Journal of Scientometric Research
Volume 4, Issue 2
· pp. 46–123 · 10 articles
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Published
- Pages
- 46–123
- Articles
- 10
- Sections
- 2
- ISSN
- Print - 2321-6654, Online - 2320-0057
- Journal
- JSR
In this issue
Research Article
- Article
The influence of peer reviewers as literacy brokers on the construction of texts for publication in ISI-indexed journals: A study of medical research articles
Kheradparvar Najmeh, Shokrpour Nasrin
pp. 48–60 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167252 · Published
This study focused on the “text histories,” peer reviewers’ comments, and authors’ responses of 20 medical research articles published in ISI indexed journals. To identify the types of comments peer reviewers frequently …
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From Streptococcus lactis to Lactococcus lactis: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the scope of research undertaken around a microbial concept
Yann Demarigny, Virginie Soldat, Laetitia Gemelas
pp. 61–69 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167247 · Published
The lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis, formerly named Streptococcus lactis, has been known and used for many years, even before its re-affiliation in 1985. The number of published papers featuring one of the two n…
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A new ranking scheme for the institutional scientific performance
Selçuk Bilir, Ersin Göğüş, Özgecan Önal Taş, Talar Yontan
pp. 70–76 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167254 · Published
We propose a new performance indicator to evaluate the productivity of research institutions by their disseminated scientific papers. The new quality measure includes two principle components: The normalized impact facto…
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Analysis of occupational demand for patent agents in China ‑ Based on the network data of recruitment
Li Gu, Yiying Zhou, Liqiang Ren, Weichun Yan
pp. 77–84 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167253 · Published
A statistical analysis technique is proposed to research and analyze the quality of patent agents. We apply time nodes and collect data and try to explore the demand for “patent agents” for China’s intellectual property …
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Galileo as viewed through scientometric looking glass
Bidyarthi Dutta
pp. 85–95 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167249 · Published
The scientometric study of individual scientists was started in around early 80’s of last century that required in‑depth data on the concerned person only. Such kinds of studies involved contemporary scientists only. No …
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Scientometric study of global electron probe microanalysis literature
Anil Sagar, Basavaraj Shivappa Kademani, Karanam Bhanumurthy
pp. 96–103 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167251 · Published
This paper attempts to highlight the quantitative and qualitative growth and development of the literature on electron probe microanalysis in terms of publication output as per Web of Science (1992–2013) database. A tota…
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Internet of things: A scientometric assessment of global output, 2005–2014
B. M. Gupta, S. M. Dhawan, Ritu Gupta
pp. 104–114 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167248 · Published
The publication examines 6800 global publications on “Internet of Things” (IoT), as covered in Scopus database during 2005–2014, experiencing an annual average growth rate of 98.63% and citation impact of 1.97. The globa…
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Statistics: From arbitrary to accurate reporting is the need of the hour: Results of a preliminary study
S. Kannan, S. Gowri
pp. 115–118 · DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.167245 · Published
Statistics has to be used appropriately in order to draw credible result. Statistical flaws have been detected in many biomedical journals but have not been evaluated for and published in dental journals. Hence, the pres…
Book Review
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Imperial technoscience: Transnational histories of magnetic resonance imaging in the United States, Britain, and India
Poonam Pandey
pp. 119–121 · DOI: · Published
What questions do we generally ask when we want to know about the history of technological innovation? The usual route is to look at who invented it, presumably, by finding out the Nobel Prize winner for the invention an…
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Open research data without borders
Bidyarthi Dutta
pp. 122–123 · DOI: · Published
The concept of open data may be viewed as a consequence of open source movement since the 80’s of the last century. The word “open” is very old, but the inherent concept of it has been rediscovered in the context of open…

