Google scholar as a source for citation and impact analysis for a non-ISI indexed medical journal

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 35-51

  Sanni, S A ^a   Zainab, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Impact factor; Indexation status; Medical journal of Malaysia; MJM; MyAIS; Publication productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650284425     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Al-Qallaf, C. 2003. Citation patterns in the Kuwaiti journal Medical Principles and Practice: The first 12 years, 1989-2000. Scientometrics, Vol. 56, no. 3: 369-382.
2. Borgman, C.L. 1990. Scholarly communication and bibliometrics. Sage Publications, 363p, ISBN : 0803938799.
3. Bradford, S.C. 1948. Documentation. London : Crosby Lockwood.
4. Chen, P.C.Y. 1982. The Medical journal of Malaysia: Past and future. Medical Journal of Malaysia, Vol. 37, no. 1 [editorial].
5. Chen, M.Y., Jenkins, C.B. and Elster, A.D. 2003. Internationalization of the American Journal of Roentgenology : 1980-2002. American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol.181: 1814-1907.
6. Chia, J. and Yeong, J. 2006. Straits Medical Association, National Library Board Singapore. Available at: http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1173_2006-08-30.html.
7. Chiu, W.T. and Ho, Y.S. 2007. Bibliometric analysis of tsunami research. Scientometrics, Vol. 73, no. 1: pp. 3-17.
8. Chuang, K.Y., Huang, L.A., and Ho, W.S. 2007. A bibliometric and citation analysis of stroke-related research in Taiwan. Scientometrics, Vol. 72, no. 2: 201-212.
9. Crawley-Low, J. 2006. Bibliometric analysis of the American Journal of Veterinary Research to produce a list of core veterinary medicine journals. Journal of Medical Library Association, Vol. 94, no. 4: 430-434.
10. Cunha-Melo, J.R., Santos, G.C., and Andrade, M.V. 2006. Brazilian medical publications: citation patterns for Brazilian-edited and non-Brazilian literature. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Vol. 39: 997-1002.
11. Davarpana, M.R., and Behrouzfar, H. 2009. International visibility of Iranian ISI journals: A citation study. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, Vol. 61, no. 4: 407-419.
12. Delwiche, F.A. 2003. Mapping the literature of clinical laboratory science. Journal of Medical Library Association, Vol. 91, no. 3: 303-310.
13. Durieux, V. and Gevenois, P.A. 2010. Bibliometric indicators: quality measurements of scientific publication. Radiology, Vol. 255, no. 2: 342-51.
14. Elster, A.D. and Chen, M.Y.M. 1994. The internalization of the American Journal of Roentgenology 1980-1992. American Journal of Roentgenology, No.162: 591-522.
15. Fan, J. C. and McGhee, N.J. C. 2008. Citation analysis of the most influential authors and ophthalmology journals in the field of cataract and corneal refractive surgery 2000-2004. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 36: 54-61.
16. Garfield, E. 1999. Journal impact factor: a brief review. Canadian Medical Association Journal,Vol.161, no.8. Available at http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/161/8/979.
17. Glänzel, W. 2003. Bibliometrics as a research field: A course on theory and application of bibliometric indicators. Course Handouts.
18. Gomez, M. 2002. A bibliometric study to manage a journal collection in an Astronomical library: some results. Library and Information Services in Astronomy, Vol. 4: 214-222.
19. Harzing, A.K. and Van der Wal, R. 2008. Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis. Ethics Sci Environ Polit, Vol.8: 61-73.
20. Hashimah Hashim. 1997. A citation analysis of the Medical Journal of Malaysia. Dissertation (MA)-University of North London.
21. Hazmir Hj. Zainal. 2008. Malaysian biomedical and health sciences publications in the ISI database, 1990 to 2005: a bibliometric study. MLIS Dissertation, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya.
22. Jenkins, C. 2001. Manuscript submitted by corresponding authors residing outside the United States, American Journal of Roentgenology, No.177: 746.
23. Kermarrec, A.M., Faou, E., Merlet, J.P., Robert, P., and Segoufin, L. 2007. What do Bibliometric indicators measure ? Analysis document inria evaluation committee.
24. Larsen, K. 2008. Knowledge network hubs and measures of research impact, science structure, and publication output in nanostructures solar cell research. Scientometrics, Vol. 74, no.1: 123-142.
25. Lee, S.Y., Leeb, S., and Junc, S.H. 2010. Author and article characteristics, journal quality and citation in economic research. Applied Economics Letters, : 1-5, iFirst
26. Lim, V.K. 1995. A short history of the Medical Journal of Malaysia. Medical Journal of Malaysia. May, No.50 Suppl A:S11-3.
27. Macías-Chapula, C.A. and Mijangos-Nolasco, A. 2002. Bibliometric analysis of AIDS literature in Central Africa. Scientometrics, Vol. 54, no.2: 309-317.
28. Morley, J.E. and Ferrucci, L. 2008. Publication productivity in geriatrics: 1995-2006. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.Vol. 63A, no. 6: 584-585.
29. Nwagwu, W. E. 2007. Patterns of authorship in the biomedical literature of Nigeria. LIBRES Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, Vol. 17, no. 1:28p. Available at http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n1/NwagwuPatterns_Final_rev.pdf. Assessed date: 17.9.2010.
30. Omotayo, B.O. 2004. A content analysis of Ife psychologia, 1993-2002. The International Information & Library Review, Vol. 36: 95-103.
31. Ozsunar, Y., Unsal A, Akdilli, A, Karaman, C., Huisman T.A.G.M. and Sorensen, A.G. 2001. Technology and archives in radiology research: a sampling analysis of articles published in the AJR and Radiology. American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol.177: 1281-1284.
32. Porter, Al.L., Chubin, D.E. and Jin, X.Y. 1988. Citation and scientific progress: comparing bibliometric measures with scientist judgement, Scientometrics, Vol.13, no.3-4:103-124.
33. Rogers, L.F. 2001. Globalization: trends in the editorial content of the AJR (editorial). American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol.177: 745.
34. Schubert, A. 2002. The Web of Scientometrics : A statistical overview of the first 50 volumes of the journal Scientometrics, Scientometrics, Vol. 53, no. 1: 3-20.
35. Šember, M., Utrobičić, A., and Petrak, J. 2010. Croatian medical journal citation score in web of science, scopus, and google scholar. Croation Medical Journal, Vol. 51: 99-103.
36. Sen, B.K. and Zainab, A.N. 1996. Scientific periodicals in the University of Malaya Library: a bibliometric evaluation. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol.1, no.2 :63-72.
37. Sharma. O.M. P. 2007. Journal impact factor: An essential primary quality indicator. Current science, Vol. 93, no. 1: 5.
38. Subramanyam, K. 1983. Bibliometric studies of research collaborations: A review. Journal of Information Science, Vol.6, no.1: 33-38.
39. Tiew, W.S. 1998. History of Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS) 1878-1997 : an Overview. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol.3, no.1: 46-60.
40. Tijssen, R.J.W, Visser, M.S. and Leeuwen, T.N.V. 2002. Benchmarking international scientific excellence: are highly cited research paper an appropriate frame of reference? Scientometrics, Vol.54, no.3: 281-397.
41. Tompkins, R.K.; Ko, C.Y., and Donovan, A.J. 2001. Internationalization of general surgical journals: origin and content of articles published in North America and Great Britain from 1983 to 1998. Arch Surg. Vol.136, no.12: 1345-51.
42. Utap, K.W.A. 2008. Single Journal study of Malaysian journal of computer science: A bibliometric approach. MLIS Dissertation, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya.
43. Uzun, A. 2004. Assessing internationality of scholarly journals through foreign authorship patterns: the case of major journals in information science, and scientometrics. Scientometrics, Vol. 61, no. 3: 457-465.
44. Vine, R. 2006. Google Scholar. Journal of Medical Library Association, Vol.94, no. 1: 97-99.
45. Wang, S., Wang, H., and Weldon, P.R. 2007. Bibliometric analysis of English-language academic journals of China and their internationalization. Scientometrics, Vol. 73, no. 3: 331-343.
46. Zainab, A. N. 2006. Increasing scholarly journal visibility, accessibility and assessment of journal quality through Myais (Malaysian Abstracting and Indexing System). Regional Conference on Scholarly Journal Publishing, Pan Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, 23-25 March 2006. 11p.
47. Zainab, A.N. 2008. Internationalization of Malaysian mathematical and computer science journals, Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol.13, no.1: 17-33.
48. Zitt, M. and Bassecoulard, E. 1998. Internationalization of scientific journals: A measurement based on publication and citation scope. Scientometrics, Vol. 41, no. 1-2: 255-271.