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Where to publish? Development of a recommender system for academic publishing

Posted on 10 octobre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« This thesis using the method of research design is about creating a journal recommendation system for authors. Existing systems like JANE or whichjournal.com offer recommendations based on similarities of the content. This study invests how more sophisticated factors like openness, price (subscription or article processing charge), speed of publication can be included in the ranking of a recommendation system. The recommendation should also consider the expectations from other stakeholders like libraries or funders. »

URL : Where to publish? Development of a recommender system for academic publishing

Alternative URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/23523/

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Rise of the Rest: The Growing Impact of Non-Elite Journals

Posted on 10 octobre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« In this paper, we examine the evolution of the impact of non-elite journals. We attempt to answer two questions. First, what fraction of the top-cited articles are published in non-elite journals and how has this changed over time. Second, what fraction of the total citations are to non-elite journals and how has this changed over time.
We studied citations to articles published in 1995-2013. We computed the 10 most-cited journals and the 1000 most-cited articles each year for all 261 subject categories in Scholar Metrics. We marked the 10 most-cited journals in a category as the elite journals for the category and the rest as non-elite.
There are two conclusions from our study. First, the fraction of top-cited articles published in non-elite journals increased steadily over 1995-2013. While the elite journals still publish a substantial fraction of high-impact articles, many more authors of well-regarded papers in diverse research fields are choosing other venues.
The number of top-1000 papers published in non-elite journals for the representative subject category went from 149 in 1995 to 245 in 2013, a growth of 64%. Looking at broad research areas, 4 out of 9 areas saw at least one-third of the top-cited articles published in non-elite journals in 2013. For 6 out of 9 areas, the fraction of top-cited papers published in non-elite journals for the representative subject category grew by 45% or more.
Second, now that finding and reading relevant articles in non-elite journals is about as easy as finding and reading articles in elite journals, researchers are increasingly building on and citing work published everywhere. Considering citations to all articles, the percentage of citations to articles in non-elite journals went from 27% in 1995 to 47% in 2013. Six out of nine broad areas had at least 50% of citations going to articles published in non-elite journals in 2013. »

URL : http://arxiv-web3.library.cornell.edu/abs/1410.2217

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La sérendipité sur Internet : égarement documentaire ou recherche créatrice?

Posted on 4 octobre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« Caractérisée par une rupture apparente dans la causalité et un fonctionnement aléatoire, la sérendipité, ou le don de faire une découverte inattendue, interroge les domaines de la logique, de la sémiotique et de la recherche documentaire. Favorisée par la recherche sur Internet et la lecture non linéaire hypertextuelle, la sérendipité tend peu à peu à trouver une place légitime au sein de la recherche d’information. Cette réflexion interdisciplinaire s’ancre dans les domaines de la sémiotique, la logique, la documentation et les cultures numériques. À partir d’une lecture peircienne de la sérendipité, assimilant ce phénomène au concept d’abduction, j’effectuerai une analyse des moteurs de recherche et plus généralement de l’hypertextualité sur le Web 2.0. Les exemples convoqués seront quatre outils de recherche documentaire sur Internet, soit l’encyclopédie en ligne Wikipédia, le site Amazon et les moteurs de recherche Google et Oamos. À partir de ces analyses, il s’agira d’observer les impacts et les limites de la sérendipité dans le champ de la recherche d’information sur Internet. Favorisée par la structure du réseau, la sérendipité apparaît alors comme une disponibilité de l’esprit à l’improbable et soulève également le risque de recherches documentaires malheureuses à travers le phénomène inverse de zemblanité. »

URL : La sérendipité sur Internet : égarement documentaire ou recherche créatrice?

Alternative URL : http://www.revuecygnenoir.org/numero/article/la-serendipite-sur-internet

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Open access in South Africa : a case study and reflections

Posted on 1 octobre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« In this paper, we locate open access in the South African higher education research context where it is, distinctively, not shaped by the policy frameworks that are profoundly changing research dissemination behaviour in other parts of the world. We define open access and account for its rise by two quite different routes. We then present a case study of journal publishing at one South African university to identify existing journal publishing practices in terms of open access. This case provides the springboard for considering the implications – both positive and negative – of global open access trends for South African – and other – research and researchers. We argue that academics’ engagement with open access and scholarly communication debates is in their interests as global networked researchers whose virtual identities and online scholarship are now a critical aspect of their professional engagement. »

URL : Open access in South Africa : a case study and reflections

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2014/20140111

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Research governance and scientific knowledge production in The Gambia

Posted on 1 octobre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« Public research institutions and scientists are principal actors in the production and transfer of scientific knowledge, technologies and innovations for application in industry as well for social and economic development. Based on the relevance of science and technology actors, the aim of this study was to identify and explain factors in research governance that influence scientific knowledge production and to contribute to empirical discussions on the impact levels of different governance models and structures. These discussions appear limited and mixed in the literature, although still are ongoing. No previous study has examined the possible contribution of the scientific committee model of research governance to scientific performance at the individual level of the scientist. In this context, this study contributes to these discussions, firstly, by suggesting that scientific committee structures with significant research steering autonomy could contribute not only directly to scientific output but also indirectly through moderating effects on research practices. Secondly, it is argued that autonomous scientific committee structures tend to play a better steering role than do management-centric models and structures of research governance. »

URL : Research governance and scientific knowledge production in The Gambia

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2014/20130185

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7R Data Value Framework for Open Data in Practice: Fusepool

Posted on 28 septembre 2014 by Hans Dillaerts

« Based on existing literature, this article makes a case for open (government) data as supporting political efficiency, socio-economic innovation and administrative efficiency, but also finds a lack of measurable impact. It attributes the lack of impact to shortcomings regarding data access (must be efficient) and data usefulness (must be effective). To address these shortcomings, seven key activities that add value to data are identified and are combined into the 7R Data Value Framework, which is an applied methodology for linked data to systematically address both technical and social shortcomings. The 7R Data Value Framework is then applied to the international Fusepool project that develops a set of integrated software components to ease the publishing of open data based on linked data and associated best practices. Real-life applications for the Dutch Parliament and the Libraries of Free University of Berlin are presented, followed by a concluding discussion. »

URL: 7R Data Value Framework for Open Data in Practice: Fusepool

Alternative URL: http://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/6/3/556