THE GENERATION OF AGGREGATED JOURNAL-JOURNAL CITATION MAPS ON THE BASIS OF THE CD-ROM VERSION OF THE SCIENCE-CITATION-INDEX

Authors
LEYDESDORFF L
Citation
L. Leydesdorff, THE GENERATION OF AGGREGATED JOURNAL-JOURNAL CITATION MAPS ON THE BASIS OF THE CD-ROM VERSION OF THE SCIENCE-CITATION-INDEX, Scientometrics, 31(1), 1994, pp. 59-84
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Scientometrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01389130
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
59 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0138-9130(1994)31:1<59:TGOAJC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A method is described for the generation of journal-journal citation m aps on the basis of the CD-ROM version of the Science Citation Index. Various sources of potential errors in using this data are discussed, and strategies are suggested to counteract these errors. A number of s cientometric journal mappings are analyzed in relation to mappings fro m previous studies which have used tape data and/or data from ISI's Jo urnal Citation Reports. The quality of these mappings is compared with the quality of those for previous years in order to demonstrate usefu lness of such mappings as indicators for dynamic developments in the s ciences.