A jolly good show for UK citations
| 10 June, 2010 | Adie Chan |
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Researcher papers written by scientists in the United Kingdom are cited almost as highly as papers written by their American counterparts. So says a new analysis done by Thompson Reuters for Times Higher Education (THE). The survey ranks Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the United States on the average number of citations garnered by studies published in 20 scientific disciplines between 2005 and 2009.
According to THE, the US’s average rank is only slightly higher than the UK’s, and England outpaces the US in at least one field — space science.
Does this signal a renaissance in British science? Or the beginning of the end for US research?
– Bob Grant, Associate Editor, The Scientist
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Until the methodology of the research is described and the results published in such a way that questions as to whether cittations cluster geographically (and are thus biassed) can be answered any quotations of the results of research on citations should be treated with caution.
Uncritical publication of the results of research is as unacceptable as sloppy research.