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A comparison of the Web of Science with publication-level classification systems of Science

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorPerianes-Rodríguez, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Castillo, Javier
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-11T13:32:32Z
dc.date.available2016-01-11T13:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.description.abstractIn 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 (citedside) 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 1,363 and 5,119 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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
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dc.identifier.issn2340-5031
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/22137
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M working papers. Economicsen
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dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. ECO2014-55953-Pes
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. MEC CAS15/00178es
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españaes
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dc.titleA comparison of the Web of Science with publication-level classification systems of Scienceen
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