Original scientific paper
Croatian Social Scientists’ Productivity and a Bibliometric Study of Sociologists’ Output
Katarina Prpić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7665-1596
; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikola Petrović
orcid.org/0000-0002-0308-521X
; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
According to (pseudo)longitudinal empirical studies, the publication
productivity of Croatian social scientists has been following the main global trends, especially the increase in co-authored and international/foreign publications. However, it shows more similarities to the social science output of other post-socialist countries than to the techno-scientifically developed European regions. The most recent bibliometric study of sociologists’ publication productivity offers a
more detailed picture of social science publication practices, as well as a specific disciplinary culture. Books form an essential part of sociological and SS&H output and thus they should also be included in any system of research productivity monitoring and evaluation. Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar (GS) bibliographical and citation data bases differ in covering sociological publications (especially
books), which results in considerably different indicators of the quantity and visibility of published output. Empirical typology of visibility of sociologists’ publications detects the difference between article and book visibility, as well as local and international visibility combined with WoS and GS coverage. The predictors of visibility types suggest that increasing the impact of Croatian sociological research should be based on stimulating publication by sociologists in both international books and journals.
Keywords
publication productivity; productivity patterns; productivity predictors; social scientists; questionnaire studies; bibliometric studies; sociologists
Hrčak ID:
67296
URI
Publication date:
2.5.2011.
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