A scientometric analysis of selected GIScience journals. Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Biljecki, Filip
• Is Part Of: International journal of geographical information science. Volume 30:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 1302
• Page End: 1335
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Scientometrics -- GIScience -- bibliometrics -- altmetrics -- social media; Geography -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Géomatique -- Périodiques; Systèmes d'information -- Périodiques; 910.285
• DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1130831
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1365-8816

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A set of 12, 436 papers published in 20 GIScience journals in the period 2000–2014 were analysed to extract publication patterns and trends. This comprehensive scientometric study focuses on multiple aspects: output volume, citations, national output and efficiency (output adjusted with econometric indicators), collaboration, altmetrics (Altmetric score, Twitter mentions, and Mendeley bookmarking), authorship, and length. Examples of notable observations are that 5% countries account for 76% of global GIScience output; a paper published 15 years ago received a median of 12 citations; and the share of international collaborations in GIScience has more than tripled since 2000 (31% papers had authors from multiple countries in 2014, an increase from 10% in 2000).