%0 Journal Article %1 2372687120070101 %A Pasterkamp, Gerard %A Rotmans, Joris %A de Kleijn, Dominique %A Borst, Cornelius %D 20070101 %J Scientometrics %K citation geography impact %N 1 %P p153 - 165 %T Citation Frequency: A Biased Measure of Research Impact Significantly Influenced by the Geographical Origin of Research Articles %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=23726871&site=ehost-live %V 70 %X The use of citation frequency and impact factor as measures of research quality and journal prestige is being criticized. Citation frequency is augmented by self-citation and for most journals the majority of citations originate from a minority of papers. We hypothesized that citation frequency is also associated with the geographical origin of the research publication. Objective. We determined whether citations originate more frequently from institutes that are located in the same country as the authors of the cited publication than would be expected by chance. Design. We screened citations referring to 1200 cardiovascular publications in the 7 years following their publication. For the 1200 citation recipient publications we documented the country where the research originated (9 countries/regions) and the total number of received citations. For a selection of 8864 citation donor papers we registered the country/region where the citing paper originated. Results. Self-citation was co

@article{2372687120070101, abstract = {The use of citation frequency and impact factor as measures of research quality and journal prestige is being criticized. Citation frequency is augmented by self-citation and for most journals the majority of citations originate from a minority of papers. We hypothesized that citation frequency is also associated with the geographical origin of the research publication. Objective. We determined whether citations originate more frequently from institutes that are located in the same country as the authors of the cited publication than would be expected by chance. Design. We screened citations referring to 1200 cardiovascular publications in the 7 years following their publication. For the 1200 citation recipient publications we documented the country where the research originated (9 countries/regions) and the total number of received citations. For a selection of 8864 citation donor papers we registered the country/region where the citing paper originated. Results. Self-citation was co}, added-at = {2008-02-06T17:21:06.000+0100}, author = {Pasterkamp, Gerard and Rotmans, Joris and de Kleijn, Dominique and Borst, Cornelius}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2893c67f6dd0b35c05d64a7fb1ef13724/jfreyne}, description = {♥ Citation frequency: A biased measure of research impact significantly influenced by the geographical origin of research articles.}, interhash = {a1c325c2e2958f81c7580f0b2942ea44}, intrahash = {893c67f6dd0b35c05d64a7fb1ef13724}, issn = {01389130}, journal = {Scientometrics}, keywords = {citation geography impact}, number = 1, pages = {p153 - 165}, timestamp = {2008-02-06T17:21:06.000+0100}, title = {Citation Frequency: A Biased Measure of Research Impact Significantly Influenced by the Geographical Origin of Research Articles}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=23726871&site=ehost-live}, volume = 70, year = 20070101 }