Google Scholar and Web of Science: Examining gender differences in citation coverage across five scientific disciplines

Many studies demonstrate differences in the coverage of citing publications in Google Scholar (GS) and Web of Science (WoS). Here, we examine to what extent citation data from the two databases reflect the scholarly impact of women and men differently. Our conjecture is that WoS carries an indirect gender bias in its selection criteria for citation sources that GS avoids due to criteria that are more inclusive. Using a sample of 1250 U.S. researchers in Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Cardiology and Chemistry, we examine gender differences in the average citation coverage of the two databases. We also calculate database-specific h-indices for all authors in the sample. In repeated simulations of hiring scenarios, we use these indices to examine whether women's appointment rates increase if hiring decisions rely on data from GS in lieu of WoS. We find no systematic gender differences in the citation coverage of the two databases. Further, our results indicate marginal to non-existing effects of database selection on women's success-rates in the simulations. In line with the existing literature, we find the citation coverage in WoS to be largest in Cardiology and Chemistry and smallest in Political Science and Sociology. The concordance between author-based h-indices measured by GS and WoS is largest for Chemistry followed by Cardiology, Political Science, Sociology and Economics.     

Nurturing Authority

When considering the role of local journalism in a networked media environment, it is crucial to examine how audiences attribute news with the power to define social knowledge. In particular, television news programs need to appeal to audiences by reinforcing a sense of local journalistic authority to assert the parameters of who and what is worthy of coverage. This article presents the findings from interviews with a range of commercial television news viewers in Sydney, Australia. It positions viewership in the context of people’s wider engagement with news, and in relation to their interpersonal and digital social interactions. The paper argues that local audiences have conflicting attitudes to the role of television news, both contesting and re-inscribing the programs with the power to demarcate social, political, and cultural knowledge. It traces how local audiences challenge the ability of news to convey boundaries within the community through processes of exclusion, connecting the contestations to the lived experiences of the individuals. It identifies that television news programs nurture journalistic authority in terms of their local relevance, and it contributes insights on the significance of local news by engaging with the means by which audiences themselves attach social power to journalism.     

Dimensions: A competitor to Scopus and the Web of Science?

Dimensions is a partly free scholarly database launched by Digital Science in January 2018. Dimensions includes journal articles and citation counts, making it a potential new source of impact data. This article explores the value of Dimensions from an impact assessment perspective with an examination of Food Science research 2008–2018 and a random sample of 10,000 Scopus articles from 2012. The results include high correlations between citation counts from Scopus and Dimensions (0.96 by narrow field in 2012) as well as similar average counts. Almost all Scopus articles with DOIs were found in Dimensions (97% in 2012). Thus, the scholarly database component of Dimensions seems to be a plausible alternative to Scopus and the Web of Science for general citation analyses and for citation data in support of some types of research evaluations.     

Overhyped Fad or Missed Opportunity? A History of Academic Libraries and the Social Web

The emergence of social media has radically transformed the way we create and consume information. These changes have in turn given rise to new models of librarianship centered on principles of participation, interaction, and collaboration. Over the last decade, academic libraries have eagerly adopted social media as a means of enhancing services and connecting with a new generation of users. But how exactly has this technology changed libraries? In what ways has the social web transformed library services or our relationships with users? This article attempts to assess the impact of social media on academic libraries in the United States through a review of the literature published since 2005. In particular, it looks at how academic libraries have used social media to improve or develop new services. By comparing published case studies with the theoretical literature, this article seeks to separate theory from practice and determine the extent to which the social web has transformed library practice. The author concludes that, despite several noteworthy examples, the majority of social library applications ultimately fail to live up to the transformative potential promised within the literature and that this failure may have more to do with philosophical rather than technical limitations.     

基于多源数据的中国UNESCO名录遗产地可持续发展目标监测

SDG11.4.1将保护世界遗产的“保护支出”作为评价遗产可持续发展目标的指标,其处于有方法无数据的状态,亟需具体数据和测算案例支持。利用48处中国UNESCO名录遗产的统计数据对SDG11.4.1指标进行测度和分析,基于Landsat遥感数据对4处自然遗产人为干预度进行变化监测分析。结果表明：1)单位面积支出可作为测度自然保护地(世界自然遗产、混合遗产、地质公园和生物圈保护区)可持续发展状态的指标,但不适用于文化遗产的测度。2)从资金投入角度看：自然保护地年均投入400万元/km²可作为优质发展目标阈值,年均投入80万～400万元/km²可作为发展状态良好的阈值。3)人为干预度作为扩展指标可以反映自然遗产地的可持续保护状态和趋势,可进一步在中国及其他国家类似保护地进行推广应用。     

基于COM+组件技术的MBA网络教学管理系统的设计

基于COM 组件技术的分布式开发方法是一个当前流行的软件设计方法，国外已有不少成功的应用系统开发案例，本文针对于南京理工大学经济管理学院MBA的实际情况，提出了基于COM 组件技术MBA网络教学管理系统的应用模型，并具体论述了系统的总体设计、功能结构设计及其实现。     

网络信息保存的责任体系分析

从短期保存、长期保存、辅助保存体系等几个方面分析了网络信息保存的责任方,提出网络信息保存的责任体系。     

基于Web挖掘的专业文本特征提取方法研究

通过对专业信息自动分类的文本特征提取方法的分析研究,提出在文本分析时根据Web内容挖掘和结构挖掘的方法提取特征词条来建立文本特征空间,同时利用专业类别向量、专业词典技术可有效解决高维空间问题.     

国内语义Web研究综述

语义Web并非一个独立的Web ,而是当前Web的延伸 ,其目标是让计算机能够“理解和处理”现在的Web仅仅能显示的数据 ,并为人们提供各种智能服务。目前在世界范围内对语义Web的研究尚处于起步阶段 ,与国外相比 ,我国对语义Web的研究相对较晚。本文试图对国内关于语义Web的研究做一简要的综述 ,在把握当前研究现状的基础上 ,明确今后主要的研究方向与重点问题。