university science indicators 1981-2006

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University Science Indicators

1981-2006

Copyright 2004 Thomson Scientific2


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You can select one or more institutions in the list



Select fieldThe standard version holds 24 fields. The deluxe version holds 106 fields that you can chose from.



Specify Analysis: level



Select time period



Select type of analysis



Type of analysisIn the first example, we are selecting:

Level of Analysis:Overall Institution

Time Period:Cumulative 26* year period

Type of Analysis: Number of Papers

*Note: The USI offers a Cumulative 26 year period in the 2007 version



Number of papers overall, 1981-2006



Number of papers overall, 2002-2006.This shows the most recent 5 years timing option, ranked.



Trend analysis

Select “Overall Institution” in “5-year overlapping periods” to obtain a 26-year trend in growth of papers.

The “5-year overlapping periods” option allows you to normalize the trend line and remove unusual highs or lows.



26-year growth in papers



Citation impactSimilarly, If we choose to analyze Citation Impact, we can do so using the 5-year overlapping periods. Citation impact = Cites/papers.



Citation impact for the 2001-2006 period

(Citation Impact = Cites/papers)



Impact relative to the world

We compare average cites per paper for each of the institutions (Impact) against the average Cites per paper worldwide (Imp Base)

If the Relative Impact (Rel Imp) is over 1.0, the institution’s impact is higher than average.

Citation impact is more meaningful when compared to world averages.



Analysis of fields



Field with institution: # papers

Use the “Rank” toggle button to sort the institutions by paper

*Note: Only 4 institutions (CMU, BGSU, BSU, & MTSU) and 2 fields (Physics & Performing Arts) included here due to amount of information.



Field within institution as % of papers within the institution

Where is the research emphasis at CMU?How does it compare with your peer schools?



Trend analysis of papers by field, 1981-2006



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