(1) Linda Nochlin, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” ARTnews, January 1971, 194–204.
What is the total number of citations? 30
What can you learn about the number of citations to this article per year since it was published? From what I can understand, the number of citations started to increase in 2015 and 2019 was has the highest point of citations, with a total of 8.
What can you learn about who cites this article? What are their disciplinary identifications? The majority of the articles were published in journals of art history, history, art and culture, museum and curatorial studies, or feminist and gender studies. It was also cited in publications of literature, theater, design, or area-specific, such as Japanese studies, or Latin American studies. Also, one citation was from an article on a journal of Informational Science (Ciencias de la información, in Spanish, I am not sure is that is the correct translation). All articles were written in English, but a few were published in journals with Spanish or German titles.
(2) Nochlin, L
What is the total number of publications? 46
What is the H-index? 3
What are the average citations per item? 0.5
Which of these numbers would you prefer to have used in evaluations for hiring and tenure? Why?
My first idea is that both numbers could offer information for the evaluation but should not be taken as single or central parameters. Evaluating a candidate should be a more holistic process that takes into account many other aspects of the person’s profile, such as age or time working in the field. As we have seen in the readings, the reasons why an article or an author gets cited are many and not always linked to the quality of content. But if one of the main institution’s values or objectives is to increase the statistics of productivity of their faculty based on publication and impact on the high-profile journals, then it would make sense to use these numbers and to prioritize the candidates that bring statistics up. But if the institution has other interests, such as an orientation towards teaching or reaching out to the broad community beyond academia, then the citation indexes are not too relevant.
Is this kind of analysis appropriate for all academic fields? Why or why not?
No, the nature and structure of each field are different. From the readings, I understood that the Web of Science only includes certain types of “top” journals and prioritizes English-written articles. Just to mention one example, for academics working on regional-specific fields, it seems logical to write in the languages of such regions, and not necessarily always or most of the time in English.