Trends and patterns in publication of Antarctic science

Walton, DWH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-4043. 2010 Trends and patterns in publication of Antarctic science. Proceedings of the Polar Libraries Colloquy 2008. 161-176.

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Abstract/Summary

The paper will analyze over 50 years of science publications by British Antarctic Survey to establish the pattern of annual publications, changes in disciplinary output and how these might be related to changing fashions in science and management objectives within the UK. To set the British output in a global context an analysis of ISI Web of Science for publications identified by search terms 'Antarctic*', 'subantarctic*' and 'southern ocean' was undertaken. Comparisons between countries show major differences in total output, mean citation numbers and the calculated Hirsch-index. Subject rankings and percentage output comparisons demonstrate the differences between British Antarctic science and the general trends for all Antarctic countries. Examination of the papers with over 400 citations shows the predominance of ozone as a subject, the USA as the major research country and, for these papers, a surprising lack of international authorship.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Other
NORA Subject Terms:	Data and Information
Date made live:	25 Jun 2013 10:22 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502378

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Other

NORA Subject Terms:

Data and Information

Date made live:

25 Jun 2013 10:22 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502378