Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: In this study we develop and propose publication metrics, based on an analysis of data from the Chandra bibliographic database, that are more meaningful and less sensitive to observatory-specific characteristics than are the traditional metrics. They fall in three main categories: speed of publication, fraction of observing time published, and archival usage. Citation of results is a fourth category, but lends itself less well to definite statements. For Chandra , the median time from observation to publication is 2.36 years; after about 7 years 90% of the observing time is published; after 10 years 70% of the observing time is published more than twice; and the total annual publication output of the mission is 60–70% of the cumulative observing time available, assuming a two-year lag between data retrieval and publication.
DOI: 10.1086/665581
Authors: Arnold H. Rots, Sherry L. Winkelman, Glenn E. Becker
Institution: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2037222853