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基于网络的书目数据库引文拓扑统计比较

Network-based statistical comparison of citation topology of bibliographic databases

Lovro Šubelj, Dalibor Fiala, Marko Bajec

摘要:

现代书目数据库为科学研究及其评价提供了基础。虽然它们的内容和结构大不相同,但对其可靠性只有非正式的概念。在这里,我们比较了引文网络的拓扑结构的一致性提取的六个流行的书目数据库,包括Web of Science,CiteSeer和arXiv. org的网络进行评估,通过丰富的本地和全球的图形统计。我们首先揭示了一些数据库之间的统计上显着的不一致,就个人统计。例如,DBLP计算机科学参考书目的引入字段蝴蝶结分解由于数据库的覆盖范围而与其他文献有很大不同,而arXiv.org中的引用信息是最详尽的。最后,我们使用临界差异图在多个图统计上比较数据库。DBLP计算机科学书目的引用拓扑与其他文献最不一致,而毫不奇怪,从一致性的角度来看,Web of Science的引用拓扑明显更可靠。本研究可作为文献计量学和科学计量学研究者的参考,也可作为政府和科研机构的科学评价指南。

英文摘要:

Modern bibliographic databases provide the basis for scientific research and its evaluation. While their content and structure differ substantially, there exist only informal notions on their reliability. Here we compare the topological consistency of citation networks extracted from six popular bibliographic databases including Web of Science, CiteSeer and arXiv.org. The networks are assessed through a rich set of local and global graph statistics. We first reveal statistically significant inconsistencies between some of the databases with respect to individual statistics. For example, the introduced field bow-tie decomposition of DBLP Computer Science Bibliography substantially differs from the rest due to the coverage of the database, while the citation information within arXiv.org is the most exhaustive. Finally, we compare the databases over multiple graph statistics using the critical difference diagram. The citation topology of DBLP Computer Science Bibliography is the least consistent with the rest, while, not surprisingly, Web of Science is significantly more reliable from the perspective of consistency. This work can serve either as a reference for scholars in bibliometrics and scientometrics or a scientific evaluation guideline for governments and research agencies.

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