Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology

ISSN: 2231-6108 Vol. 8 No.S1, August 2018 pp. 21-25

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Mapping of Publications Productivity on Annals of Surgical Oncology

2005-2017: A Study Based on Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science
Database
M. Muthukrishnan1 and R. Senthilkumar2
1
Librarian, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2
Librarian (SG) and Head of Research, Department of Library and Information Science,
Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
E-Mail: muthukrishnan@drngpasc.ac.in

Abstract - The present study analyzed research of 13559 research publications was downloaded from 2005-
productivity in Annals of Surgical Oncology for a period 2017. The downloaded records were enriched with different
of 13 years between 2005 and 2017. Source and citation parameters like authors, title, years, and research
data have been downloaded from the Clarivate analytics institutions. Furthermore the downloaded data analyzed by
- Web of Science database. Histcite application is used to using Histcite (Version12.03.17) and citespace (Version
create the dataset, the analysis covers parameters like 5.3.R3) software application.
most productive authors, ranking of institution and
countries. Furthermore the cite space software is utilized TABLE I DETAILS OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE DATA
SAMPLE DURING 2005 TO 2017
for mapping techniques.
Keywords: Citation, Content analysis, Most Productive S. No Details about Sample
Observed
Author, Scientometric analysis, Histcite, Citespace Values
1 Duration 2005 to 2017
I. INTRODUCTION 2 Collection span 13 Years
3 Total Number of Records 13559
In this present study analyzed the scientometric examination
of research papers distributed in the Annals of Surgical 4 Total Number of Authors 35602
Oncology (ASO), which has been perceived as one of the 5 Frequently used words 9289
esteemed journal in the field of oncology and ASO now 6 Document Types 08
celebrating 25 Years anniversary. ASO as a bimonthly
7 Languages 02
journal in 1994 to 1999, its popularity has prompted a
multiplying in size and a transfer to monthly production, the 8 Contributing Countries 74
first volume 1 and Issue number 1 were published in 9 Contributing Institutions 5750
January 1994 on behalf of the Society of Surgical Oncology 10 Institutions with Sub Division 14722
by Springer Healthcare Ltd. In this study the scientometrics
11 Total cited references 111163
mapping technique was applied to all articles published on
the ASO in the period 2005-2017. 12 Total Local Citation Scores 9606
13 Total Global Citation Scores 109444
II. OBJECTIVES 14 H - Index 101

The main objective of the study is to consider on the
mapping of 13559 articles published in Annals of Surgical
Oncology (ASO) during the period of 2005 – 2017 and the
study are to identify and carry out the following factors.
1. Evaluate the annual output of publications on ASO.
2. Mapping of top twenty authors, countries and
institutions based on their number of research papers.
3. Find out the top twenty prolific authors, institutions and
country.
III. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
The data for the study were downloaded from the Clarivate
analytics - Web of Science database in August 2018. A total
IV. EVALUATE THE ANNUAL OUTPUT OF
PUBLICATIONS
The table II reveals that the numbers of research documents
published from 2005 to 2017 are gradually increased.
According to the publication output from the table 2 the
year wise distribution of research documents, 2015 has the
highest number of research documents 1454 (10.72%) with
497 (5.17%) of Total local citation score and 2712 (2.48%)
of Total global citation score values and being prominent
among the 13 years output and it stood in first rank position.
The year 2014 has 1380 (10.18%) research documents and
it stood in second position with 604 (6.29%) of Total local
citation score and 4873 (4.45%) of Total global citation

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score were scaled. It is followed by the year 2014 with 1535
(10.40 %) of records and it stood in third rank position
along with 326 (3.46%) of Total local citation score and
5074 (4.15%) of Total global citation score measured. The
year 2016 has 1301 (9.60%) research documents and it
stood in third position with 242 (2.52%) of Total local
citation score and 480 (0.44%) of Total global citation score
were scaled. Figure 1 reflects the year wise publications,
TLCS and TGCS of oncology research output in India
during the sample periods.

TABLE II ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS AND CITATION

S. No. Year Records % Rank TLCS % Rank TGCS % Rank

1 2005 461 3.40 13 434 4.52 11 5357 4.89 9
2 2006 564 4.16 12 708 7.37 8 9136 8.35 7
3 2007 870 6.42 10 1172 12.20 2 15568 14.22 1
4 2008 1059 7.81 7 1262 13.14 1 14979 13.69 2
5 2009 932 6.87 9 1143 11.90 3 13441 12.28 3
6 2010 1050 7.74 8 1032 10.74 4 13428 12.27 4
7 2011 775 5.72 11 850 8.85 6 10430 9.53 5
8 2012 1300 9.59 4 851 8.86 5 10367 9.47 6
9 2013 1246 9.19 5 729 7.59 7 7580 6.93 8
10 2014 1380 10.18 2 604 6.29 9 4873 4.45 10
11 2015 1454 10.72 1 497 5.17 10 2712 2.48 11
12 2016 1301 9.60 3 242 2.52 12 480 0.44 13
13 2017 1167 8.61 6 82 0.85 13 1093 1.00 12
Total 13559 100 9606 100 109444 100
*TLCS = Total Local Citation Score, *TGCS = Total Global Citation Score

Annual Distribution of Publications and Citation

18000
16000 15568 14979
14000 13441 13428
12000
10000 10430 10367
9136
8000 7580
6000 5357 4873
4000
2000 2712
1300 1246 1380 1454 1301 1167
0 461 564 870 1059 932 1050 775 480 1093
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Records TGCS

Fig. 1 Annual Distribution of Publications and Citation

V. ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLICATION OUTPUT OF
TOP 20 AUTHORS
Table III and fig. 2 displays the ranking of authors of
articles. In the rank analysis the authors who have published
more than 80 research articles or more are considered into
account to avoid a long list. It was observed that there is a
total of 35602 of authors for 13559 articles and it shows the
top 20 most productive authors during 2005-2017. Mori M
published 147(1.1%) articles with 1388 TGCS and followed
by Morrow M 137(1%) with 1077 TGCS articles, Pawlik
TM 136(1%) with 2308 TGCS articles, Hunt KK 132(1%)
with 1866 TGCS articles, Others have contributed less than
1% during the period of study it is found that the ranked
contributors are from Osaka University, Japan, Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and University
of Texas at Austin, USA.
It could be identified that the author's wise analysis the
following authors Mori M, Morrow M, Pawlik TM, Hunt
KK and Boughey JC, were identified the most productive
authors based on the number of research papers published.

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TABLE III RANKING OF AUTHORS OF ARTICLES

S. No. Rank Authors Records % TGCS

1 1 Mori M 147 1.1 1388
2 2 Morrow M 137 1 1077
3 3 Pawlik TM 136 1 2308
4 4 Hunt KK 132 1 1868
5 5 Boughey JC 115 0.8 514
6 6 Thompson JF 106 0.8 1423
7 7 Lee JE 104 0.8 1140
8 7 Maithel SK 104 0.8 310
9 8 Chen H 97 0.7 560
10 8 Gonen M 97 0.7 1749
11 9 Bartlett DL 94 0.7 443 Fig. 2 Showing Highly Prolific Authors Based on their
12 10 Levine EA 88 0.6 648 Number of Research Papers

13 11 DeMatteo RP 86 0.6 1188

14 11 Shen P 86 0.6 746 VI. ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLICATION OUTPUT OF
15 12 Brennan MF 85 0.6 1238 TOP 20 INSTITUTIONS
The individualities of 20 most productive institutions were
16 12 Kuerer HM 85 0.6 1117
analyzed in this part, Institutions which published more than
17 13 Jarnagin WR 83 0.6 1250 140 and above publications have considered as highly
18 14 Kim J 82 0.6 470 productive institutions. The publications outline of these
19 15 Doki Y 80 0.6 731 institutions with their number of research articles, local
citation score, the global citation score, is presented in Table
20 15 Fong Y 80 0.6 755 IV.
TABLE IV RESEARCH OUTPUT AND CITATION RESULT OF TOP TWENTY INSTITUTIONS

S. No. Institution Records % TLCS TGCS ACPP

1 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 735 5.4 838 7871 10.71
2 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 588 4.3 634 5119 8.71
3 Mayo Clinic 333 2.5 295 2157 6.48
4 University of South Florida 256 1.9 216 1486 5.80
5 Washington University 256 1.9 134 1317 5.14
6 University of Toronto 234 1.7 184 1822 7.79
7 University of Pittsburgh 233 1.7 221 1881 8.07
8 University of Wisconsin-Madison 227 1.7 130 1169 5.15
9 Emory University 203 1.5 162 1306 6.43
10 Duke University 195 1.4 292 1979 10.15
11 University of Michigan 192 1.4 167 1270 6.61
12 Ohio State University 182 1.3 73 662 3.64
13 Massachusetts General Hospital 175 1.3 139 1331 7.61
14 Johns Hopkins University 165 1.2 192 2314 14.02
15 City of Hope National Med Center 161 1.2 61 779 4.84
16 Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center 152 1.1 105 1947 12.81
17 Osaka University 147 1.1 75 1409 9.59
18 Harvard University 145 1.1 193 1923 13.26
19 University of Sydney 145 1.1 278 1845 12.72
20 National Cancer Centre 143 1.1 155 1649 11.53
* ACPP: Average Citation per Paper (TC/TP)

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In total, 5750 institutions, including 14722 subdivisions between 2nd and 20th position are Japan, Netherlands, Italy,
published 13559 research papers during during 2005 – 2017. South Korea, Canada, Peoples R China, Australia, France,
The topmost twenty prolific institutions involved in this Germany, UK, Taiwan, Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Spain,
research have published 140 and more research articles. The Brazil, Belgium, Mexico, Singapore with their total global
mean average is 2.35 research articles per institution. Out of citation score of 10893 (7.5%) to 221 (0.6%).
5750 institutions, top 20 institutions published 4867
(35.9%) research papers and the rest of the institution TABLE V PUBLICATION OUTPUT OF TOP 20 COUNTRIES BY
NUMBER OF PAPERS
published 8692 (64.1%) research papers respectively. The
institutions are ranked based on their number of published S.
Country Records % TLCS TGCS
research papers. No.
1 USA 7832 57.8 5255 51268
The institution “Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center” 2 Japan 1011 7.5 749 10893
holds the first rank and the institution published 735 (5.4%)
research papers with 838 Local and 7871 global citation 3 Netherlands 619 4.6 531 6414
scores, the average citation per paper is 10.71. The second 4 Italy 569 4.2 711 8521
rank holds by “University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer 5 South Korea 568 4.2 525 7886
Center” the institution published 588 (4.3%) research papers
with 634 Local and 5119 global citation scores, the average 6 Canada 544 4 380 3844
citation per paper is 8.71. The “Mayo Clinic” holds the 3rd 7 Peoples R China 477 3.5 383 7160
rank; the institution published 333 (2.5%) research papers
8 Australia 353 2.6 618 4898
with 295 Local and 2157 global citation scores, the average
citation per paper is 6.48. The “University of South Florida” 9 France 350 2.6 473 5236
holds the 4th rank; the institution published 256 (1.9%) 10 Germany 345 2.5 374 5339
research papers with 216 Local and 1486 global citation
11 UK 300 2.2 310 4255
scores, the average citation per paper is 5.80. The
“Washington UnivWashington University” holds the 5th 12 Taiwan 277 2 247 3918
rank; the institution published 256 (1.9%) research papers 13 Greece 114 0.8 208 1336
with 134 Local and 1317 global citation scores, the average
14 Israel 105 0.8 86 1038
citation per paper is 5.14. It could be identified that the
institutions wise analysis the following institutions 15 Switzerland 105 0.8 126 1708
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of 16 Spain 100 0.7 54 963
Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic,
17 Brazil 91 0.7 49 626
University of South Florida and Washington University
were identified the most productive institutions based on the 18 Belgium 78 0.6 87 1205
number of research papers published. 19 Mexico 76 0.6 54 502
20 Singapore 75 0.6 26 221

Fig. 3 Mapping and Cluster on Publication Output of Top 20

Institutions by Number of Papers

Fig. 4 Mapping and Cluster on Publication Output of Top 20

VII. ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLICATION OUTPUT
OF TOP 20 COUNTRIES
Table V displays the publication output of the top twenty
countries by number of papers and USA hold 1st ranks
among the top twenty countries with its total global citation
score of 51268 (57.8%). In all, 74 countries participated in
research during 2005 to 2017. The countries that rank
Countries by Number of Papers
To use of this country mapping analysis, we can find out
many nodes with clarity of linking between each node,
which means large quantities of countries linked to
associated countries. It could be identified that the country
wise analysis the following countries USA, Japan,

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Netherlands, Italy, South Korea were identified the most
productive country based on the number of research papers
published.
VIII. CONCLUSION
The number of papers published in ASO has gradually
increased during 2005–2017 and the study has shown that
13559 research documents have been published in ASO
during the period. It could be identified that the author's
wise analysis the following authors Mori M, Morrow M,
Pawlik TM, Hunt KK and Boughey JC, were identified the
most productive authors based on the number of research
papers published. It could be identified that the institutions
wise analysis the following institutions Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, University of South Florida
and Washington University were identified the most
productive institutions based on the number of research
papers published. It could be identified that the country wise
analysis the following countries USA, Japan, Netherlands,
Italy, South Korea were identified the most productive
country based on the number of research papers published.
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