Galais Virginie, Fleming Holly, Nic Daéid Niamh, Ménard Hervé
Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK.
Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2022 May 17;5:100269. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2022.100269. eCollection 2022.
The large volume of information available within citation databases has become a challenge to manage and distil in all areas of research. In this study, a scientometric approach has been applied to fibres as an evidence type using information contained in Scopus and Web of Science. A comparison was also made with the references listed in the INTERPOL International Forensic Science Managers Symposium Science (IFSMS) reports (2004-2019) where only a limited number of documents were common with the citation databases, illustrating the value of the IFSMS reports. Finally, this study also highlights that data availability and location are generally omitted in publications. The forensic science community has an opportunity to change this culture and lead the way in making their data available, aligning with the ideals of fairness, openness and transparency of the underpinning data upon which scientific developments are based.
引文数据库中大量可用信息已成为各研究领域管理和提炼的一项挑战。在本研究中，一种科学计量方法已应用于纤维这一证据类型，使用了Scopus和Web of Science中包含的信息。还与国际刑警组织国际法医科学管理人员研讨会科学报告（2004 - 2019年）中列出的参考文献进行了比较，其中与引文数据库仅有少量文献相同，这说明了国际刑警组织国际法医科学管理人员研讨会报告的价值。最后，本研究还强调，数据的可用性和位置在出版物中通常被忽略。法医学界有机会改变这种文化，并带头提供其数据，符合科学发展所基于的基础数据的公平、开放和透明的理想。
