Article Category: Research Paper
Published Online: Dec 27, 2019
Page range: 84 - 95
Received: Sep 23, 2019
Accepted: Oct 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2019-0022
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© 2019 Jinzhong Guo, Xiaoling Liu, Liying Yang, Jinshan Wu, published by Sciendo
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Purpose
In this work, we want to examine whether or not there are some scientific fields to which contributions from Chinese scholars have been under or over cited.
Design/methodology/approach
We do so by comparing the number of received citations and the IOF of publications in each scientific field from each country. The IOF is calculated from applying the modified closed system input–output analysis (MCSIOA) to the citation network. MCSIOA is a PageRank-like algorithm which means here that citations from the more influential subfields are weighted more towards the IOF.
Findings
About 40% of subfields in physics in China are undercited, meaning that their net influence ranks are higher (better) than the direct rank, while about 75% of subfields in the USA and German are undercited.
Research limitations
Only APS data is analyzed in this work. The expected citation influence is assumed to be represented by the IOF, and this can be wrong.
Practical implications
MCSIOA provides a measure of net influences and according to that measure. Overall, Chinese physicists’ publications are more likely overcited rather than being undercited.
Originality/value
The issue of under or over cited has been analyzed in this work using MCSIOA.