Computer science in Eastern Europe 1989-2014: A bibliometric study

摘要

Purpose: This paper studies the development of research in computer science in 15 Eastern European countriesudfollowing the breaching of the Berlin Wall in 1989.ududDesign/methodology/approach: We conducted a bibliometric analysis of 82,121 computer science publicationsudindexed in the Web of Science database and investigated publication, citation, and collaboration patterns of theudindividual countries.ududFindings: Poland has been the most productive country, followed by Russia, the Czech Republic, Romania,udHungary, and Slovenia. Publication rates have increased substantially over the period, but this has not beenudaccompanied by a corresponding increase in the quality of the publications. Hungary and Slovenia are the mostudinfluential countries in terms of citations per paper. Artificial Intelligence is the most frequently occurring computerudscience subject category, with Interdisciplinary Applications the category with the greatest impact. USA, Germany,udUK, France, and Canada are the most frequently collaborating Western nations, and papers published inudcollaboration with USA authors accrue the most citations.ududOriginality/value: This is the first ever bibliometric study of the whole post-communist Eastern Europeanudcomputer science research as indexed in the Web of Science.