Authors: D Torres-Salinas, N Robinson-Garcia,

A Cabezas-Clavijo & E Jiménez-Contreras

Analyzing the Citation Characteristics of

books: Edited books, book series and types of

publishers in the Book Citation Index

One of the basic outcomes from bibliometrics is

the characterization of citation patterns….

I. Introduction

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

SOME EXAMPLES

Cronin, Snyder & Atkins (1997)

-> Top authors in journals vs. Books

Georgas & Cullars (2005)

-> Citation habits in books for Humanities and Social Science

Tang (2008)

-> Citation patterns between books and journals in different fields

SMALL DATASETS!!!

How do we characterize citations in books?

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

The Book Citation Index launched in 2011 offer the

opportunity to analyze large datasets of books….

… across fields, languages, types of publishers, types of

books, series, countries, etc.

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

~> Time period 2005-2011

~> Normalization of publisher variants

Springer-Verlag Wien, Springer Pub Co -> SPRINGER

~> 4 fields -> Engineering & Technology, Arts & Humanities,

Social Science and Science

Data & Methods

“Undoubtedly, the creation of a Book

Citation Index is a major challenge

for the future and would be an

expected by-product of the new

electronic media.”

II. The Book Citation Index

Garfield, 1996

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Distribution of books and

citations among fields

Engineering & Technology

Arts & Humanities Science

Social Science

BOOKS

CITATIONS

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Limitations of the BKCI

~> Bias towards English language publications 96%

~> Bias towards the UK and USA 75%

~> Great concentration of big publishers

Springer, Palgrave & Routledge are 50%

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Objectives

Which variables influence the citation patterns

of books? I. Presence of editors.

Edited vs. Non-Edited Books

II. Inclusion in a series or collection.

Series vs. Non Series Books

III. Type of publisher.

University Press vs. Academic Publisher vs. Commercial Publisher

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Edited vs. Non-Edited Books

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Series vs. Non Series Books

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Type of Publisher

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

I. Introduction II. The BKCI III. Results IV. Conclusions

Authors: D Torres-Salinas, N Robinson-Garcia,

A Cabezas-Clavijo & E Jiménez-Contreras

Analyzing the Citation Characteristics of books: Edited books,

book series and types of publishers in the Book Citation Index

Thank you! Nicolás Robinson García

elrobin@ugr.es

http://www.ugr.es/~elrobin

@nrobinsongarcia