1. New bibliometric techniques for the evaluation of medical schools

   • G. Lewison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 16

2. The effect of funding on the outputs of biomedical research

   • G. Lewison
   • G. Dawson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 27

3. Publication delays in the science field and their relationship to the ageing of scientific literature

   • M. Luwel
   • H. F. Moed

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 40

4. Bibliometric analysis of aids literature in Latin America and the Caribbean

   • C. A. Macias-Chapula
   • Irma P. Rodea-Castro
   • Nora Narvaez-Berthelemot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 49

5. Linkage between patents and papers: An interim EPO/US comparison

   • F. Narin
   • D. Olivastro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 59

6. Advanced mapping of science and technology

   • E. C. M. Noyons
   • A. F. J. Van Raan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 67

7. Artificial neural network technology for the classification and cartography of scientific and technical information

   • X. Polanco
   • Claire François
   • J. -P. Keim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 82

8. Bibliometric law used for information retrieval

   • L. Quoniam
   • F. Balme
   • J. M. Dou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 91

9. An analysis of Bradford multipliers and a model to explain law of scattering

   • I. K. Ravichandra Rao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 100

10. Changes on publishing behavior in response to research policy guidelines. The case of the Spanish Research Council in the field of agronomy

    • J. Rey
    • M. -J. Martín
    • Isabel Méndez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 111

11. Publishing patterns of Mexican scientists: Differences between national and international papers

    • Jane M. Russell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 124

12. A general framework for creating large-scale maps of science in two or three dimensions: The SciViz system

    • H. Small

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 133

13. Bibliographic scattering and time: An empirical study through temporal partitioning of bibliographies

    • S. K. Sen
    • S. K. Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 154

14. International cooperation of polish researchers with partners from abroad: A scientometric study

    • Barbara Stefaniak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 167

15. Measuring impact by a full option method and the notion of bibliometric spectra

    • G. Van Hooydonk
    • Greta Milis-Proost

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 183

16. General performance indexes calculated for research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences based on scientometric indicators

    • P. Vinkler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 200

17. Scientometric evidence for the existence of long economic growth cycles in Europe 1500–1900

    • R. Wagner-Döbler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 208

18. Defining subject collections for informetric analyses: The effect of varying the subject aboutness level

    • Concepción S. Wilson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 223

19. The signs of science

    • P. Wouters

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 241

20. The ‘language preference’ in sociology: Measures of ‘language self-citation’, ‘relative own-language preference indicator’, and ‘mutual use of languages’

    • M. Yitzhaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 254

21. Internationalization of scientific journals: A measurement based on publication and citation scope

    • M. Zitt
    • E. Bassecoulard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 271

22. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 273 - 273