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.     

Volterra积分方程解的存在性

建立了Volterra积分方程存在三个非负解的一些标准，并给出了结论的具体运用．问题的证明中运用了LeggettWilliams不定点理论．     

中立型泛函微分方程正周期解的存在性

应用锥上不动点理论讨论了一类包含许多时滞人口模型的泛函微分方程的正周期解的存在性.     

本科教学改革的系统思考——以“高考不分文理”改革目标为背景

"高考不分文理"将为大学推进本科教学改革和实施通识教育带来契机。本文以"高考不分文理"改革目标为背景,运用系统思考原理,讨论了大学本科教学改革的成长上限,揭示了本科教学改革的高杠杆解,并尝试提出了本科教学改革的路径:把课程实施大纲作为本科教学改革的高杠杆解,通过推行课程实施大纲,分三步持续推进本科教学改革,实现本科通识教育的改革目标。     

单片机延时方法的分析及应用

单片机开发应用中经常用到延时控制，延时控制的基本方法有纯软件、纯硬件及软硬件结合方法，它们都有各自的特点及应用范围，以1秒延时为例给出用三种方法实现的过程，并介绍了软硬件结合延时的应用实例。     

男高音训练之我见

本文论述了训练男高音中声区、换声区,高声区的各种手法,结合教学实践,略述管见。     

关于后方交会的一些误区

文章分析了在一个角度和一个三角形中进行后方交会时最佳点位的规律,指出某些规程中有关后方交会问题的不足之处.     

修辞·修辞学·接受修辞学

修辞是指编码,随意改变其含义将会产生多米诺骨牌效应,导致修辞学丧失自身特征。修辞学以揭示编码规律为己任,但不等于无需研究解码,研究任务和研究范围是两码事,后者覆盖面总是大于前者覆盖面。接受修辞学概念可以成立,但是作为修辞学的下位学科,应当把落脚点放在编码上。     

Mitigating the Effects of Poverty and Crime: the Long-Term Effects of an Early Intervention Programme for Children who were Developmentally Delayed and Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine

This study explores the long-term impact on participation in the Linda Ray Intervention Program (LRIP) for children (n = 54) who were developmentally delayed and prenatally exposed to cocaine. By identifying a group of programme graduates from a high crime/high poverty neighbourhood in Miami-Dade County using ArcGIS 10.2 software, a quasi-experimental design was used to compare children living in this area who participated in the centre-based modality (5 h a day; 5 days a week) to children living in this area who participated in the home-based modality (3 h per week) on their Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) reading and math scale scores in public school. The children who participated in the centre-based modality reported stronger outcomes in both math and reading FCAT scale scores at the p < .05 level and also out-performed their school-age peers on both math and reading FCAT scores at the p < .05 level.     

关于非游荡点集的等价描述

非游荡点集为拓扑动力系统中所涉及到的一类重要点集。在《动力系统基础》的基础上对非游荡点作进一步描述,获得几个有用的结果。