Search
Now showing items 51-60 of 70
Predicting the age of researchers using bibliometric data
(Elsevier, 2017-08)
The age of researchers is a critical factor necessary to study the bibliometric characteristics of the
scholars that produce new knowledge. In bibliometric studies, the age of scientific authors is
generally missing; ...
Big publishers, bigger profits : how the scholarly community lost the control of its journals
(Carleton University. Department of English language and literature, 2015)
Despite holding the potential to liberate scholarly information, the digital era has, to the contrary, increased the control of a few for-profit publishers. While most journals in the print era were owned by academic ...
Changes in publication languages and citation practices and their effect on the scientific impact of Russian science (1993–2010)
(Wiley, 2012-03-28)
This paper analyses the effects of publication language on international scientific visibility of Russia
using the Web of Science. Like other developing and transition countries, it is subject to a growing pressure ...
The weakening relationship between the impact factor and papers' citations in the digital age
(Wiley, 2012-10-08)
Historically, papers have been physically bound to the journal in which they were
published but in the electronic age papers are available individually, no longer tied to
their respective journals. Hence, papers now can ...
Comparing journal and paper level classifications of science
(Elsevier, 2019-01-03)
The classification of science into disciplines is at the heart of bibliometric analyses. While most classifications systems are implemented at the journal level, their accuracy has been questioned, and paper-level ...
The many faces of mobility : using bibliometric data to measure the movement of scientists
(Elsevier, 2019-03-01)
This paper presents a methodological framework for developing scientific mobility indicators based on bibliometric data. We identify nearly 16 million individual authors from publications covered in the Web of Science for ...
Vanishing industries and the rising monopoly of universities in published research
(Public library of science, 2018-08-14)
Anecdotes abound regarding the decline of basic research in industrial and governmental
settings, but very little empirical evidence exists about the phenomenon. This article provides a systematic and historical analysis ...
Words by the tail : assessing lexical diversity in scholarly titles using frequency-rank distribution tail fits
(Public library of science, 2018-07-09)
This research assesses the evolution of lexical diversity in scholarly titles using a new indicator based on zipfian frequency-rank distribution tail fits. At the operational level, while both
head and tail fits of zipfian ...
A small world of citations? : the influence of collaboration networks on citation practices
(Public library of science, 2012-03-07)
This paper examines the proximity of authors to those they cite using degrees of separation in a co-author network,
essentially using collaboration networks to expand on the notion of self-citations. While the proportion ...
Scientists popularizing science : characteristics and impact of TED talk presenters
(Public library of science, 2013-04-30)
The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference and associated website of recorded conference presentations
(TED Talks) is a highly successful disseminator of science-related videos, claiming over a billion online ...