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Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Library journal use and citation half-line in medical science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information problems in molecular biology and bioinformatics: Research Articles
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Bioinformatics
Using the h-index to rank influential information scientistss: Brief Communication
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Modifying the journal impact factor by fractional citation weighting: The audience factor
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue: Infometrics
Mean citation rate per article in mathematics journals: Differences from the scientific model
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Weighted citation: An indicator of an article's prestige
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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Bioinformatics journals publish research findings of intellectual synergies among subfields such as biology, mathematics, and computer science. The objective of this study is to characterize the citation patterns in bioinformatics journals and their correspondent knowledge subfields. Our study analyzed bibliometric data (impact factor, cited-half-life, and references-per-article) of bioinformatics journals and their related subfields collected from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The findings showed that bioinformatics journals' citations are field-dependent, with scattered patterns in article life span and citing propensity. Bioinformatics journals originally derived from biology-related subfields have shorter article life spans, more citing on average, and higher impact factors. Those journals, derived from mathematics and statistics, demonstrate converse citation patterns. Journal impact factors were normalized, taking into account the impacts of article life spans and citing propensity. A comparison of these normalized factors to JCR journal impact factors showed rearrangements in the ranking orders of a number of individual journals, but a high overall correlation with JCR impact factors. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.