Innovation and Improvement of Bibliometric Evaluation in the Field of Biology and Medicine

  • Su Yan ,
  • Sun Jilin ,
  • Yu Jianrong ,
  • Xu Ping
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  • Shanghai Information Center for Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031

Received date: 2012-11-06

  Revised date: 2013-03-12

  Online published: 2013-04-05

Abstract

As an effective means of evaluation, bibliometric is mainly used in academic journals evaluation and research performance evaluation, in the field of biology and medicine. The traditional bibliometric evaluation methods have some inherent limitations. People have made a lot of innovations and improvements for that. In this paper, we discuss the new methods of assessing academic journals-asymptotic curve model and eigenfactor, the two innovations in evaluating research performance-analyzing multiple indicators comprehensively and analysis based on social network, as well as the combination of bibliometric and economic or social factors. These new methods and indicators show that trend of the bibliometric evaluation method is using mathematical models and computer technology, conversing to multiple indicators from a single indicator and analyzing combined with complex social network characteristics and economic and social factors.

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Su Yan , Sun Jilin , Yu Jianrong , Xu Ping . Innovation and Improvement of Bibliometric Evaluation in the Field of Biology and Medicine[J]. Library and Information Service, 2013 , (07) : 134 -138 . DOI: 10.7536/j.issn.0252-3116.2013.07.024

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