Geographia Polonica (2014) vol. 87, iss. 1

50 years of Geographia Polonica in the light of citations

Przemysław Śleszyński

Geographia Polonica (2014) vol. 87, iss. 1, pp. 143-155 | Full text
doi: https://doi.org/GPol.2014.9

This paper presents an analysis of citations to Geographia Polonica, a leading English-language geographical journal edited by Polish geographers, boasting its 50-year-long history. The examination was based on Google Scholar and its Publish or Perish application, that is the most comprehensive search engine of citations which returns the most representative results for Polish sources, particularly in social sciences. Due to the nature of Google Scholar – it only explores existing materials shared in the Internet – the study shows a series of regularities in contemporary citations.

Keywords: bibliometrics, citations, journals, Google Scholar, geographical publications, development of geography in Poland, Geographia Polonica

Przemysław Śleszyński [psleszyn@twarda.pan.pl], Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw: Poland