Evolution of research activities and intellectual influences in information science 1996-2005: Introducing author bibliographic-coupling analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (13) ◽  
pp. 2070-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dangzhi Zhao ◽  
Andreas Strotmann
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Bibliographic Coupling ◽  
Coupling Analysis ◽  
Research Activities

Analysis on research activity and impact of authors in Chinese information science based on citation relationship

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Wang ◽  
Tina J. Jayroe ◽  
Junping Qiu ◽  
Houqiang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Bibliographic Coupling ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Pattern Forming ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further explore the co-citation and bibliographic-coupling relationship among the core authors in the field of Chinese information science (IS), to expose research activity and author impact, and to make induction analyses about Chinese IS research patterns and theme evolution. Design/methodology/approach – The research data include 8,567 papers and 70,947 cited articles in the IS field indexed by Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index from 2000 to 2009. Author co-citation analysis, author bibliographic-coupling analysis, social network analysis, and factor analysis were combined to explore co-citation and bibliographic-coupling relationships and to identify research groups and subjects. Findings – Scholars with greatest impact are different from the most active scholars of Chinese IS; there is no uniform impact pattern forming since authors’ impact subjects are scattered and not steady; while authors’ research activities present higher independence and concentration, there is still no steady research pattern due to no deep research existing. Furthermore, Chinese IS studies can be delineated by: foundation or extension. The research subjects of these two parts, as well as their corresponding/contributing authors, are different under different views. The general research status of core authors is concentrated, while their impact is broad. Originality/value – The combined use of some related methods could enrich the development and methodology research of the discipline, and the results establish a reference point on the development of IS research.

scholarly journals Enhancing Research Activities of Library and Information Science Educators in Nigerian Universities through Utilization of Academic Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Rita Otibhor Salami ◽  
Abubakar Saka Katamba ◽  
Mohammed Abubakar Bitagi ◽  
Samuel Jimmy Udoudoh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Science Educators

The paper examines how academic social media utilisation can enhance research activities of Library and Information Science educators in Nigerian universities. The study highlighted the various research activities of Library and Information Science educators such as information gathering, collaboration, and dissemination of research findings and measurement of impacts. In addition, the authors elaborated on the benefits of academic social media such as Research gate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, Open Researcher Contributor Identity and Mendeley to include profile creation, information gathering, search for potential collaborators, instant research result dissemination, measurement of impact and management of research. The study stated that factors such as social influence, technical factors and personal factors can influence use of academic social media platforms. Keywords: Social media, Academics, Research Library and Information Science, Educators

What’s your type? An examination of first-year doctoral student motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-387
Author(s):  
Africa S. Hands
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Motivational Support

Educators often ask how to motivate PhD students. Before addressing how to motivate students, we should know what motivates prospective doctoral students. Motivational support has been shown to lead to overall satisfaction with the educational process, better engagement, and persistence. Using the interdisciplinary field of library and information science, this research offers insight on doctoral student motivation through quantitative analysis of results from administration of the Academic Motivation Scale. The instrument measures and classifies motivation from the perspective of self-determination theory. Results suggest PhD students are motivated by several types of intrinsic motivation as well as identified regulation, a type of extrinsic yet autonomous motivation. Findings can be used by program administrators, faculty, and other stakeholders to address the “how” of motivation through better alignment of teaching practices, research activities, and student services based on students’ motivation types.

Research Activities and Networks in CAIS Conferences for the Period of 1993- 2015: Social Network Analysis

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwan Yi ◽  
Tao Jin ◽  
Ping Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Collaborative Activities

Since 1973 the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI) has consecutively held 43 annual conferences. The purpose of this study is to better understand the research and collaborative activities in the community of CAIS conferences, based on a social network analysis (SNA) approach. A total of 827 papers from 778 authors have been presented in CAIS for the period of 1993 to 2015, in association with 209 different organizations and 25 countries. A component analysis that has been applied to the collaboration network has discovered research collaboration patterns. This study contributes to discovering collaborative research activities and formation through the CAIS conference and to the literature of the scientific collaboration in the LIS field. Depuis 1973, l'Association canadienne de sciences de l'information (ACSI/CAIS) a tenu 43 congrès annuels consécutifs. Le but de cette étude est de mieux comprendre les activités de recherche et de collaboration dans la communauté de l’ACSI, à l’aide d’une approche d’analyse des réseaux sociaux (ARS). Un total de 827 articles de 778 auteurs ont été présentés à l’ACSI dans la période 1993-2015, en association avec 209 organisations différentes et 25 pays. L’analyse des composantes du réseau de collaboration met en lumière l’existence de patrons de collaboration de recherche au sein de la communauté. Cette étude contribue à l’étude des activités  de collaboration au sein des congrès de l’ACSI ainsi qu’à la littérature sur la collaboration scientifique dans le domaine BSI.

scholarly journals Evaluations on adequacy and utility of Failure Modes and Effects and Criticality Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis methodologies applied to civil RPAS systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 00002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Bonfante ◽  
Matteo D. L. Dalla Vedova ◽  
Paolo Maggiore
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Fault Tree ◽  
Fault Tree Analysis ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Tree Analysis ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Remotely Piloted Aircraft ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Criticality Analysis

This paper is on the Failure Modes and Effects and Criticality Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis methodologies applied to the equipment and functional subsystems of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). Such aerial vehicles have been used almost exclusively for military purposes until the first decade of the 2000s. The debate then was focused both on technical and regulatory issues and research activities. Thanks to this renewed interest on unmanned systems and thanks to relatively recent improvements in information science, telecommunication, electronics and material science a strong awareness on the potential extension of unmanned technologies to civil applications arose up. A variety of economic benefits has been recognized by the aviation community from the civil use of RPAS, but, due to the absence of the pilot on board both military and civilian RPAS have always been relegated to fly into segregated airspaces. Technical potentialities of RPAS will be fully exploited integrating them into controlled airspaces in a reliable and safe way. This paper shows an example of application of FMECA and FTA to RPAS and discuss the most critical issues related to the performed analyses as well as possible future developments of this work.

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