1. Assessing assessments of British science. Some facts and figures to accept or decline

   • T. Braun
   • W. Glänzel
   • A. Schubert

   World Flash on Basic Research Pages: 165 - 170

2. Scientometric study of biochemical literature of Nigeria, 1970–1984: Application of Lotka's law and the 80/20-Rule

   • D. K. Gupta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 179

3. Creativity and the socio-cultural niche

   • I. I. Purica

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 187

4. Using citation counts as a measure of quality in science measuring what's measurable rather than what's valid

   • D. Lindsey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 203

5. Productivity differences fields of learning, and Lotka's law

   • S. Kyvik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 214

6. Mainstream and non mainstream scientific literature in four peripheral Asian scientific communities

   • Ch. H. Davis
   • Th. O. Eisemon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 239

7. The popularization of science II: Patterns of topical coverage

   • J. S. Kidd

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 255

8. Journal-to-journal citation data: Issues of validity and reliability

   • R. E. Rice
   • Christine L. Borgman
   • P. J. Hart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 282

9. Mapping co-word structures: A comparison of multidimensional scaling and leximappe

   • R. J. W. Tijssen
   • A. F. J. Van Raan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 295

10. Referee systems of English-language scientific journals in Japan

    • S. Yamazaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 303

11. Merging data sets

    • R. Rousseau

    Short Communication Pages: 305 - 308

12. Linear increase law of optimum age of scientific creativity

    • Haichao Han

    Short Communication Pages: 309 - 312

13. Book reviews

    • Dan H. Yaalon
    • Jean Tague

    BookReview Pages: 313 - 315

14. News

    • J. Farkas

    News Pages: 317 - 323