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Design and update of a classification system : the UCSD map of science
(2012-07-12)
Global maps of science can be used as a reference system to chart career trajectories, the location of emerging research
frontiers, or the expertise profiles of institutes or nations. This paper details data preparation, ...
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 ...
Astrophysicists’ conversational connections on Twitter
(Public Library of Science, 2014-08-25)
Because Twitter and other social media are increasingly used for analyses based on altmetrics, this research sought to
understand what contexts, affordance use, and social activities influence the tweeting behavior of ...
On the effects of the reunification on German researchers’ publication patterns
(Springer, 2017-01-28)
After developing independently following World War II, the research systems of East and West
Germany reunited at the end of the Cold War, resulting in Westernization of East German
Research institutions. Using data from ...
The effect of collaborators on institutions’ scientific impact
(Springer, 2016-11)
The effect of collaborators on institutions scientific impact was examined for 81 institutions
with different degrees of impact and collaboration. Not only collaborators including both core and
peripheral collaborators ...
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 ...
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 ...
Which scientific elites? : on the concentration of research funds, publications and citations
(Oxford University Press, 2010-03-01)
Using the population of all university professors (N=13,479) in the province of Quebec
(Canada), this paper analyses the concentration of funding, papers and citations at the level of
individual researchers. It shows ...
On the topicality and research impact of special issues
(MIT Press, 2019)
The publication of special issues constitute an important yet underinvestigated phenomenon of
scholarly communication. In an attempt to draw attention to the proliferation of special issues,
Priem (2006) suggested that ...