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An Automatic Method to Identify Citations to Journals in News Stories: A Case Study of UK Newspapers Citing Web of Science Journals


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Figure 1

The percentage of WoS Science and Social Science journals (JCR: 2006–2015) with at least one identifi ed citation from (eight) UK newspapers during 2006–2015, based on the ProQuest UK Newsstand database.
The percentage of WoS Science and Social Science journals (JCR: 2006–2015) with at least one identifi ed citation from (eight) UK newspapers during 2006–2015, based on the ProQuest UK Newsstand database.

Figure 2

The number of identifi ed citations to Science and Social Science WoS journals in eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 based on the ProQuest UK Newsstand database.
The number of identifi ed citations to Science and Social Science WoS journals in eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 based on the ProQuest UK Newsstand database.

Figure 3

The percentage of WoS Science journals with at least one identifi ed citation from UK newspapers during 2006–2015, by broad subject area.
The percentage of WoS Science journals with at least one identifi ed citation from UK newspapers during 2006–2015, by broad subject area.

Figure 4

The percentage of WoS Social Science journals with at least one identifi ed citation from UK newspapers during 2006–2015, by broad subject area.
The percentage of WoS Social Science journals with at least one identifi ed citation from UK newspapers during 2006–2015, by broad subject area.

Figure 5

The seven WoS Science journals with the most identifi ed citations (%) from the eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 in ProQuest UK Newsstand.
The seven WoS Science journals with the most identifi ed citations (%) from the eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 in ProQuest UK Newsstand.

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The nine WoS Social Science journals with the most identifi ed citations from eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 in ProQuest UK Newsstand.
The nine WoS Social Science journals with the most identifi ed citations from eight UK newspapers during 2006–2015 in ProQuest UK Newsstand.

Figure 7

The number of Science journals mentioned by UK newspapers during 2006–2015.
The number of Science journals mentioned by UK newspapers during 2006–2015.

Figure 8

The number of Social Science journals mentioned by UK newspapers during 2006–2015.
The number of Social Science journals mentioned by UK newspapers during 2006–2015.

Common reasons for newspaper stories citing journals based on a faceted content analysis of a random sample of 360 newspaper stories mentioning a WoS Science journal.

Broad categoriesNarrow classesDaily MailDaily Teleg.TimesDaily MirrorGuard.Indep.HeraldSun%Total
Types ofResearch97.8%98%89.6%100.0%85.9%88.1%97.0%95.6%94.0%
citationNon-res.2.2%2%9.6%0.0%14.1%11.9%3.0%3.7%5.8%
Coverage ofBrief37.9%31.1%41.7%63.7%41.7%25.6%17.1%66.7%40.7%
researchExtensive62.1%68.9%58.3%36.3%58.3%74.4%82.9%33.3%59.3%
Sources usedSingle37.9%58.3%53.3%54.8%33.3%37.6%54.3%50.0%47.4%
Multiple62.1%41.7%46.7%45.2%66.7%62.4%45.7%50.0%52.6%
Type of newsGood48.5%31.1%19.2%38.5%32.4%35.0%26.4%23.8%31.9%
(sentimentBad24.2%32.6%37.5%30.4%41.7%29.9%42.6%46.8%35.7%
towards res.)Other27.3%36.4%43.3%31.1%25.9%35.0%31.0%29.4%32.4%
ResearchHigh8.3%0.0%2.5%3.7%8.3%14.5%2.3%4.0%5.5%
qualityLow0.8%0.0%2.5%0.7%1.9%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.8%
judgmentOther90.9%100.0%95.0%95.6%89.8%84.6%97.7%96.0%93.7%
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Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Project Management, Databases and Data Mining