---------- Forwarded message ---------- List-Post: goal@eprints.org List-Post: goal@eprints.org Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:51:27 -0500 From: Eugene Garfield <garfi...@codex.cis.upenn.edu> To: sigmetr...@listserv.utk.edu
TITLE: Can web citations be a measure of impact? An investigation of journals in the life sciences AUTHOR: Vaughan, L; Shaw, D SOURCE: ASIST 2004: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 67TH ASIS&T ANNUAL MEETING, VOL 41, 2004 41. 2004. p.516-526 INFORMATION TODAY INC, MEDFORD ABSTRACT: We examine traditional and Web citations to journal articles in biology and genetics. There is significant correlation between citations in these two formats. Journals with higher numbers of Web citations tend to have more citations indicating intellectual impact (citations from papers or class readings, in contrast to citations from bibliographic services or the author's or journal's home page). Web citations show a broader geographic coverage and capture a greater number and variety of uses of journal articles. ADDRESS: Vaughan L , Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON N6A 5B9 Canada