HR: 0830h
AN: U31C-0019    [PDF]
TI: Assesment of publication practices in geosciences in developing countries
AU: * Cazenave, A
EM: anny.cazenave@cnes.fr
AF: LEGOS-GRGS/CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400 France
AU: Barbe, V
EM: veronique.barbe@cnes.fr
AF: LEGOS-GRGS/CNES, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400 France
AB: We present results of a study which goal was to investigate in which journals scientists in geosciences (i.e., in the fields covered by the AGU) in developing countries publish most of their papers.We were interested in particular in looking at the percentage of publications in AGU journals. Using science indicators collected by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), we analysed publication practices for 1997-2002 in the following countries : India, China, Russia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. We investigated the evolution of the number of publications through time, identified most used journals, determined times cited and impact factors of papers published in the top 15 most used journals. We also determined the percentage of articles published in AGU journals versus other journals. We found that for the 6 counties considered, this percentage varies from about 2 to 3 percent (Argentina, China) to about 8 percent (the other 4 countries). Investigation of authors addresses indicates that the majority of articles published in AGU journals are multi-countries publications, involving international collaboration mainly with scientists from North America and Europe. Implications on page-charge and access to AGU journals are also discussed.
DE: 6300 POLICY SCIENCES
DE: 6399 General or miscellaneous
DE: 6600 PUBLIC ISSUES
DE: 6610 Funding
DE: 6620 Science policy
SC: U
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting