A comparative citation analysis study of web-based and print journal-based scholarly communication - a look at author visibility in the XML research field

摘要

As part of a research project that aims to identify the similarities and differences between Web-based and print journal-based scholarly communication, this paper compares author visibility revealed from citation analysis of research papers published on the Web as indexed by ResearchIndex with that revealed from citation analysis of journal articles as indexed by SCI. Results from this study demonstrate the importance and the feasibility of the use of multiple citation data sources in citation analysis studies of scholarly communication, and evidence a "two tier" future scholarly communication system.