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Analysis of UTIG Publications and Citations


Appendix I: Statistical Results

Table A.I.1. UTIG Contributions by category of publication and authorship.

Table A.I.2 Number of first authorships and normalized contributions for various authorship types

Table A.I.3. Annual numbers of UTIG contributions and citations to UTIG contributions.

Table A.I.9 UTIG contributions with University of Texas undergraduates as first author

Table A.I.10. Contributions and citations for selected individual journals and journal categories.

Table A.I.11. UTIG contributions with more than 50 citations, 1993-1997.


Table A.I.1. UTIG Contributions by category of publication and authorship.

Category of Publication G1st S1st Gnth Subtotals F1st B1st
Mainstream 213 90 135 438 17 -
Archival 182 49 140 371 10 -
Technical Report 4 - 6 10 - -
Proceedings 81 24 22 127 3 -
Other 42 - 9 51 - -
Comment 20 1 6 27 - -
Biology - - - - - 272
TOTALS 542 164 318 1024 30 272


Table A.I.2 Number of first authorships and normalized contributions for various authorship types (biology authors excluded). See Text section V for explanation of normalized contributions.

First Authorships Normalized Contributions
Current Senior Scientists at UTIG (9 individuals) 215 250
Current Other Scientists at UTIG (10 individuals) 82 73
Scientists Formerly Employed at UTIG 266 254
Students, Current and Former 164 120
Subtotals 727 697
Faculty 21 25
Non-UT Scientists 306 332
GRAND TOTAL 1054 1054


Table A.I.3. Annual numbers of UTIG contributions and citations to UTIG contributions.

Key:

Contribution Type: M=mainstream; A=archival or non-UTIG technical report; O=other or comment; P=proceedings, map, or cross section.

M+A+O+P M+A+P M+A M M+A+O+P M+A+P M+A M All 1st-1st co-co Normalized
1972 2 2 1 0 1.05 1.05 0.25 0.00 - - - -
1973 30 29 24 7 18.02 17.02 13.66 3.72 - - - -
1974 19 18 13 8 13.81 12.81 7.81 4.75 - - - -
1975 15 15 12 8 10.88 10.88 8.00 5.00 - - - -
1976 27 27 18 9 23.19 23.19 16.00 7.75 - - - -
1977 24 24 18 8 18.82 18.82 14.32 5.82 - - - -
1978 33 32 21 10 28.65 27.65 18.12 8.75 - - - -
1979 22 21 14 9 14.94 13.94 9.62 7.12 - - - -
1980 31 31 22 14 24.20 24.20 15.45 11.27 - - - -
1981 25 22 20 10 19.58 16.58 14.58 7.27 - - - -
1982 26 26 24 12 19.69 19.69 18.13 9.63 - - - -
1983 27 27 17 9 22.88 22.88 12.88 6.88 - - - -
1984 43 41 35 17 28.45 26.45 23.45 9.89 - - - -
1985 54 52 51 27 34.04 32.04 31.04 16.66 - - - -
1986 34 29 26 15 21.53 16.78 13.78 8.03 - - - -
1987 47 44 42 23 31.75 28.75 27.75 15.38 - - - -
1988 42 40 35 20 30.40 29.65 24.65 16.08 - - - -
1989 43 39 34 24 34.30 31.30 26.30 18.75 - - - -
1990 36 34 32 22 25.56 24.06 22.94 16.34 - - - -
1991 57 56 50 25 36.52 35.52 32.27 18.25 - - - -
1992 74 60 55 22 49.18 35.68 32.81 13.84 - - - -
1993 55 52 42 22 32.01 29.76 22.33 12.66 619 595 555 414.1
1994 57 49 44 25 37.48 31.23 27.17 15.66 666 640 578 468.1
1995 68 61 57 32 40.70 35.45 33.40 19.42 772 736 656 529.5
1996 65 56 49 29 37.66 31.49 25.93 15.30 851 814 729 566.9
1997 46 39 34 25 28.45 22.82 18.57 13.20 845 811 740 520.2
1998 22 20 19 6 13.27 11.27 10.95 4.06 - - - -

Table A.I.9 UTIG contributions with University of Texas undergraduates as first author

#711. Apperson, K. D., and C. Frohlich. Relationship between the Wadati-Benioff zone geometry and P, T, and B axes of intermediate and deep focus earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 13821-13831, 1987.

#813. Wardlaw, R. L., C. Frohlich, and S. D. Davis. Evaluation of precursory seismic quiescence in sixteen subduction zones using single-link cluster analysis, Pure & Applied Geophys., 134, 57-78, 1990.

#1329. Bilich, A., S. Clark, B. Creighton, and C. Frohlich. Felt reports from the Alice, Texas, earthquake of 24 March 1997, Seis. Res. Lett., 69, 117-122, 1998.


Table A.I.10. Contributions and citations for selected individual journals and journal categories.

Data are for 1024 contributions from UTIG staff and students, except that in-press contributions are excluded. Citations are from Science Citation Index for 1993-1997, and have not been corrected for self-citation. Bold entries indicate the largest number in each column.

Journal Number of Papers Number of Citations Citations per Article
AAPG Bulletin 25 125 5.04
Antarctic J. of the U.S. 12 2 0.17
Bull. Seismological Soc. Am 17 57 3.35
Earth & Planetary Sci. Letters 12 37 3.08
EOS 15 0 0.00
Geological Soc. Am. Bull. 18 150 8.33
Geology 53 467 8.81
Geophys. J. Int. 16 88 5.50
Geophys. Res. Letters 27 71 2.63
Geophysics 27 124 4.59
Geotimes 9 0 0.00
Init. Rep. DSDP 36 22 0.61
J. Geophys. Res. 100 871 8.71
Marine Geology 15 21 1.40
Nature 16 88 5.50
Physics of Earth & Planet. Int. 10 21 2.10
Proc., Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 22 14 0.64
Proc., ODP, Init. Rep. & Sci. Res. 38 0 0.00
Proc., Offshore Tech. Conf. 9 3 0.33
Science 15 175 11.73
Tectonics 19 119 6.26
Tectonophysics 15 172 11.47
Trans, Gulf Coast Assn. Geol. Socs. 20 40 2.00
All mainstream Journals 438 2923 6.67
Archival publications and tech. rep. 381 704 1.85
Proceedings, maps, cross sections 127 51 0.40
Other journals and comments 78 75 0.96
All UTIG & student contributions 1024 3753 3.67
Student contributions only 164 533 3.31


Table A.I.11. UTIG contributions with more than 50 citations, 1993-1997.

124 citations:

79 citations:

71 citations:

59 citations:

56 citations:

53 citations:

51 citations:

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