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A rhythm indicator for science and the rhythm of Science

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  • Liming Liang

    (Institute for Science Technology and Society, Henan Normal University; University of Antwerp (UA), IBW)

  • Ronald Rousseau

    (University of Antwerp (UA), IBW; KHBO (Association K.U.Leuven), IWT)

  • Fei Shi

    (Thomson Scietific China Office)

Abstract

Summary The rhythm of science may be compared to the rhythm of music. The R-indicator studied in this article is a complex indicator, trying to reflect part of this rhythm. The R-indicator interweaves publication and citation data over a long period. In this way R-sequences can be used to describe the evolutionary rhythm of science considered in a novel way. As an example the R-sequence of the journal Science from 1945 on is calculated.

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  • Liming Liang & Ronald Rousseau & Fei Shi, 2006. "A rhythm indicator for science and the rhythm of Science," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 68(3), pages 535-544, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:68:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-006-0128-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0128-7
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    1. Liang, Liming & Rousseau, Ronald, 2010. "Measuring a journal's input rhythm based on its publication–reference matrix," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 201-209.
    2. Liming Liang & Zhen. Zhong & Yue Chen, 2021. "A Chinese professor’s academic career rhythm," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(7), pages 6169-6186, July.
    3. Liming Liang & Ronald Rousseau, 2009. "Bibliometric characteristics of the journal Science: Pre-Koshland, Koshland and post-Koshland period," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 80(2), pages 359-372, August.

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