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Champion data comparison in nuclear research institutes in Europe, the U. S., and Japan

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Bibliometric analysis was carried out for champion data comparisons among prestigious nuclear research institutes (PNRI) existed in Japan, the U. S., France, and Germany. The analysis was relied on database INIS (IAEA), ECD (DOE), WOS (Thomson), and SCOPUS (Elsevier). INIS is advanced, key ex-post evaluating tool for determining general research paper-based champion. Over the 30-year time span of research paper publication, the world champion among 11 PNRI is JAERI confirmed by INIS but ORNL confirmed by ECD, WOS, and SCOPUS, the latter two collected journal submitted research paper. Five years ago JAERI is the 3rd ranked institutes following ORNL and ANL. INIS database results revealed that CEA/Grenoble is the French domestic champion regarding research paper publication. Five years ago it was CEA/Saclay. Results from analytical tools used in bibliometric studies should be viewed with careful consideration to learn of any influencing factors because different characteristics exhibited by individual databases can sometimes generate conflicting bibliometric results. This was true among INIS, ECD, WOS, and SCOPUS when looking at trends especially between 5-year periods.

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  1. JAERI was reorganized in 2005 and renamed as the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The present study addresses intellectual assets created by JAERI. Hence, JAERI is used in the text.

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  1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, Gunma, 370-1292, Japan

    Kazuaki Yanagisawa

  2. U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P. O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA

    Deborah E. Cutler

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Yanagisawa, K., Cutler, D.E. Champion data comparison in nuclear research institutes in Europe, the U. S., and Japan. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 287, 879–886 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0840-x

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