely high, but their greater growth potential compared with hyperaccumulators should be considered positively, in that they can establish a dense green canopy in polluted soil, improving the landscape and reducing the mobility of pollutants through water, wind erosion and water percolation.