The Impact of V.V. Nalimov on Information Science

The paper briefly outlines the contributions made by V.V. Nalimov to the development of science of science, scientometrics, and information science, especially during his career in VINITI. It also brings attention to his main achievements in philosophy, linguistics, and other branches of modern science. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Nalimov and the Polish Way Towards Science of Science

Nalimov's relations with Polish scientists date from the sixties. He was present in Polish science owing to his publication — also specially prepared for Polish journals — and for his participation in Polish-Soviet science of science conferences organized alternately in Poland and in (of that time) Soviet Union. He had a high opinion — which he many times expressed — on contemporary condition of Polish science of science as well as on its previous achievements. In such opinion he was not isolated; also John Bernal and Derek de Solla Price referred in their papers to precursory statements of Maria and Stanisław Ossowski formulating already in the thirties of XX century progressive programme for science of science research. Ten years earlier a similar views upon science presented world-famous Polish sociologist Florian Znaniecki. So, in the first part of the paper a common way of thinking and approaching science of science basic problems in Ossowski's, Znaniecki's and Nalimov's works is presented. In the second part the direct contacts of Nalimov with Polish science of science researchers widely described and commentated in Polish journals are discussed. At least using citation analysis the influence of Nalimov's ideas on science of science and scientometrics in Poland is presented. As a base to citation analysis the journal Problems of the Science of Science (1965–1999) and monographs devoted to scientometrics, bibliometrics and informetrics were taken. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Scientometric Perspectives of the Analysis of Chemical Terminology

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Nalimov. The paper is to show some possibilities of bibliometric methods applied to Subject Index to “CHEMICAL ABSTRACT” (CA) and to Permuterm Subject Index to “SCIENCE CITATION INDEX”. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Karl Heinrich Frömmichen (1736–1783) and Adrian Balbi (1782–1848) — The Pioneers of Biblio- and Scientometrics

When V. V. Nalimov in his important book Naukometriya (Moskva 1969) postulated research on the process of developement of science with the aid of quantitative methods, he listed many different indicators. There were among them the number and growth of scientific publications — books and periodicals, the number of scientists, the level of expenditure. This article shows that the importance of these indicators was recognised by earlier authors. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Intellectual activities and influences of Belver C. Griffith: A citation perspective

Based on an analysis of the 377 documents that cited Griffith's publications in the ISI citation databases, it has been found that Griffith made pioneer and significant contributions with his collaborators to the fields of bibliometrics and scholarly communication among scientists. His research work has also greatly influenced people from all over the world conducting research in psychology, bibliometric information science, and social studies of science in the past several decades. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Scientometrics in the Context of Probabilistic Philosophy

Although the word “naukometriya” (first translated as sciencemetrics) was coined by V. V. Nalimov (1910–1997) in 1969, this field was not his main concern. In the work of this multifaceted and intriguing scientist and scholar, scientometrics was only of central concern for a short period of time. Nevertheless, it is no coincidence that Nalimov is regarded as one of the founding fathers of scientometrics. In this article, we discuss the development of Nalimov's style of scientometric research within the context of his distinctive approach to the sciences, social sciences and humanities in their entirety: his probabilistic philosophy of science and the world. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The multivariate Waring distribution and its application

The multivariate Waring distribution is developed and investigated. A special case, the bivariate Waring distribution, is considered. It is shown that the distributions have some nice properties as multivariate distribution. Some applications to the distribution of scientific productivity are discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The international publication productivity of Latin American countries in the economics and business administration fields

The present study compares the international publication productivityof Latin American countries in the fields of business administration and economicsfrom 1995 to 1999. Only four countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, andMexico – have a substantial research production in these areas. Amongthese countries, Chile showed the most favorable results according to variousindicators of publication productivity. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Preparation, structure and electrical conductivity of Pr1−xLaxO2−δ (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.2)

Abstracts are not published in this journal This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The grain size, dielectric properties and impedance spectroscopy in a modified ternary system of Pb(Zr, Ti)O3

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Magnetization of lithiated magnetite, LixFe3O4

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The sources used by bibliometrics-scientometrics as reflected in references

The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which the field of bibliometrics and scientometrics makes use of sources outside the field. The research was carried out by examining the references of articles published in Scientometrics in the course of two calendar years, 1990, 2000. The results show that in 2000, 56.9% (and 47.3% in 1990) of the references originated from three fields: scientometrics and bibliometrics; library and information science; and the sociology, history and philosophy of science. When comparing the two periods, there is also a considerable increase in journal self-citation (i.e., references to the journal Scientometrics) and in the percentage of references to journals. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Weibull master curves, residual stress fields and stable crack growth

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Preparation and structure of the system (Na1−xLax) (Nb1−(2x_3)Mg2x_3)O3 with x = 0.51, 0.50, 0.435 and 0.4275

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Influence of C, Si on volume change of SG iron during solidification-computer modelling for hypereutectic and hypoeutectic compositions

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Inclusion of Dy, Ho and Er in B sites of modified lead titanate

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The ancient 11th century iron pillar at Dhar, India: a microstructural insight into material characteristics

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Microstructure, mechanical properties and thermoelectric properties of p-type Te-doped Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 compounds fabricated by hot extrusion

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Effect on selected-phase growth of crystalline C--N films by controlling nitrogen, hydrogen and methane mixture

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Effects of deposition conditions on physical properties and stresses of Pt and (Al, Si)Ox thin films

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