The challenges to expand bibliometric studies from periodical literature to monographic literature with a new data source: the book citation index

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• 作者：Wolfgang Glänzel ; Bart Thijs ; Pei-Shan Chi
• 关键词：Book citation index ; Citation distribution ; Citation pattern ; Citation ageing
• 刊名：Scientometrics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：109
• 期：3
• 页码：2165-2179
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• 刊物主题：Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1588-2861
• 卷排序：109

文摘

This study aims to gain a better understanding of communication patterns in different publication types and the applicability of the Book Citation Index (BKCI) for building indicators for use in both informetrics studies and research evaluation. The authors investigated the differences not only in citation impact between journal and book literature, but also in citation patterns between edited books and their monographic authored counterparts. The complete 2005 volume of the Web of Science Core Collection database including the three journal databases and the BKCI has been processed as source documents. The results of this study show that books are more heterogeneous information sources and addressed to more heterogeneous target groups than journals. Comparatively, the differences between edited and authored books in terms of the citation impact are not so impressive as books versus journals. Advanced models and indicators which have been developed for periodicals also work for books—however with some limitations.