Bibliometric indicators in the context of regional repositories: proposing the D-index

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• 作者：José Osvaldo De Sordi ; Marco Antonio Conejero ; Manuel Meireles
• 关键词：Article download ; Regional repository ; H ; index ; D ; index ; Academic article ; Scientific article ; Action research
• 刊名：Scientometrics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：107
• 期：1
• 页码：235-258
• 全文大小：488 KB
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• 作者单位：José Osvaldo De Sordi (1)
  Marco Antonio Conejero (2)
  Manuel Meireles (2)
  
  1. Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), Rua Iwakumi, 236, Jundiaí, SP, 13211-424, Brazil
  2. Faculdade Campo Limpo Paulista (FACCAMP), Rua Guatemala, 167, Campo Limpo Paulista, SP, 13231-230, Brazil
  
• 刊物主题：Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science; Interdisciplinary Studies;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1588-2861

文摘

In collaboration with the managers of a university, we have conducted an action research to gauge the adequacy of texts written by researchers in the doctoral programs of the institution as the input (content) for the university’s distance learning program. For the analyses, bibliometric data were collected regarding the articles in question from the regional SciELO repository. This repository was chosen because the articles are mostly published in Portuguese, which is in the domain of the target readership of the distance learning project. It was observed that there was a need for an indicator that related the number of downloads of an article to the total number of downloads of the journal in which it was published. Thus, we propose the D-index, defined as the number of papers with download number ≥d, as a useful index for characterizing the academic popularity (hits) of a journal. The first applications of the D-index in terms of professional practice were positive, given its usefulness and practicality. The D-index aids the analysis of the download of an article, which is a fundamental event for subsequent reading, internalization and learning. An analysis of this set of actions is essential to the context of regional repositories, as their mission also includes the dissemination of information to aid the learning and education of their readers.