Naslov
Croatian scientific publications in top journals according to the Science Citation Index for the 1980-2000 Period

Autori
Bencetić Klaić, Zvjezdana ; Klaić, Branimir

Izvornik
Scientometrics (0138-9130) 61 (2004), 2; 221-250

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
top journal; scientific productivity; Croatia

Sažetak
A top journal is defined as a journal which is within the first 10% of journals ranked by impact factor in the SCI list, within a particular scientific subfield, for the year considered. Journals which were for 11 or more years within the first 10% were considered top journals during the whole period even though they were not within the first 10%, in some of the years covered by this study. In the period from 1980 to 2000, the Croatian scientists affiliated with research institutions within the Republic of Croatia, published a total of 13, 021 papers in journals covered by the Science Citation Index (SCI). Out of these papers, only 2, 720 were published in top journals. This amounts to 20.9% of the total, and this is below the world average of 29.5% for the same scientific subfields. Out of the above 2, 720 publications, 1, 250 (46.0%) were published in international collaboration, and 335 (12.3%) papers were Meeting Abstracts. The Croatian scientists were most productive in the main scientific fields: Physics (875 papers ; 32.2%), Medicine (786 papers ; 28.9%), and Chemistry (580 papers ; 21.3%). All others fields, taken together, comprised 17.6% of the total scientific output. Of the 786 medical papers, 290 were Meeting Abstracts, or 36.9% of the total output in the field of Medicine, and medical Meeting Abstracts represent 86.6% of the total number of abstracts (335). Articles (2, 060) represent 75.7% of the total Croatian scientific output in top journals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Biologija

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