Comparative study of scaling parameters and research output of selected highly- and moderately-cited individual authors

Sangwal, Keshra

doi:10.35784/jcsi.2920

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Comparative study of scaling parameters and research output of selected highly- and moderately-cited individual authors

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Sangwal Keshra

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10.35784/jcsi.2920

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Badanie porównawczych parametrów skalowania i dorobku badawczego wybranych wysoko i umiarkowanie cytowanych autorów

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The real data of cumulative citations ln of selected nth paper of individual N papers published by some highly- and moderately-cited individual authors are analyzed to compare Hirsch and Hirsch-type indices h, h1, hf and hm, and cita-tion radii R and Rf from consideration of: (1) the number An of coauthors of the paper, (2) the normalization of citations ln and cumulative fraction lnf of citation of the nth paper by mean and median citations of the citations ln of all Nc cited papers, and (3) the determination of effective rank neff of the lnf citations. Analysis of the ln(n), lnf(n) and lnf(neff) data was also carried out by using a Langmuir-type function l = l0[1−Kn/(1+Kn)], where l denotes the citations ln and lnf of all cited Nc papers arranged in the decreasing order, is an effectiveness parameter, K is the so-called Langmuir con-stant, n denotes the rank n or neff of citations and l0 is the value of l when n or neff approaches zero. For a comparison of the publication output of different authors it was found that the hm index is more consistent than other indices, and it can be normalized to account for the publication career of different authors. However, Langmuir-type function is not ade-quate for comparison of the publication output of different authors because it describes the rank-order distribution pat-terns satisfactorily in terms of two parameters. To compare the publication output of different authors independent of their career length t, it is suggested to use scaling parameters h/t, hf/t and hm/t.

Przeanalizowano dane liczby cytowań kumulacyjnych ln wybranego n-tego artykułu spośródN indywidualnych artyku-łów opublikowanych przez niektórych wysoko i umiarkowanie cytowanych pojedynczych autorów. Do porównania użyto wskaźników Hirscha h i Hirscha-podobnych h1, hf i hm, oraz promienia cytowań R i Rfpod względem: 1) liczby Anwspółautorów artykułów, 2) normalizacji liczby cytowań lni ułamka kumulacyjnego lnf cytowania n-tego artykułu średnimi i środkowymi cytowaniami lnwszystkich cytowań Ncartykułów,3) określenia efektywnego rzędu neffcytowań lnf. Analiza danych ln(n), lnf(n) i lnf(neff) była prowadzona również wedle funkcji typu Langmuira l = l0[1−Kn/(1+Kn)], gdzie: l oznacza ln i lnf cytowania wszystkich cytowanych Ncartykułów umieszczonych w malejącym porządku, pa-rametr efektywności, K to tak zwana stała Langmuira, noznacza rząd n lub neffcytowań oraz l0 to wartość l, gdy n lub neffdąży do zera. Do porównania dorobku publikacyjnego różnych autorów stwierdzono, że wskaźnik hm jest bardziej miarodajny od pozostałych oraz, że można je znormalizować w celu uwzględnienia kariery publikacyjnej różnych auto-rów. Funkcja typu Langmuira nie jest właściwa jednak do porównania dorobku publikacyjnego różnych autorów po-nieważ opisuje ona w sposób zadowalający rozkład kolejności rzędu ich artykułówprzy pomocy dwóch parametrów. Do porównania dorobku publikacyjnego różnych autorów, niezależnego od długości ich kariery t, zaproponowano sto-sowanie parametrów skalowania h/t, hf/t and hm/t.

Słowa kluczowe

citation analysis citation distribution coauthorship h-type indices Langmuir-type function

analiza cytowań rozkład cytowań współautorstwo współczynniki typu h funkcja typu Langmuira

Wydawca

Wydawnictwo Politechniki Lubelskiej

Czasopismo

Journal of Computer Sciences Institute

Rocznik

2022

Tom

Vol. 23

Strony

152--164

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 58 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

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Sangwal Keshra

k.sangwal@pollub.pl

Department of Applied Physics, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 38, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).

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