Citation characterization and impact normalization in bioinformatics journals
Abstract
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.
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Journals with international audiences, journals in fast-developing areas such as genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology, as well as English language and interdisciplinary journals are more likely to be read and cited.
“Journals with international audiences (Annalingam et al., 2014), journals in fast-developing areas, such as genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology (Huang et al., 2012), as well as English language (Bornmann et al., 2012) and interdisciplinary journals (Annalingam et al., 2014) are more likely to be read and cited.”
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- Authors
- Huang, H., Andrews, J., & Tang, J.
- Affiliations
- University of South Florida (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Venue
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-11-15
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 490-497
- ISSN
- 1532-2882 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-2890
- OpenAlex
- W2084058713
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- citation patterns, cited half-life, journal impact, field dependence, Journal Citation Reports, journal rankings
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