The historical path of evaluation as reflected in the content of Evaluation and Program Planning.
This paper examines the intellectual structure of evaluation by means of citation analysis. By using various article attributes and citation counts in Google Scholar and (Social) Science Citation Index Web of Science, we analyze all articles published in Evaluation and Program Planning from 2000 until 2012. We identify and discuss the characteristics and development of the field as reflected in the history of those citations.
Faculty of Economics and Management, National University of Malaysia, UKM Bangi, 43600 Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen Business School, Kilevej 14, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark. Electronic address: abuhanifah.ayob@ukm.edu.my.
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Syntek Corporation, 4.669 Evaluation and Planning, 2279 Mershon Drive, Ann Arbor, 48103 MI, United States. Electronic address: jamorell@jamorell.com.
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D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Article attributes; Citation analysis; Evaluation and program planning; Evaluation research