Academic papers have been played as a protagonist to disseminate the expertise. Naturally, analysing paper citation pattern is an efficient and essential mean for investigating the knowledge... Show moreAcademic papers have been played as a protagonist to disseminate the expertise. Naturally, analysing paper citation pattern is an efficient and essential mean for investigating the knowledge structure of science and technology. For decades, it has been observed that citation of scientific literature follows a heterogeneous and fat-tailed distribution, and many of them suggest power-law distribution or its siblings. However, many studies are limited to small-scale approaches; it is thus hard to generalize. Tackling this issue, we investigate 21 years of citation evolution through systematic analysis entire citation history of 42,423,644 scientific literature published from 1996 to 2016 contained in SCOPUS. We tested six candidate distributions for the papers in three distinct levels of SJR (Scimago Journal & Country Rank) classification scheme. First, we observe the raw number of annual citation acquisitions tend to follow the log-normal distribution for all disciplines, except the first year of the publication. We also observe the large disparity of yearly acquired citation number among the journals, which suggests that it is essential to remove the citation surplus inherited from the prestige of the journals. Our simple method that separating citation preference of individual article from the inherited citation of the journals reveals unexpected regularity on the normalized annual acquisitions of citation for the entire fields of science. Specifically, the probability distributions of annual citation acquisitions behave as power-law with an exponential cut-off of the exponents around 2.3, regardless of its publication and citation year. Our result implies that an intensity of attention for a scientific article also follows a fat-tailed distribution, which is power-law with an exponent cut-off. Show less
The process of withdrawing publications is itself the inherent process of scholarly communication. The problem is how retracted publications are managed in the bibliographic database and used by... Show moreThe process of withdrawing publications is itself the inherent process of scholarly communication. The problem is how retracted publications are managed in the bibliographic database and used by researchers with citation. The increase of retraction is relevant to the reliability and reproducibility of the scientific research results. In this study, we review the main features of the retracted publications in Korea and examine how the retracted publications are managed in two frequently used bibliographic databases (Web of Science & Korea Citation Index) in Korea. Finally, we compare the times cited before and after retraction to understand how researchers cite the retracted publications. Show less
The application of scientometric indicators for research evaluation has been carried out generally. In keeping with these trends, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI)... Show moreThe application of scientometric indicators for research evaluation has been carried out generally. In keeping with these trends, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI) developed the ‘Insightful Integrated Indicators-Metrics(i*Metrics)’ to calculate scientometric indicators for journal papers analysis. In this study, we investigate the research trend and characteristics by country in the field of gender studies using journal papers published from 1999 to 2016 by KISTI i*Metrics system with selected indicators. As a result of the analysis, global gender studies was conducted under the leadership of Unites States and European countries such as United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany. In addition, the interdisciplinary characteristics of gender studies have been confirmed through indicator combination analysis. Show less
