Exploring country's preference over news mentions to academic papers

News mentions to academic papers has provided an important channel for research to yield impact on broad audience in the society, and is particularly useful in scholarly communication, scientific outreach and altmetrics. Unlike academic paper, news articles are often influenced by social factors such as culture, ideology and geography. It is therefore uncertain whether news mentions to academic paper is valid for evaluative purpose as expected by altmetrics studies. In response, this study has conducted large scale statistical analysis to explore country's preference over news mentions, based on the assumption that if news mentions to academic paper is not (or weakly) influenced by social factors, no obvious country's preference would be observed, and the vice versa. The major findings are: (1) From the macro perspective, overall distribution of news mentions is highly imbalanced, with several developed countries taking the dominant position. However, no obvious preference towards domestic papers was observed. (2) From the micro perspective, based on the ZINB test results, news from all countries have more positively mentioned domestic papers and simultaneously shown preference over papers from certain countries. (3) In terms of disciplinary comparison, disciplinary differences were observed in the impact strength and specific preference. These results suggest that in micro level country's preference exist for news mentions to academic papers, but in macro level, country's preference is insignificant. Therefore, it is suggested that news mentions can be used for assessing purpose in the macro level.     

特征因子与影响因子及总被引频次的指标特性比较 ——基于“TOP期刊群”样本的实例分析

通过特征因子与影响因子及总被引频次的指标比较分析和实例佐证,发现特征因子在跨学科评价方面的优势较突出。对我国的优秀期刊进行特征因子指标分析,得到了与常规影响因子不同的结论:1)我国一流期刊实际的学术影响力远低于国际一流期刊的影响力;2)相对于其他学科,我国物理和化学学科期刊在国际上的学术影响力较大,在影响因子排名处于劣势的我国数学类期刊,在国际上也具有一定的影响力。     

Bibliographic control in Sierra Leone

Bibliographic control is crucial for library and information work and librarians are sensitive to the importance of maintaining their country's national lists. Its importance is premised on the fact that knowledge of a country's literature is of vital importance to the scholars involved in the study of particular disciplines that deal with distinct historical and geographical areas. In parallel, bibliographic control facilitates specialization in the location, collection and retrieval of information, thus providing a basis for inter-library cooperation. Albeit, this article explores bibliographic activities in Sierra Leone. It highlights the country's publishing activities, legal deposit Act, and bibliographic activities and the problems associated with these activities in the country.     

Recent advances of information literacy education for international students in Chinese academic libraries

The author of this paper investigates the recent advances of information literacy education for international students at academic libraries in China. The author carried out a questionnaire survey through the Questionnaire Star platform from April 2019 to July 2020 among 152 librarians from 117 university libraries in different parts of China, including 35 librarians from the universities which participate in the country's construction plan of world-class universities and world-class disciplines. Moreover, another questionnaire survey on library information literacy education for international students was conducted among 35 international students in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Through analysis and discussion of the survey results, the research studies the overall status and existing problems of information literacy education for international students in Chinese academic libraries, and offers suggestions for the improvement of international students' information literacy education in the future.     

国家政策与学术前沿的嬗变——2016年前后智库研究文献的比较分析

[目的/意义]对智库研究从学术边缘走向前沿的主要原因进行探讨,以论证国家政策变化是促进哲学社会科学学术前沿嬗变的重要因素之一。[研究设计/方法]利用文献计量学方法,对2016年前后的智库研究文献的形式特征和内容变化进行了基于数据的深入分析。[结论/发现]在国家需要和项目引导下,不同学科的学者都开始涉足并从不同视角加强了智库研究。2016年后,智库研究成果加速增长,研究主题日益多元,从学术边缘走到了学术前沿。[创新/价值]以从学术边缘走向前沿的智库研究为切入点,通过文献计量分析方法,分析论证了国家政策变化与学术前沿变化之间的关系。     

Scientific performance across research disciplines: Trends and differences in the case of Slovenia

This paper presents an analysis of several dimensions of scientific performance across all research disciplines measured by seven essentially different indicators that quantify productivity (absolute and fractional), collaboration (general, per publication, and international), independence from (co)advisors, and citations. The study population consists of all researchers who have obtained a Ph.D. degree in Slovenia since the country's independence in 1991. We assign researchers to 234 disciplines based on their Ph.D. thesis’ UDC classification; for each researcher, only bibliographic data for the first 10 years of their careers were used in order to avoid inconsistencies due to different career stages.While our findings show that there are notable differences between disciplines for all indicators, we also find that the trends for individual indicators are similar for the vast majority of disciplines; specifically, we observe that the fractional productivity and independence from (co)advisors of researchers are decreasing in all disciplines throughout the observed period, whereas collaboration (general, per publication, and international), and the number of citations are increasing. Moreover, our research results expose two disciplines in terms of UDC classification (mathematics and natural sciences (UDC 5), and applied sciences, medicine, technology (UDC 6)), which stand out in terms of the analyzed indicators.     

时序视域下图情领域重要国家的学术贡献研究

[目的/意义]揭示2002年以来图情领域重要国家在学术论文产出的总量、引证、研究主题、学术合作等维度上的学术贡献与特征演化,为图情领域的学科建设及相关研究者追踪研究主题与前沿提供参考。[方法/过程]以近15年WoS数据库收录的图情领域86种核心期刊为研究对象,应用文献计量学、科学知识图谱、计量模型等研究方法,运用TDA、Ucinet、VOSviewer等数据分析工具,从学术论文的总量特征、引证特征、主题特征三个角度对图情领域重要国家的学术贡献进行深入分析,并构建计量模型考察空间距离及学术能力对重要国家之间学术合作的影响机制。[结果/结论]美国在图情领域的科研实力强劲,中国的学术贡献增速最快,荷兰、芬兰、比利时三国则在归一化被引比率指标上表现突出;研究主题主要集中在图书馆、信息检索、互联网、知识管理、社交网络、计量学、用户研究、研究方法8个主题范畴,英国、西班牙、中国、美国的研究主题最为广泛;空间距离与学术能力都对国家间的学术合作具有显著影响。     

Evaluation of Research Data Management (RDM) services in academic libraries of India: A triangulation approach

Research is a planned and scientific method of increasing knowledge that is typically funded by a country's government or funding agencies. Research activity produces valuable data. Research Data Services (RDS) or Research Data Management (RDM) services are considered vital services provided by an academic library and are focused on the management, archiving, processing, and reuse of critical research data. This study evaluates the current status of the adaptation of RDS or RDM services in Indian academic libraries (which includes a total of 186 institutions, including all of India's Central Universities (54) and Institutes of National Importance (132)). A method triangulation approach was used for the data collection, including a literature survey, library website study, online survey, and telephonic interview with LIS professionals from Indian academic libraries. Academic libraries in India are yet to keep up with those in developed countries in adopting RDM services owing to a lack of RDM policy, institutional support, and technological challenges, according to the data. The study also presents suggestions to decision-makers, higher authorities of academic institutions, and the government to develop a strong RDM policy at both the institutional and national levels defining the role and duties of the libraries in RDM.     

Scholarly management research in Spanish language: A bibliometric analysis (2000–2010)

In this article, the authors analyze the characteristics of the vernacular management literature in Spanish-speaking countries and examine what factors can explain the differences observed in the production of these countries. The results indicate that management research has gained ground in the last decade, as revealed by the apparition of new journals and the number of articles published. The article also shows that Spain has a different profile of published articles than that of the other countries, as its production is mostly composed of empirical-quantitative articles. Finally, a negative binomial regression model suggests that the countries' scientific output is positively associated with their level of economic development and the size of their economies.     

学术创新的扩散过程研究

知识扩散能促进知识创新,从过程而非结果的视角研究学术创新的扩散,能够还原学术发展的轨迹,为学术研究及科研管理提供可靠依据。本文选取结构洞理论为学术创新实例,采用包含时间维度的扩散理论和分析时间流的主路径分析方法进行创新扩散实证研究。通过建立扩散时序网络,分析扩散曲线、路径与关键节点和学科分布与信息交互模式,定义扩散广度、速度、强度及延时,并进行测度,认为可将创新扩散过程研究归纳为五个步骤,其内容涵盖研究方法与分析维度、分析层次和分析视角的整合。     

Assessing Global Inequality of Bribery for News Coverage: A Cross-National Study

Bribery for news coverage has a negative impact on the credibility of media; it also restricts the free flow of information and violates the public's right to know. Further, research showed that there exists considerable inequality among countries in terms of the extent to which bribery for news coverage exists in media system. This study provides the first quantitative cross-national assessment of a set of predictors of the likelihood that bribery for news coverage exists in a country's media system and tested competing arguments derived from the literature. Data of this study are drawn from 66 nation states. The analysis shows that 5 groups of political, economic, cultural, educational, and technological variables have direct or indirect impacts on a country's media bribery level. The interactions between these variables are also analyzed. The study concludes by discussing how analyses of the nature of the international media bribery problem contribute to finding multiple approaches to solutions to this problem.     

Geographic characteristics of the growth of informetrics literature 1987–2008

Recent studies have concluded that American contributions to science literature have been in relative decline, whereas contributions from other parts of the world such as the European Union and Asia have increased. Is the same true for the areas of bibliometrics, informetrics and scientometrics? This study investigates the growth and geographic distribution of metrics research for the period 1987–2008. Similar to studies of other disciplines or science in general, the findings reveal that the United States continues to dominate, but there has been a recent relative decline in North American contributions overall. European and Asian contributions have grown substantially. National and institutional collaborations that contribute to this growth do not necessarily follow close geographic proximity, although European nations have been more active with international collaborations overall, both within Europe and elsewhere.     

我国文献计量学的发展

文献计量学现已成为我国情报科学的一个重要分支学科，越来越得到图书情报学界的重视。从我国文献计量学前后各10年的发表文献，主要包括其发表年代、文献期刊分布、作者群分布看出其研究现状，进展及发展趋势，并提出文献计量学研究中存在的一些问题及解决办法。     

提升中文体育学术期刊国际影响力的经验与思考

学术期刊是衡量一国科学研究水平的重要参考。在中国国家实力和体育实力显著增强的今天,提升体育学术期刊的国际影响力既是时代所需,也是自身的责任所在。通过总结《北京体育大学学报》的成功经验,分析中文体育学术期刊提升国际化水平和增强国际影响力的各种措施和手段,主要包括多途径增加国际化信息、积极挖掘主管/主办单位的优质资源、抓住热点设立专栏或专题。同时指出,在追求国际化的同时中文体育学术期刊也应正确看待国际化,无须一味追求国际化,而是要找准定位,发挥学术期刊为国家服务的基本宗旨不动摇,深度挖掘我国体育科研国际化的优势,朝着建设成为具有国际影响力特色期刊的方向努力。     

The effects of social media use on control of corruption and moderating role of cultural tightness-looseness

There is increasing scholarly interest in how social media impacts our society. This paper examines the effect of social media usage in reducing corruption at the country level. By analyzing a five-year (2011–2015) panel dataset of 62 countries, our results suggest that the level of social media usage of a country affects the level of perceived control of corruption after controlling for several variables that have been reported to correlate with a country's corruption including GDP per capita, urban population, female population, press freedom and political stability. Furthermore, we find that cultural tightness-looseness, which is defined as the strength of social norms and degree of sanctioning within the society, negatively moderates the relationship between the nation's social media usage and control of corruption. The relationship is stronger for the set of countries with loose culture, and vice versa. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings and future research directions are also discussed.     

Reading African Women's Writing: The Role of Librarians in Expanding the Canon

SUMMARY

This paper will briefly review the canon debate in African literature, situating it within a wider context of debates on other non-Western, non-central or emerging disciplines. It will then examine ways in which reference services can respond to the challenge of canon expansion, and how librarians can impact the study of African women writers in universities and colleges. I will approach these topics from two perspectives. The first involves reference librarians in their traditional role as information mediators. Using the works of female writers as examples in instruction sessions and reference guides are ways in which traditional methods can be given a new twist. In so doing, reference librarians will be combining intercultural literacy with information literacy. A bibliography of selected works will also be given that will help general reference librarians strengthen their collections and educate themselves on the subject.

The second will be on ways in which librarians can add a layer to traditional mediating by becoming academic activists. In other words, instead of passively waiting for courses to be created and then supporting them, librarians can market to faculty ideas for possible uses of the Africana collection and thus provide impetus for new course development. Suggested initiatives include developing theme-related guides or readers' advisory based on African women's texts, and distributing them to other Area Studies faculty–an obvious way to encourage comparative, interdisciplinary research and teaching. Librarians can also hold workshops to demonstrate how works such as Aidoo's Changes or Dangaremgba's Nervous Conditions that examine the many faces of modern Africa can be discussed in social history, politics or education courses; or Alifa Rifaat's works dealing with women in Islamic communities in a religion or comparative law course. Additionally, libraries need to go beyond in-house, library-only lectures to organizing, for example, campus-wide author lecture series.

To effectively implement these initiatives, reference librarians should collaborate more closely with Africana and Area Studies bibliographers. As librarians in the 21st century, we should be more proactive in our academic communities. We can generate impetus for breaking the literary canon and broadening literary research, foster greater understanding of African culture, while still playing our time-honored roles of guide, mediator, culture-keeper, and agents of change.     

基于可视化分析的科技期刊出版研究文献分析

文章运用文献计量工具对CNKI数据库及Web of Science数据库收录的2000—2019年科技期刊出版研究相关的学术文献进行可视化分析，从研究机构、作者及关键词共现等角度绘制相关知识图谱并进行中外比较研究。通过对比分析，指出我国科技期刊出版研究领域虽已初具规模但仍面临国际权威性不足、理论研究较少等问题，并有针对性地提出推动跨学科理论研究、加强评价指标相关研究等建议，以期为行业研究及出版工作提供一定的参考。     

How academic librarians involve and contribute in research activities of universities? A systematic demonstration in practice through comparative studies of research productivities and research impacts

Participating in research and teaching activities of universities, and then providing valuable information and policy suggestions are an important task of academic librarians. This paper demonstrates systematically in practice that how academic librarians can involve and contribute in the research activities of universities. Our demonstration is launched through comparative studies of research productivities and research impacts among universities. These universities are divided into two counterparts. One is the Chinese universities which aim to construct the world-class mathematics discipline, and the other is the university which already owns the world-class mathematics discipline. During these comparative studies, we demonstrate in practice that how to seek the research question, how to collect and process the data, how to design the research methods, how to analyze the data, and how to propose policy suggestions. Contributions of this paper are twofold. The first aspect is a systematic demonstration in practice. This demonstration shows to academic librarians that how to involve and contribute in the research activities of universities. The academic librarianship thus can be strengthened, as it provides a way for us academic librarians to promote our roles in teaching and research activities of universities. The second aspect is to gain insights in the research productivities and research impacts of Chinese universities which aim to construct the world-class mathematics discipline. During this process, we design a bibliometric indicator for evaluating the research impacts of universities based on academic papers, launch comparative studies with the university that already owns the world-class mathematics discipline, and propose policy suggestions for China to scientifically achieve its goal. This also provides references for other countries to launch similar studies.     

高校图书馆学科化服务对策探讨

为了适应信息服务市场日趋高涨的竞争环境,作为高校文献资源保障基地的图书馆,应充分把握高校学科研究与图书馆图情专业双重优势,兼顾"资源"与"服务",积极探索建立学科化资源的知识环境,打造具有鲜明学科特色的信息服务新媒介,推动各学科在以知识利用和传播为特征的信息社会中不断发展进步。     

Meeting Our Users Where They Conference: A Texas A&M Model to Support Librarian Attendance at Subject-Specific Conferences

Today's academic librarian is frequently called upon to function as a subject specialist, with or without advanced degrees in other disciplines. One method of monitoring trends within a given field is to study its literature; another is to attend conferences in the discipline. Discipline-specific conference attendance by academic librarians provides opportunities to interact with faculty in their disciplines that result in an increased communication with faculty, improved reference expertise, and more focused collection development. This paper describes the Texas A&M University Libraries' support for conference attendance and examples of the resulting benefits.