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Astrophysicists on Twitter : an in-depth analysis of tweeting and scientific publication behavior
(Emerald, 2014-05-19)
Purpose – This paper analyzes the tweeting behavior of 37 astrophysicists on Twitter and
compares their tweeting behavior with their publication behavior and citation impact to show
whether they tweet research-related ...
The ecosystem of peatland research : a bibliometric analysis
(International Peatland Society & International Mire Conservation Group, 2020-05-29)
Peatlands provide a range of services to societies, such as sequestration of organic carbon, biodiversity protection, attenuation of water flow, and the provision of fuel, wood and fruit, among others. Despite their global ...
The effect of data sources on the measurement of open access : a comparison of Dimensions and the Web of Science
(Public Library of Science, 2022-03-31)
With the growing number of open access (OA) mandates, the accurate measurement of OA
publishing is an important policy issue. Existing studies have provided estimates of the prevalence of OA publications ranging from 27.9% ...
Modeling a century of citation distributions
(Elsevier, 2009-05-06)
The prevalence of uncited papers or of highly cited papers, with respect to the bulk of publications, provides important clues as to the dynamics of scientific research. Using 25 million papers and 600 million references ...
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 ...
Costly collaborations : the impact of scientific fraud on co-authors’ careers
(Association for information science and technology, 2015-01-30)
Over the last few years, several major scientific fraud cases have shocked the scientific
community. The number of retractions each year has also increased tremendously, especially in
the biomedical field, and scientific ...
arXiv E‐prints and the journal of record : an analysis of roles and relationships
(Association for information science and technology, 2014-01-27)
Since its creation in 1991, arXiv has become central to the diffusion of research in a number of fields. Combining data from the entirety of arXiv and the Web of Science (WoS), this article investigates (a) the proportion ...
In their own image? : a comparison of doctoral students' and faculty members' referencing behavior
(Wiley, 2013-03-11)
This article compares doctoral students' and faculty members' referencing behavior through the analysis of a large corpus of scientific articles. It shows that doctoral students tend to cite more documents per article than ...
Le français, langue seconde? : de l’évolution des lieux et langues de publication des chercheurs québécois, français, et allemands
(Université Laval. Département de sociologie, 2019-04-18)
Depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, la diffusion des connaissances dans les disciplines des sciences
naturelles et médicales est dominée par l’anglais. Toutefois, dans les sciences sociales et humaines, on ...
The KRESCENT Program (2005-2015) : an evaluation of the state of Kidney Research Training in Canada
(SAGE, 2017)
Background: The Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training (KRESCENT) Program was launched
in 2005 to enhance kidney research capacity in Canada and foster knowledge translation across the 4 themes of ...