The citation impacts and citation environments of Chinese journals in mathematics

Ping Zhou; Loet Leydesdorff

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1713-0

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 72: Issue 2

The citation impacts and citation environments of Chinese journals in mathematics

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Ping Zhou

Ping Zhou

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Loet Leydesdorff

Loet Leydesdorff University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Amsterdam The Netherlands Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Pages:: 185–200

Online Publication Date:: 17 Jun 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Aug 2007

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1713-0

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Abstract

Based on the citation data of journals covered by the China Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database (CSTPCD), we obtained aggregated journal-journal citation environments by applying routines developed specifically for this purpose. Local citation impact of journals is defined as the share of the total citations in a local citation environment, which is expressed as a ratio and can be visualized by the size of the nodes. The vertical size of the nodes varies proportionally to a journal’s total citation share, while the horizontal size of the nodes is used to provide citation information after correction for the within-journal (self-) citations. In the “citing” environment, the equivalent of the local citation performance can also be considered as a citation activity index. Using the “citing” patterns as variables one is able to map how the relevant journal environments are perceived by the collective of authors of a journal, while the “cited” environment reflects the impact of journals in a local environment. In this study, we analyze citation impacts of three Chinese journals in mathematics and compare local citation impacts with impact factors. Local citation impacts reflect a journal’s status and function better than (global) impact factors. We also found that authors in Chinese journals prefer international instead of domestic ones as sources for their citations.

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