• Analysis of Social Media Events in Altmetrics

    Subjects: Library Science,Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-07-26 Cooperative journals: 《图书情报工作》

    Abstract: [Purpose/significance] In order to clarify the connotation and significance of the attention, dissemination and utilization of academic achievements in social media, to make a deep analysis of the altmetrics indicators that have been used and can be mined.[Method/process] From the perspective of event ontology, the acts related to academic achievements in social media are abstracted. Starting from the subject, object, product, type, motivation, time, place and resource of the event, the event model of social media is constructed. And the deep analysis of social media events is carried out with Mendeley and Twitter as examples.[Result/conclusion] At present, altmetrics aggregators only provide indicators from some social media events. Through the analysis of social media events and their elements, it is found that some other indicators with academic evaluation value should be included in evaluation system in the future, such as Mendeley group_count, Twitter favorite_count and so on. When using these indicators, it is necessary to evaluate the applicability of indicators in different academic evaluation contexts according to the elements of events. Meanwhile, the methods, frequencies and limitations of data acquisition should be taken into account to ensure the accuracy and scientificity of the indicators.

  • Research on Libcitation and the Evaluation of Scholarly Books

    Subjects: Library Science,Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-07-26 Cooperative journals: 《图书情报工作》

    Abstract: [Purpose/significance] This paper explores how to apply the libcitation in the evaluation of scholarly books, to make suggestions for the evaluation of scholarly books.[Method/process] The paper discussed how libcitations be produced, be obtained and how to use libcitations in evaluation of scholarly books, taking WorldCat as an example to conduct an empirical analysis and discussion.[Result/conclusion] Libcitations can be got from library union catalogs. When obtaining the data, the appropriate retrieval method should be selected according to the selected source, so as to obtain the collection information of the works accurately. In the application of the libcitations, the features of the library should be considered to evaluate the influence of works more comprehensively and accurately.

  • Study on the Change of Scientific Research Cooperation Before and After Receiving the Cheung Kong Scholars Award: A Case Study of Recipients in 2005

    Subjects: Library Science,Information Science >> Information Science submitted time 2023-04-01 Cooperative journals: 《图书情报工作》

    Abstract: [Purpose/significance] Scientific cooperation has become a common phenomenon in research activities, and many research projects have also included teamwork in the scope of assessment of implementation effects. Therefore, it is beneficial to the evaluation and sustainable development of the talents projects to explore the changes in the cooperation relationship before and after their receiving the support and explore the role of Cheung Kong Scholars in team building, international and domestic cooperation.[Method/process] In this study, we take the recipients in 2005 of the Cheung Kong Scholars Award as example and take the Wilcoxon signed rank test method to analyze the changes in the cooperative relationship before and after their receiving the award. The cooperative relationship includes the following aspects:the size of the cooperation social network, the strength of cooperation, the duration of cooperation, the role of cooperation, the strength of international and domestic cooperation. The dataset of this study comprised 83 researchers and 11 522 SCI/SSCI papers published between 1996 and 2015, and the analysis was divided into two 10-year periods-the preaward period (1996-2005) and the postaward period (2006-2015).[Result/conclusion] It is found that the Cheung Kong Scholars have played a leading role in team building, international and domestic cooperation after reviving the award. The scholars significantly increased their cooperation social networks (42 VS. 148) and enhanced their cooperation strength (2.17 VS. 2.45) with their partners in the postaward periods. However, the duration of cooperation between the recipients and their collaborators before and after receiving the award was relatively short, and nearly 70% of the cooperation lasted only one year. Moreover, the scholars' coauthorship patterns changed significantly after receiving the award. In both number and proportion, they became less likely to act as the first author, but more likely to be listed as the last author or corresponding author.