High-impact papers presented in the subject category of water resources in the essential science indicators database of the institute for scientific information

Authors:
Kun-Yang Chuang;Ming-Huang Wang;Yuh-Shan Ho
Affiliations:
School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan 11014;Department of Environmental Sciences, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871;Department of Environmental Sciences, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871 and Trend Research Centre, Asia University, ...
Venue:
Scientometrics
Year:
2011

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Abstract

The Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database is widely used to evaluate institutions and researchers. The objective of this study was to analyze trends and characteristics of papers in the subject category of water resources in the ESI database of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Distributions of document type, language of publication, scientific output, and publication of journals are reported in this article. Five indicators (the number and ranking of total papers, first-author papers, corresponding-author papers, independent papers, and collaborative papers) were applied to evaluate country, institute, and author performances. In addition, the numbers of authors cited, numbers of institutes cited, numbers of countries cited, and numbers of subject areas cited were also used to evaluate ESI papers. Results showed that 265 papers, all written in English, were listed in 27 journals in the field of water resources. A review paper was more likely to be included in the ESI than a research paper. Journal of Hydrology published the most papers. The USA and UK were the two leading nations. ESI papers published in the US were more likely to involve inter-institutional collaboration than papers published in the UK. The University of Arizona was the most productive institute. Some papers that were almost excluded from the ESI database appear to have consistently received annual high frequencies of citation. Perhaps the 10 year criterion for inclusion in the ESI should be reassessed.