scholarly journals Comparing the Citation Performance of PNAS Papers by Submission Track

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Editorial Policies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Purpose: To determine whether papers contributed by National Academy of Sciences (NAS) members perform differently than direct submissions. Data/Methods: 55,889 original papers published in PNAS from 1997 through 2014. Regression analysis measuring total citations, controlling for editorial track (Contributed, Direct, Communicated), date of publication, and paper topic. Main findings: Contributed papers consistently underperformed against Direct submissions, receiving 9% fewer citations, ceteris paribus. The effect was greatest for Social Sciences papers (12% fewer citations). Nonetheless, the main effect has attenuated over the past decade, from 13.6% fewer citations in 2005 to just 2.2% fewer citations in 2014. Significance: Successive editorial policies placing limits, restrictions, and other qualifications on the publication privileges of NAS members may be responsible for the submission of better performing Contributed papers.

scholarly journals Taiwan Vulnerability Analysis: A Comparative Study with Japan, China, U.S.A., U.K., France, and the Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Shou Su
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

<p>Taiwan has performed well economically during the past four decades. However, economic development can be profoundly hampered by natural disasters. Sustainable economic development requires environmental resilience. With 23 million people occupying only 13,974 square miles of land, Taiwan is both densely populated and highly exposed to natural disasters: 73.1% of the total population lives in vulnerable areas, and Taiwan is ranked as the country most exposed to multiple hazards (The World Bank, 2005). Storms and floods damage Taiwan frequently, with an average of six typhoons hitting Taiwan annually for the past four decades. Taiwan had the highest occurrence and highest death toll on the natural disaster density indicator (NDDI) in comparison with China, Japan, U.S.A, U.K., France, and the Netherlands from 1985 to 2014. Also, Taiwan’s economic losses during the past thirty years are estimated at $650, 000 per km². This is approximately 5 times that of the Netherlands’ $134,362 and the U.K.’s $135,292, 8 times that of the U.S.A.’s $78,186 losses, and 9 times that of France’s $70,599. Research finds that every dollar invested into disaster preparedness would save $4 to $7 dollars in post-disaster damages (Multihazard Mitigation Council, 2005; The National Academy of Sciences, 2012). Hence, promoting urban resilience policies for disaster risk reduction should become a priority in Taiwan and other Asian nations in the future. Most important is the need of a strong political commitment and leadership to initiate and implement spatial policies toward resilience.</p>

Materials Education—A Renewal

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. Liedl
Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Central Position ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Past ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Materials have always been interwoven throughout the very fabric of man's history. The present reawakening to the value and importance of materials, however, has become a dominant factor in manufacturing, national security, international competition and trade, consumer products (quality and reliability), and even education. Other renewals of interest have occurred over the centuries, probably beginning with the formation of the first pot from clay. These renewals were associated with discoveries such as copper, iron, and the transistor. However, in the past 40 years the base for renewed interest has broadened.A true coupling of science and engineering into the field of materials was probably initiated in the 1940s and 1950s. Emphasis at that time was on metals and the “new” semiconductors, with an interest that incubated and grew to where their central position in national economies and man's daily life was recognized. In 1970 the National Academy of Sciences appointed a committee to conduct a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the field of “materials science and engineering.” The COSMAT report which resulted from that study had a dramatic impact on the field and has been a frame of reference for the past 17 years. These years have seen a virtual explosion of ideas, processes, and materials in the field.

scholarly journals In search of the truth

2021 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-132
Author(s):  
S. Shamakhay ◽  
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M. Sarkulova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
The Social ◽  
Doctor Of Philosophy ◽  
New Beginnings ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

. Many important issues and problems related to the future of the nation are raised and analyzed primarily by representatives of the intellectuals, including those in university classrooms. L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University is one of the largest universities in Kazakhstan. The university celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The Department of Philosophy is involved in the celebration process as well. Philosophy is of great importance for the culture of thinking of modern mankind, the formation of a critical attitude towards the social face of the country, contributing to the expansion of the spiritual outlook of students and the development of national consciousness, the spiritual revival of the nation. Philosophy, which is one of the leading disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities studied in higher and professional schools, from the first days of our university through the staff of the chair has contributed to the development of young students. At the Philosophy Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences work three academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Abdildin J.M., Garifolla Esim, Nurmanbetova D.N. In addition, about two dozen of doctors and candidates of sciences work at the chair, which shows the high potential and professional skills of the staff. Currently, the Department of Philosophy is headed by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Kulshat Agibaevna Medeuova. This article will talk about the work of the teaching staff of the Department of Philosophy and about new beginnings and the importance of the activities of academician, thinker, writer, teacher and public figure, Doctor of Philosophy, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan Garifolla Yesim. Since 2013, the Philosophy Department has been successfully working on a new system of research, creative, methodological work, the foundations of which were laid by Academician Garifollah Yesim. It should be said that Garifollah Yesim from the moment of his arrival at the chair of philosophy after working in the Senate was able to structure and systematize his creative search and ideas, which he pondered all his life, developed a philosophical concept «Zhaksy Kazak», directly related to the national idea «Mangilik El». This concept presents the essence of the category «Zhaksy-Kazak» considered from the image position and seven stages of its achievement. It should be said that these seven stages are worked out in the educational and methodological plan and are studied in the educational programs «Philosophy», «Culture Studies» as elective disciplines.

Stepwise Regression Analysis of Factors Related to Total CPI Based on MATLAB

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 2295-2298
Author(s):  
Lin Na Ma ◽  
Xue Ying Chen ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Yan Hong Huang Fu
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Stepwise Regression Analysis ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Household Appliances ◽  
The Past ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Education Culture

According to the datas of CPI in different areas of Chinese mainland in the years of 2001 to 2012, eight factors had been selected, namely, food, alcohol, tobacco and supplies, clothing, household appliances and maintenance services, medical care and personal products, transportation and communications, entertainment, education, culture, service and living that consist of CPI to conduct stepwise regression analysis by the software of MATLAB. And the main effect factors were selected. Results suggested that the factors of food, clothing, household appliances and maintenance services, medical care and personal products, entertainment, education, culture, service and living had a strong impact on the CPI, alcoholic, tobacco and supplies could be eliminated, which illustrated the consumption trend of Chinese residents in the past 12 years.

Defining psychological maltreatment: A prelude to research or an outcome of research?

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Haugaard
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Psychological Maltreatment ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

In commenting on the controversy surrounding the nomination of Samuel Huntington to the National Academy of Sciences, Diamond (1987) noted the disparate problems faced by scientists as they operationalize the concepts they use in their research. Diamond proposed that the process of operationalization was much more complex in the “soft” social sciences than in the “hard” physical sciences. Based on the level of this complexity, he concluded that the dichotomization of the sciences into hard and soft was incorrect. He suggested that they should be classified as hard and easy, with the social sciences comprising the hard category and the physical sciences the easy category.

scholarly journals JOURNALS OF NAS OF UKRAINE IN PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES: MONOPOLIZATION LEVEL

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Anna I. Radchenko ◽  
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Natalia V. Koval ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Biological Sciences ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mathematical Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Periodicals ◽  
Physical Engineering ◽  
Made In

This is the third article in the cycle of publications on the monopolization level of scientific periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It is devoted to the journals of Section of Physical, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. The paper finishes the first stage of research aimed at revealing the breadth of the authors’ community of the NAS of Ukraine journals during 2015–2017. As well as in the previous articles of this cycle, the estimation of the authors’ community and its monopolization level is made by the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index calculation. Thus, the quantitative weighted distribution of affiliation is made for each journal. The analysis of the journals of Section of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Section of Chemical and Biological Sciences is made in the articles previously published in the “Herald of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” (2018, No. 9 and 2019, No. 10). It was shown that the chemical and biological journals of NAS of Ukraine have the lowest monopolization level — there are only 23% of middle-monopolized and 27% of low-monopolized ones. Meanwhile, only 19% of journals of the Section of Social Sciences and Humanities have the moderate monopolization level and the rest have the high one. Journals of the Section of Physical, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences are more like chemical and biological ones. They mostly have high monopolization level (54%), however 17% are moderately monopolized and 25% are low-monopolized.

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