Category: Citation analysis

  • Social science contributions compared in synthetic biology and nanotechnology

    With growing attention to societal issues and implications of synthetic biology, we investigate sources of social science publication knowledge in synthetic biology and probe what might be learned by comparison with earlier rounds of social science research in nanotechnology. “Social science” research is broadly defined to include publications in conventional social science as well as…

  • Visualizing the intellectual structure and evolution of innovation systems research: a bibliometric analysis

    Despite increasing awareness of the need to trace the trajectory of innovation system research, so far little attention has been given to quantitative depiction of the evolution of this fast-moving research field. This paper uses CiteSpace to demonstrate visually intellectual structures and developments. The study uses citation analysis to detect and visualize disciplinary distributions, keyword…

  • The Impact of Research Funding on Scientific Outputs: Evidence from Six Smaller European Countries

    We investigate the relationships between the citation impacts of scientific papers and the sources of funding which are acknowledged as having supported those publications. We examine several relationships potentially associated with funding including first citation, total citations and the chances of becoming highly cited. Furthermore, we explore evidence on the links between citations and types…

  • Collaboration within Engineering Education Research’s Community of Practice

    Engineering education research (EER) is a relatively young field of inquiry, established with the intent to improve the academic experiences of young and emerging engineers. While many researchers’ perceptions of how to improve engineering education stem from traditional classroom experiences, a select group of researchers belong to EER-oriented departments, labs, and research centers. These on-campus…