A comparison of the Web of Science and publication-level classification systems of science

Perianes Rodríguez, Antonio; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier

Publication:
A comparison of the Web of Science and publication-level classification systems of science

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Economía	es
dc.contributor.author	Perianes Rodríguez, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz-Castillo, Javier
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-11T18:32:41Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-01T23:00:05Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02-01
dc.description.abstract	In this paper, we propose a new criterion for choosing between a pair of classification systems of science that assign publications (or journals) to a set of clusters. Consider the standard target (cited-side) normalization procedure in which cluster mean citations are used as normalization factors. We recommend system A over system B whenever the standard normalization procedure based on system A performs better than the standard normalization procedure based on system B. Performance is assessed in terms of two double tests- one graphical, and one numerical- that use both classification systems for evaluation purposes. In addition, a pair of classification systems is compared using a third, independent classification system for evaluation purposes. We illustrate this strategy by comparing a Web of Science journal-level classification system, consisting of 236 journal subject categories, with two publication-level algorithmically constructed classification systems consisting of 1363 and 5119 clusters. There are two main findings. Firstly, the second publication-level system is found to dominate the first. Secondly, the publication-level system at the highest granularity level and the Web of Science journal-level system are found to be non-comparable. Nevertheless, we find reasons to recommend the publication-level option. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This research project builds on earlier work started by Antonio Perianes- Rodriguez during a research visit to the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University as awardee of José Castillejo grant, CAS15/00178, funded by the Spanish MEC. Ruiz- Castillo is a visiting researcher at CWTS and gratefully acknowledges CWTS for the use of its data. Ruiz-Castillo acknowledges financial support from the Spanish MEC through grant ECO2014-55953- P, as well as grant MDM 2014-0431 to his Departamento de Economía.	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Perianes-Rodriguez, A.; Ruiz-Castillo, J. (2017). A comparison of the Web of Science and publication-level classification systems of science. Journal of Infonometrics, v. 11, n. 1, pp. 32-45.	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.10.007
dc.identifier.issn	1751-1577
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	32	es
dc.identifier.publicationissue	1	es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	45	es
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Journal of Informetrics	es
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	11	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/25214
dc.identifier.uxxi	AR/0000019529
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.isversionof	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/22137
dc.relation.projectID	Gobierno de España. MDM 2014-0431	es
dc.relation.projectID	Gobierno de España. ECO2014-55953-P	es
dc.rights	© Elsevier	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.eciencia	Economía	es
dc.subject.other	Classification systems of science	en
dc.subject.other	Journal-level versus publication-level systems	es
dc.subject.other	Field-normalization	en
dc.subject.other	Citation impact indicators	en
dc.subject.other	Field-normalization	en
dc.subject.other	Fair	en
dc.title	A comparison of the Web of Science and publication-level classification systems of science	en
dc.type	research article	*
dc.type.hasVersion	AM	*
dspace.entity.type	Publication