A 30-year citation analysis of bibliometric trends at the Archives of Environmental Health, 1975-2004

Title: A 30-year citation analysis of bibliometric trends at the Archives of Environmental Health, 1975-2004
Creator: Smith, Derek R.
Relation: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Vol. 64, Issue S1, p. 43-54
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338240903293004
Publisher: Heldref Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: This article describes a 30-year citation analysis of the Archives of Environmental Health (AEH), from the earliest available data in 1975, to 2004, when it became the Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health (AEOH). Longitudinal trends were examined regarding the number of items published, the number of citations received, the immediacy index, and the journal's impact factor. A list of the 5 most highly cited articles was also established, including citation frequency and citation lag times. Overall, this study demonstrates that citation analysis can provide an interesting look at the development of a journal over time. The examination of what articles, themes, and topics were being published, cited, or ignored also offers a unique insight into the direction of not only 1 particular journal, but also the discipline within which it exists.
Subject: bibliometrics; citation analysis; citation trends; impact factors
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/807905
Identifier: uon:7538
Identifier: ISSN:1933-8244
Language: eng
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