2011/08/24 by Jerome K. Vanclay, Jerome K Vanclay
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Environmental Science · #Computer science #Elite #Excellence #Forest Management and Policy #Information retrieval #Journal ranking #Law #Library science #Political science #Ranking (information retrieval) #cs.DL #scientometrics and bibliometrics research
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2011.08.003
published as Journal of Informetrics 6 (2012) 19-26 · 12 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, 49 references; Journal of Informetrics (2011)
arxiv created 2011/08/24 · openalex publication_date 2011/10/28 · arxiv updated 2011/11/16 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Publication patterns of 79 forest scientists awarded major international forestry prizes during 1990-2010 were compared with the journal classification and ranking promoted as part of the 'Excellence in Research for Australia' (ERA) by the Australian Research Council. The data revealed that these scientists exhibited an elite publication performance during the decade before and two decades following their first major award. An analysis of their 1703 articles in 431 journals revealed substantial differences between the journal choices of these elite scientists and the ERA classification and ranking of journals. Implications from these findings are that additional cross-classifications should be added for many journals, and there should be an adjustment to the ranking of several journals relevant to the ERA Field of Research classified as 0705 Forestry Sciences.