Robust parameterisation of ages of references in published research

The purpose of this research is to illustrate the use of the gamma distribution to model the ages of references in published research, and to demonstrate that the two gamma distribution parameters characterise a field of research in a manner that is complementary to and more nuanced than the Price Index or mean age of references.Minimum Distance Estimation is shown to produce robust estimates of the gamma distribution parameters because of the insensitivity of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test in the tails of the distribution.Using a sample of 816 articles from 26 different journals across six subject areas, it is shown that the gamma distribution is at least as good as a lognormal distribution to model the ages of references in research articles.The two gamma distribution parameters indicate the rate of publication of new knowledge within the respective discipline and the citing behaviour in terms of the recency of references. Interpretation of these gamma distribution parameters enables a more nuanced and granular interpretation of the distinctiveness of disciplines, sub-disciplines, formats of publication and the distribution of references within articles than possible using the Price Index, half-life or mean age of references.     

Hyperactive Grey Objects

Previous papers on grey literature by the authors have described (1) the need for formal metadata to allow machine understanding and therefore scalable operations; (2) the enhancement of repositories of grey (and other) e-publications by linking with CRIS (Current Research Information Systems); (3) the use of the research process to collect metadata incrementally reducing the threshold barrier for end-users and improving quality in an ambient GRIDs environment. This paper takes the development one step further and proposes “intelligent” grey objects. The hypothesis is in 2 parts: (1) that the use of passive catalogs of metadata does not scale (a) in a highly distributed environment with millions of nodes and (b) with vastly increased volumes of R&D output grey publications with associated metadata; (2) that a new paradigm is required that (a) integrates grey with white literature and other R&D outputs such as software, data, products and patents (b) in a self-managing, self-optimizing way and that this paradigm manages automatically curation, provenance digital rights, trust, security and privacy. Concerning (1) existing repositories provide catalogs; harvesting takes increasing time ensuring non-currency. The end-user expends much manual effort/intelligence to utilize the results. The elapsed time of (1) the network (2) the centralized (or centrally controlled distributed) catalog server searches (3) end-user intervention becomes unacceptable. Concerning (2) there is no paradigm currently known to the authors that satisfies the requirement. Our proposal is outlined below. Hyperactive combines both hyperlinking and active properties of a (grey) object. Hyperlinking implies multimedia components linked to form the object and also external links to other resources. The term active implies that objects do not lie passively in a repository to be retrieved by end-users. They “get a life” and the object moves through the network knowing where it is going. A hyperactive grey object is wrapped by its (incrementally recorded) formal metadata and an associated (software) agent. It moves through process steps such as initial concept, authoring, reviewing and depositing in a repository. The workflow is based on the rules and information in the corporate data repository with which the agent interacts. Once the object is deposited, the agent associated with it actively pushes the object to the end-users (or systems) whose metadata indicate interest or an obligation in a workflowed process. The agents check the object and user (or system) metadata for rights, privacy, security parameters, and for any charges and assure compatibility. Alternatively the object can be found passively by end-user or system agents. The object can also associate itself with other objects forming relationships utilising metadata or content. Declared relationships include references and citations; workflowed relationships include versions and also links to corporate information and research datasets and software; inferenced relationships are discovered relationships such as between documents by different authors developed from an earlier idea of a third author. Components of this paradigm have been implemented to some extent. The challenge is implementing—respecting part two of the hypothesis—the integration architecture. This surely is harnessing the power of grey.

努力打造一门具有本土特色的专业选修课程——“广西新时期文学作品选读”新课程建设

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浅析目的语文化输入和母语文化输出的矛盾机制

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论启蒙城市文学的建构及其文化特征

18世纪欧洲文学呈现出启蒙的特点,即新型资产阶级的政治要求在文学领域得到充分实现。文学是进行思想启蒙和情感启蒙的重要工具与精神形式。这种情形在欧洲发达资本主义国家,主要是在城市展开的。18世纪欧洲文学在一定程度上,具有城市化的特征。市民文学、城市文学的哲理化特征以及文学的民族性建构,成为这一阶段文学的靓丽风景。     

管窥南朝与北朝对“郡望”的不同态度

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缪斯殿外 别有新天——王兆鹏先生的学科交叉跨界研究管窥

王兆鹏教授之治学,既拥唐门考据之长,注重文献学硬功夫,故能成其深,又不囿于学科限制,注重学科交叉新思考,故能成其大。他在文献考据、理论阐释方面皆颇有建树,备受瞩目。王兆鹏在理论阐释研究中的学科交叉、文学跨界研究是其治学之特色,其定量分析、传播接受、范式批评等研究成就尤其突出。     

历史文献学视域中的乡村社会文献整理

从儒门六经之修订,到现当代社会史史料搜集,乡村社会文献整理,在中国已有两千余年之历史。自主体、类别、性质、特征等方面观,与传世典籍文献、官方档案文献并列而存在的民间文献包括乡村社会文献,是一个特定的文献系统。从历史文献学学科视域中审视正在迅速消失中的乡村社会历史文献,进而实现系统科学整理,是民族文献遗产保护的现实举措,是社会史研究的基础工程,也是历史文献学学科重建的重要课题。     

文与道争鸣中宋代之文学宋玉批评与理学宋玉批评

宋代的宋玉批评。是在文与道争鸣的文化背景中进行的。当时,人们为了阐述自己的文道观。常常以屈原及其后学宋玉为例论证各自的主张。于是他们有关宋玉的批评就在文与道的争鸣中展开了。考察宋代的宋玉批评。绝大多数批评家对于战国末年的辞赋家宋玉与其作品给予了充分的肯定,只有极少数理学家持否定态度。这有力地说明。肯定宋玉的文学史地位。肯定宋玉作品的讽谏内容和创作艺术,不仅是宋代宋玉批评的主流。而且有着超大比例的强势。     

收编与吸纳:1930年初“左联”文艺期刊检视

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