Four pitfalls in normalizing citation indicators: An investigation of ESI’s selection of highly cited papers

InCites Essential Science Indicators is becoming increasingly used to identify top-performing research and evaluate the impact of institutes. Unfortunately, our study shows that ESI indicators, as well as other normalized citation indicators, have the following flaws. First, the publication month and the online-to-print delay affect a paper’s probability of becoming a Highly Cited Paper (HCP). Papers published in the earlier months of the year are more likely to accumulate enough citation counts to rank at the top 1% compared with those published in later months of the year. Papers with longer online-to-print delays have an apparent advantage for being selected as HCPs. Research field normalizations lead to the third pitfall. Different research fields have different citation thresholds for HCPs, making research field classification important for a journal. In addition, the uniform thresholds for both articles and reviews in ESI affect the reliability of HCP selection because, on average, reviews tend to have higher citation rates than articles. ESI’s selection of HCPs provides an intuitive feel for the problems of normalized citation impact indicators, such as those provided in InCites and SciVal.     

继续教育--引领企业"内涵式"发展的必由之路

本文就市场经济环境中企业开展职工继续教育的意义、方向和具体措施提出了初步指导性意见。阐述了走“内涵式”发展道路对企业生存、竞争、拓展的重要意义。     

基于学科平台课程的创新性人才培养体系探索

本文在分析创新性人才培养的基本要素和研究型大学人才培养目标定位的基础上，提出了研究型大学创新性人才培养模式设计的基本原则，并从学科核心课程设计、实践教学环节设计、专业教育阶段的多模式设计和教学管理制度建设等四个方面论述华中科技大学基于学科平台课程的创新人才培养体系；然后，以信息学科为例，说明了该人才培养体系的运行情况和实际效果。     

民族志视野中的武陵土家族村落文化研究——以百顺村饮食服饰变迁为个案

土家族是生活在祖国腹地武陵地区的历史悠久的山地少数民族.在现代多元文化互动的背景下,土家族村落文化的变迁主要表现在经济生产方式、社会结构等诸多方面.变迁并不是传统文化的丧失,而是在其中产生出新的文化因子.     

民国学人专题数据库构建及其学术特征分析——学术共同体视角

[目的/意义]民国时期是中国历史上少有的学术发展活跃期,现阶段有不少民国文献数据库,但都是些面向主题的专题库,而民国学人专题数据库是把基于领域面向主题的数据库升级为以人作为维度的专题数据库,体现出学术交流的特点。[方法/过程]从数据库整体框架、功能设计与实现方面介绍民国学人专题数据库,依托民国学人专题数据库,依次从学者组织机构、学术成果合著与引证行为等多维度揭示民国时期学术共同体的特点,最后引入时序分析方法,探究学者的科研行为随时间的变化特点。[结果/结论]实证表明,民国时期的学术共同体的变迁受外部政治氛围和内部组织流变影响,而通过对引入时序的学者合著与引证关系的梳理,发现学者对民国时期的学术研究热情持续增进,另外民国期间的学者倾向独立创作,民国之后的学者的合著行为才逐渐频繁。     

博士学位论文匿名评审的成效与挑战

匿名评审已经逐渐成为中国博士学位论文评价的主流方式。由于匿名制度规避了评审的人情因素和偏见因素,总体来讲是有效的。但匿名评审也存在系统性缺陷,包括完全匿名不现实、专家遴选不匹配、评价过程不稳定、评价结果不确切、评价导向不合理等,当前很多学校实施的一票否决制又极大地放大了匿名评审的缺陷。因此,一方面要完善博士学位论文的匿名评审制度,规范盲审结果的使用,完善评审的复审程序,建立权责匹配的评审机制,加强匿名评审与公开评审的结合;另一方面,还要全面构建系统的质量保障体系,前移质量关口,完善博士培养的全过程。     

Magnetically encoded 3D mesostructure with high-order shape morphing and high-frequency actuation

Inspired by origami/kirigami, three-dimensional (3D) mesostructures assembled via a mechanics-guided approach, with reversible and maneuverable shape-morphing capabilities, have attracted great interest with regard to a broad range of applications. Despite intensive studies, the development of morphable 3D mesostructures with high-order (multi-degree-of-freedom) deformation and untethered high-frequency actuation remains challenging. This work introduces a scheme for a magnetically encoded transferable 3D mesostructure, with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film as the skeleton and discrete magnetic domains as actuation units, to address this challenge. The high-order deformation, including hierarchical, multidirectional and blending shape morphing, is realized by encoding 3D discrete magnetization profiles on the architecture through ultraviolet curing. Reconfigurable 3D mesostructures with a modest structural modulus (∼3 GPa) enable both high-frequency (∼55 Hz) and large-deformation (∼66.8%) actuation under an alternating magnetic field. Additionally, combined with the shape-retention and adhesion property of PET, these 3D mesostructures can be readily transferred and attached to many solid substrates. On this basis, diverse functional devices, including a switchable colour letter display, liquid mixer, sequential flashlight and biomimetic sliding robot, are demonstrated to offer new perspectives for robotics and microelectronics.     

电能计量装置在线故障诊断系统设计

电能计量装置运行的稳定性和可靠性,对于电力行业的发展至关重要,智能电网的建设过程中对电能表计量装置具有在线故障诊断功能的需求成为必然趋势.文中针对电能计量装置在线故障诊断系统中典型的故障诊断模型进行了研究,同时设计了在线故障诊断系统,详述了电能计量装置在线故障诊断系统硬件结构、软件框架以及系统方案,并针对在线故障诊断系...     

一种基于视频的DEW水印算法

采用差分能量水印(DEW)算法,对视频数字作品进行了数字水印的嵌入、检测和提取研究。实验结果表明,该算法计算简单、速度快、易于实现,视频信号里可编码的数据量大,可以隐藏较多的信息,并且还可以满足水印的实时嵌入和提取。