基于ISI Web of Science的《中国地理科学》(英文版)文献计量研究

Bibliometrical Study on“Chinese Geographical Science”Based on ISI Web of Science

《中国地理科学》(英文版)是我国创办最早的综合性英文地理期刊,分析其发文被引用情况可以了解该刊十几年来变化情况,又可以为刊物今后的发展方向提供依据。本文利用Web of Science的引文检索功能,统计了该刊2002-2012年的被引用情况,从载文量、篇均被引频次、单篇被引频次、被引频次年代分布、被引论文专业分布和引文类型分布等几个方面,基于地理学学科特点和文献计量学方法进行综合分析,总结该刊目前发展存在的问题及改进措施,以期为刊物发展提供参考,更好地促进地理学科的发展。

Chinese Geographical Science, founded earliest focused on Geographical Science in China, is a comprehensive English journal. Analysis on citations of published articles would help to understand the changing characteristics and provide the basis for the development of the journal. According to the date from Web of Science, this paper analyzed statistically the citations of the articles published during 2002 - 2012 based on the bibliometrical methed. The amount of articles published, the mean cited rate of each article, citations of each article, the time distribution of the cited articles, major distribution of cited articles and the types of cited articles were analyzed, which showed the major problems existing in current developing of the journal. This paper provided some measurements for further improvement, with a view to referring the development of the journal and promoting the de- velopment of geographical sciences.