New: Citation Analysis: ScienceWatch Special Topic: Oil Spills
New from Thomson/Reuters and their Web of Science database.
A very interesting report and a example of citation analysis that might be useful (because it's so timely) in not only sharing with others but also using as a teaching tool to students and new faculty. We think it might be ideal to show how citation analysis can be useful to the journalist or journalism student.
The features of this Special Topic outlined above represent distinct slices of citation data. By approaching citation data from multiple angles, we can observe trends and anomalies across categories—leading to more rich and nuanced stories behind the data.
The baseline time span for this database is (publication years) January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2010. This analysis was created using the Web of Science database from Thomson Reuters. The resulting database contained 5,753 (10 years) and 1,691 (2 years) papers; 14,166 authors; 117 nations; 1,399 journals; and 3,897 institutions. See additional information below in the overview & methodology sections.
The Search Strategy
To construct the initial data pool, the keywords "oil spill*" OR "oil leak*" OR "oil slick*" OR "oil contam*" OR "oil pollut*" OR "petroleum spill*" OR "petroleum leak*" OR "petroleum slick*" OR "petroleum contam*" OR "petroleum pollut*" OR "Exxon Valdez*" OR "Deepwater Horizon*" OR "Fergana Valley*" OR "Jiyeh*" OR "Tasman Spirit*" OR "Sea Empress*" OR "Braer*" OR "Aegean Sea oil*" Or "Ixtoc*" OR "tarball*" OR "petroleum hydrocarbon*"were used to search titles, abstracts, and keywords of original articles, reviews, and proceedings papers published in the Web of Science® database from Thomson Reuters between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2010.
To make the paper lists more on-point, we restricted the titles to contain the keywords "oil" or "petroleum."
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