From: A Forum for Discussion of the History of the Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) Re: The Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Preprint Version On: Maps on the basis of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index: The journals Leonardo and Art Journal versus the "Digital Humanities" as a topic. See: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) forthcoming <http://www.leydesdorff.net/ahci/ahci.pdf>
Abstract: The possibilities of using the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) for journal mapping have not been sufficiently recognized because of the absence of a Journal Citations Report (JCR) for this database. A quasi-JCR for the A&HCI (2008) was constructed from the data contained in the Web-of-Science and is used for the evaluation of two journals as examples: Leonardo and Art Journal. The maps on the basis of the aggregated journal-journal citations within this domain can be compared with maps including references to journals in the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. Art journals are cited by (social) science journals more than by other art journals, but these journals draw upon one another in terms of their own references. This cultural impact in terms of being cited is not found when documents with a topic such as "digital humanities" are analyzed. This community of practice functions more as an intellectual organizer than a journal. By: Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel: +31-20-525 6598 Fax: +31-842239111 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.leydesdorff.net/
