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differ much across the two different ways of calculating citations. The data fit
with Bradford’s law of scattering, which means that the most significant
articles in a given field of investigation are found within a relatively small
core cluster of journal publications and a large group of articles does not get
any citations (Vaaje- Kolstad et al., 2010).
The analysis of the journals revealed that this topic has been pursued in a
large number of journals: the 453 papers were published in 222 journals; 149 of
the journals had just one paper on this topic. Table 2.2 shows the journals with
more than seven articles, the number of achieved citations and their share of
citations of the total number of citations. It seems that no journal has positioned
itself as the central journal for academic debate on the bioeconomy.
The 453 articles were authored by 1487 researchers. Most of the researchers (89% or 1324) had only one paper in the sample. Five researchers had
more than four papers in the sample (Table 2.3).
Where do these researchers come from? An analysis of the 992 addresses
listed in the database provided two types of information: the origin of country
and the organisation. Two hundred and seven articles listed only one address
Table 2.2 Journals with more than seven articles (n = 117) – number of articles, sum
and share of citations per journal (total n = 9,207 citations)
Journal
Number of
papers
Share of
papers (%)
Number of
citations
Share of all
citations (%)
Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining – Biofpr 27
6.0
244
2.7
Biomass & Bioenergy
18
4.0
251
2.7
Journal of the American Oil Chemists
Society
15
3.3
202
2.2
Journal of Cleaner Production
12
2.6
204
2.2
International Journal of Life Cycle
Assessment
10
2.2
164
1.8
International Sugar Journal
10
2.2
30
0.3
Bioresource Technology
9
2.0
361
3.9
Applied Microbiology and Bio-Technology
8
1.8
249
2.7
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
8
1.8
14
0.2
Sum
117
25.8
1,719
18.7
Note
See Appendix B for more details.
Table 2.3 The five most prominent authors, with more than four papers
Author
Number of articles
Sanders, J. P. M.
8
Zhang, Y. H. P.
6
Birch, K.
5
Montoneri, E.
5
Patel, M. K.
5
differ much across the two different ways of calculating citations. The data fit
with Bradford’s law of scattering, which means that the most significant
articles in a given field of investigation are found within a relatively small
core cluster of journal publications and a large group of articles does not get
any citations (Vaaje- Kolstad et al., 2010).
The analysis of the journals revealed that this topic has been pursued in a
large number of journals: the 453 papers were published in 222 journals; 149 of
the journals had just one paper on this topic. Table 2.2 shows the journals with
more than seven articles, the number of achieved citations and their share of
citations of the total number of citations. It seems that no journal has positioned
itself as the central journal for academic debate on the bioeconomy.
The 453 articles were authored by 1487 researchers. Most of the researchers (89% or 1324) had only one paper in the sample. Five researchers had
more than four papers in the sample (Table 2.3).
Where do these researchers come from? An analysis of the 992 addresses
listed in the database provided two types of information: the origin of country
and the organisation. Two hundred and seven articles listed only one address
Table 2.2 Journals with more than seven articles (n = 117) – number of articles, sum
and share of citations per journal (total n = 9,207 citations)
Journal
Number of
papers
Share of
papers (%)
Number of
citations
Share of all
citations (%)
Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining – Biofpr 27
6.0
244
2.7
Biomass & Bioenergy
18
4.0
251
2.7
Journal of the American Oil Chemists
Society
15
3.3
202
2.2
Journal of Cleaner Production
12
2.6
204
2.2
International Journal of Life Cycle
Assessment
10
2.2
164
1.8
International Sugar Journal
10
2.2
30
0.3
Bioresource Technology
9
2.0
361
3.9
Applied Microbiology and Bio-Technology
8
1.8
249
2.7
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
8
1.8
14
0.2
Sum
117
25.8
1,719
18.7
Note
See Appendix B for more details.
Table 2.3 The five most prominent authors, with more than four papers
Author
Number of articles
Sanders, J. P. M.
8
Zhang, Y. H. P.
6
Birch, K.
5
Montoneri, E.
5
Patel, M. K.
5