The hierarchical status of international academic awards in social sciences

Scientometrics - International academic awards are not only compelling signs of personal academic excellence, but also play a significant role in evaluating the performance of institutions and...     

Shalosh B. Ekhad: a computer credit for mathematicians

Scientometrics - With the advent of personal computers, mathematicians and PC team up with each other in the scientific sphere, wherein one sheds light on the significance of the other. However,...     

Response to comment “hα: the scientist as chimpanzee or bonobo”, by Leydesdorff,Bornmann and Opthof

Scientometrics - In this comment by Leydesdorff, Bornmann and Opthof (Scientometrics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03004-3 , 2019) the authors criticize the recently proposed...     

Understanding the role of open peer review and dynamic academic articles

We welcome the commentary by L. Egghe (Scientometrics, this issue) stimulating discussion on our recent article “Natural selection of academic papers” (NSAP) (Scientometrics, 85(2):553–559, 2010) that focuses on an important modern issue at the heart of the scientific enterprise—the open and continuous evaluation and evolution of research. We are also grateful to the editor of Scientometrics for giving us the opportunity to respond to some of the arguments by L. Egghe that we believe are inaccurate or require further comment.     

NHST is still logically flawed

Scientometrics - In this elaborate response to Wu (in Scientometrics, 2018), I maintain that null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is logically flawed. Wu (2018) disagrees with this claim...     

Letter to the editor: comments on the paper of Gagolewski et al.: Ockham’s index of citation impact

Scientometrics - In a recent paper in Scientometrics, Gagolewski et al. (2022) elaborated on a 3DSI model (3 dimensions of scientific impact) using a triplet of primary indicators (N, the number of...     

Bibliometrics-based decision tree (BBDT) for deciding whether two universities in the Leiden ranking differ substantially in their performance

Scientometrics - Fast-and-frugal heuristics are simple judgement strategies that are based on only a few predictor variables. Bornmann and Marewski (Scientometrics 120(2):419–459, 2019)...     

Are FT50 journals really leading? A comment on Fassin

Scientometrics - In his recent Scientometrics article, Fassin (2021) asked the following question: Does the FT50 journal list select the best management and economics journals? After collecting,...     

Letter to the editor: comments on the paper of Lucio Bertoli-Barsotti and Tommaso Lando: a theoretical model of the relationship between the h-index and other simple citation indicators

Scientometrics - In this discussion we show using results from Bertoli-Barsotti and Lando (Scientometrics, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s11192-017-2351-9 ) that the simplest formula that could be derived...     

The alleged citation advantage of video abstracts may be a matter of self-citations and self-selection bias. Comment on “The impact of video abstract on citation counts” by Zong et al.

Scientometrics - The paper authored by Zong et al. (Scientometrics, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03108-w) claims that equipping articles with a video abstract provides them a citation...     

Deciphering the US News and World Report Ranking of US Chemistry Graduate Programs

Scientometrics - The US News & World Reports (US News) regularly publishes highly influential rankings of graduate programs in the sciences. These rankings are exclusively based on...     

A novel data solution to inform curriculum decolonisation: the case of the Imperial College London Masters of Public Health

Scientometrics - There is increasing interest within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to examine curricula for legacies of colonialism or empire that might result in a preponderance of...     

Can’t bibliometric analysts do better? How quality assessment without field expertise does not work

Scientometrics - The article is an invited comment on Guy Madison and Therese Söderlund (M&S): Comparisons of content and scientific quality indicators across peer-reviewed journal...     

Is there an intrinsic logical error in null hypothesis significance tests? Commentary on: “Null hypothesis significance tests. A mix-up of two different theories: the basis for widespread confusion and numerous misinterpretations”

Scientometrics - In Schneider (Scientometrics 102:411–432, 2015), the author argues that there is an intrinsic logical problem in null hypothesis significance test and thus urges to use it...     

Comments on the paper of J. M. Campanario: The effect of citations on the significance of decimal places in the computation of journal impact factors

We give mathematical explanations of some empirical results obtained by Campanario in Scientometrics 99(2):289–298, (2014).     

Two new kids on the block: How do Crossref and Dimensions compare with Google Scholar,Microsoft Academic,Scopus and the Web of Science?

Scientometrics - In the last 3 years, several new (free) sources for academic publication and citation data have joined the now well-established Google Scholar, complementing the two...     

Gender differences among first authors in research focused on the Sustainable Development Goal of Gender Equality

Scientometrics - In 2016, the United Nations officially launched the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address urgent global challenges over the next 15 years. Among...     

A modified gamma/Gompertz/NBD model for estimating technology lifetime

Scientometrics - For efficient research and development (R&D) management, estimating the economic value of patents is becoming increasingly necessary. When estimating the economic value of...     

Comments on some of the statements in the article: The measurement of international scientific collaboration by T. Luukkonen,R. J. W. Tijsen,O. Persson,G. Sivertsen

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Does gender structure influence R&D efficiency? A regional perspective

Scientometrics - The gender structure in research and development (R&D) activities has received more and more attention in terms of its increasing importance in R&D management, but...