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Citation index and citation analysis

Ming‐Yueh Tsay, Ming‐Yueh Tsay

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閳 (Institute of Scientific Information, ISI) (Science Citation Index, SCI) (Journal Citation Reports, JCR) 【Abstract】 The present paper describes the production, application and limitation of Science Citation Index (SCI) and Journal Citation Reports (JCR), two major databases of Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), especially focuses on the usage of citation data upon author and institution assessments. Moreover, the critiques of citation analysis, such as self-citation, citation error, citation equality, indirect citation as well as problems of citation data are discussed. In sum, validity of citation analysis and its relationship with academic evaluation are also investigated.

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Key concepts: Citation, Science Citation Index, Citation analysis, Citation index, Information retrieval, Computer science, Data science, Library science