This volume is a compilation of annotated references to social science measures and is designed to facilitate the search for and retrieval of appropriate measurement information in several fields of interest. The volume should be particularly useful to researchers as well as teachers and students in psychology, sociology, social work, psychiatry,…

Describes a study that tested the status-role hypothesis by examining the citation networks of geographic journals at distinct time points. The need to consider time factors and disciplinary conditions when interpreting clustering representations is discussed. (25 references) (CLB)

The present installment continues the updating service and supplements coverage contained in MMRI-1972. (Author)

The Mulit-Media Reviews Index is compiled on a cooperative indexing basis by professional AV Personnel and librarians from coast to coast. The present installment continues the up-dating service begun in the October 1971 issue of Audiovisual Instruction, and supplements coverage contained in MMRI-1972. (Author)

The citation frequencies found in the journal literature for 51 Carnegie Commission sponsored research reports were compared with 51 Jossey-Bass publications. Little or no difference was found in the quality of the journals that cite either type of publication. (Author/MLW)

Presents the results of a study of Science Citation Index (SCI) as a source for developing indicators of international scientific activity. Journal counts based on SCI and British Library Lending Division (BLLD) cataloging records are compared and reference patterns in key journals are described. Eleven references are listed. (JL)

Summarizes studies examining citation errors and illustrates errors resulting from a lack of standardization, misunderstanding of foreign languages, failure to examine the document cited, and general lack of training in citation norms. It is argued that the failure to detect and correct citation errors is due to diffusion of responsibility in the…

Describes a study that examined the citation patterns of 579 randomly selected citations from 167 French and German monographs published in 1984, and compared the findings with those of earlier studies of American and British humanities monographic and journal literatures. The implications for library collection development are discussed. (24…

Reports the results of a qualitative analysis of cocited author retrieval performance. The discussion covers the effects on recall of first author only access and the ability of cocited author search techniques to enhance retrieval performance. Multiple author frequency data is also presented. (14 references) (CLB)

Data from the Social Science Citation Index were used to rank publication records of 788 scholars in 12 industrial relations and related journals from 1983-88. Such analysis could be used as one objective measure of research excellence in promotion and tenure decisions. (SK)

Provides an overview of the professional work of Irving Sher. Highlights include his role in the development and implementation of Science Citation Index; the development of the first selective dissemination of information system; development of the journal impact factor; a system of coding references; and citation-based historiography. (LRW)

Describes a hypothetical model dissemination system in three stages: 1) multiple source subject search to find a field's most useful journals; 2) scanning these journals for each recipient; 3) use of citation and bibliographic coupling techniques to improve stage 2. (Author/LS)

This volume cumulates the indexes that appear in the six bimonthly issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," volume 10, numbers 1 through 6 during 1977. This cumulation is intended to be a companion volume to the individual issues of "Resources in Vocational Education," which contain the complete resumes of research,…

To assess the impact of rhetorical research within the field of speech communication as it contributes to the arts and humanities, a study analyzed major articles that appeared in the "Quarterly Journal of Speech" from 1970-1980. Citation measurement was made possible through the use of the "Arts and Humanities Index," a…