CRANV2
Aslib Cranfield Research Project: Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems: Volume 2
Citation indexing and bibliographic coupling
chapter
Cyril Cleverdon
Michael Keen
Cranfield
An investigation supported by a grant to Aslib by the National Science Foundation.
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FIGURE 7.6T
Index Language Citation Indexing and Bibliographic Coupling
Document Relevance 1-3
Number of Documents in Collection
Number of Questions 35 (Subset 1)
Number of Relevant Documents 212
Generality Number 4.3
1400
Coupling
Strength
1
2
3
4
5
6
7+
Documents
Retrieved
R el. Non-rel.
139
106 2021
75 759
48 370
38 187
29 102
28 58
Becall
Ratio
65.5%
50.0%
35.4%
22.6%
17.97o
13.7%
13.2%
Precision
Ratio
5.0%
9.07°
11.5%
16.9%
22.1%
32.6%
Fallout
Ratio
4.124%
1. 549%
o. 755%
0. 382%
o. 208%
o. 118%
FIGURE 7.7T
Index Language Citation Indexing and Bibliograph
Document Relevance 1-2
Number of Documents in Collection
Number of Questions 35
Number of Relevant Documents 79
Generality Number 1.6
1400
Coupling
Strength
1
2
3
4
5
6
7+
Documents
R eirieved
Rel. Non -tel.
51
35 843
26 412
12 197
11 105
9 66
8 41
Recall
R at io
64.5%
44.3%
32.9%
15.2%
13.9%
11.4%
10.1%
Precision
Ratio
4.0%
5.9%
5.7%
9.5%
12.0%
16.3%
Fallout
Ratio
1.720%
0.841%
0. 402%
0.214%
0.135%
0. 084%