Abstract
A set of 12,436 papers published in 20 GIScience journals in the period 2000–2014 were analysed to extract publication patterns and trends. This comprehensive scientometric study focuses on multiple aspects: output volume, citations, national output and efficiency (output adjusted with econometric indicators), collaboration, altmetrics (Altmetric score, Twitter mentions, and Mendeley bookmarking), authorship, and length. Examples of notable observations are that 5% countries account for 76% of global GIScience output; a paper published 15 years ago received a median of 12 citations; and the share of international collaborations in GIScience has more than tripled since 2000 (31% papers had authors from multiple countries in 2014, an increase from 10% in 2000).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1302-1335 |
Number of pages | 34 |
Journal | International Journal of Geographical Information Science (online) |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Scientometrics
- GIScience
- bibliometrics
- altmetrics
- social media