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Age stratification and cohort effects in scholarly communication : a study of social sciences
(Springer, 2016-07-29)
Aging is considered to be an important factor in a scholar’s propensity to
innovate, produce, and collaborate on high quality work. Yet, empirical studies in the area
are rare and plagued with several limitations. As a ...
The linguistic patterns and rhetorical structure of citation context : an approach using n-grams
(Springer, 2016)
Using the full-text corpus of more than 75,000 research articles published by seven PLOS journals, this paper
proposes a natural language processing approach for identifying the function of citations. Citation contexts ...
Authorship, citations, acknowledgments and visibility in social media : symbolic capital in the multifaceted reward system of science
(SAGE, 2018-02-01)
The reward system of science is undergoing significant changes, as traditional indicators
compete with initiatives that offer novel means of disseminating and assessing scholarly
impact. This paper considers a number of ...
Contributorship and division of labor in knowledge production
(SAGE, 2016-06-21)
Scientific authorship has been increasingly complemented with contributorship statements. While such statements are said to ensure more equitable credit and responsibility attribution, they also provide an opportunity to ...
On the shoulders of students? The contribution of PhD students to the advancement of knowledge
(Springer, 2011-09-06)
Using the participation in peer reviewed publications of all doctoral students in Quebec over the 2000–2007 period, this paper provides the first large scale analysis of their research effort. It shows that PhD students ...
Illusions of a ‘Bond’: Tagging cultural products across online platforms
(Emerald, 2016-06-09)
La plupart des études sur l'étiquetage social porte sur une plateforme ou un type de plateforme précis, ce qui limite la portée de leurs résultats. Cette étude explore et compare les pratiques d'étiquetage social de quatre ...
Scientific collaboration and high-technology exchanges among BRICS and G-7 countries
(Springer, 2015-12-21)
Over the last two decades, emerging countries located outside North America and Europe have reshaped the global economy. These countries are also increasing their share of the world’s scientific output. This paper analyzes ...
The journal coverage of Web of Science and Scopus : a comparative analysis
(Springer, 2015-10-19)
Bibliometric methods are used in multiple fields for a variety of purposes,
namely for research evaluation. Most bibliometric analyses have in common their data
sources: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier’s ...
Grand challenges in altmetrics : heterogeneity, data quality and dependencies
(Springer, 2016-03-14)
With increasing uptake among researchers, social media are finding their way into
scholarly communication and, under the umbrella term altmetrics, are starting to be utilized in
research evaluation. Fueled by technological ...
Characterization, description, and considerations for the use of funding acknowledgement data in Web of Science
(Springer, 2016-04-22)
Funding acknowledgements found in scientific publications have been used to study the impact of funding on research since the 1970s. However, no broad scale indexation of that paratextual element was done until 2008, when ...