scholarly journals A bibliometric study of human–computer interaction research activity in the Nordic-Baltic Eight countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frode Eika Sandnes
Keyword(s):  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time ◽  
Conference Papers ◽  
Computer Interaction

AbstractHuman–computer interaction (HCI) has become an important area for designers and developers worldwide, and research activities set in national cultural contexts addressing local challenges are often needed in industry and academia. This study explored HCI research in the Nordic-Baltic countries using bibliometric methods. The results show that the activity varies greatly across the region with activities dominated by Finland, Sweden, and Denmark, even when adjusting for differences in population size and GDP. Research output variations were larger for the top-tier conferences compared to entry-tier conferences and journals. Locally hosted conferences were associated with local increases in research activity. HCI research longevity appears to be an indicator of research maturity and quantity. HCI researchers typically collaborated either with colleagues within the same institution or with researchers from countries outside the Nordic-Baltic region such as US and the UK. There was less collaboration between national and Nordic-Baltic partners. Collaboration appeared especially prevalent for top-tier conference papers. Top-tier conference papers were also more frequently cited than regional-tier and entry-tier conferences, yet journal articles were cited the most. One implication of this study is that the HCI research activity gaps across the Nordic-Baltic countries should be narrowed by increasing the activity in countries with low research outputs. To achieve this, first-time authors could receive guidance through collaborations with experienced authors in the same institution or other labs around the world. More conferences could also be hosted locally. Furthermore, journals may be more effective than conferences if the goal is to accumulate citations.

Do online communities support research collaboration?

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 603-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid R. Jamali ◽  
Bill Russell ◽  
David Nicholas ◽  
Anthony Watkinson
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which academics are engaged with online communities for research purposes, and the research activities, platforms and tools associated with these communities. In addition, the paper aims to discover the benefits, disadvantages and barriers involved in the use of online communities, and especially in regard to the trust and authority issues, so important in scholarly communications. Design/methodology/approach – A layered, mixed-methods approach was used for this complex research topic. Interviews were undertaken with social science and humanities researchers, followed up with focus groups in both the USA and UK. This qualitative work was then followed up with an online questionnaire that generated over 1,000 responses. Findings – Over half the sample had experience of an online research community and a majority of researchers are making at least occasional use of one or more Web 2.0 services for communicating their research activity; for developing and sustaining networks and collaboration; or for finding out what others are doing. Big differences exist in membership rates according to subject, but not really by age or other demographic factors. The biggest benefit to joining an online community is the ability to seek information in one’s own specialism. Younger researchers are more engaged with online communities. Research limitations/implications – The qualitative research was limited to the UK and USA. While use of online communities is now accepted by both established and younger researchers, the main ways of communicating research remain scholarly journals and books. Practical implications – The implications for learned societies and publishers are not clear. Journals are confirmed as the primary way of disseminating research. However, it would be easy for these stakeholders to miss how younger researchers expect to connect in digital communities. Social implications – With researchers of all ages accepting the existing and importance of online communities and connections, there are few technical or social barriers to using mainstream digital tools to connect professionally. Originality/value – There is little published research considering the role of online research communities, so the study is highly original. It is valuable to discover that researchers still prefer to share research findings primarily through journals, rather than through social technologies.

scholarly journals Designing and Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (EICS) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Mathias Funk ◽  
Rong-Hao Liang ◽  
Philippe Palanque ◽  
Jun Hu ◽  
Panos Markopoulos
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Extensive Review ◽  
Computing Systems ◽  
Interactive Computing ◽  
Related Discipline ◽  
The Many ◽  
First Time ◽  
Computer Interaction

This issue of the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction features contributions in the intersection of human-computer interaction and software engineering, with further disciplines blending into a rich set of scientific works. 2021 is the first time the annual conference on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS) is hosted in the Netherlands and in the context of an Industrial Design department. We take this opportunity to focus on the relations and influence of the design discipline on the work of the EICS community. This resulted in a new set of topics for EICS, which were already partly reflected in the many submissions we received in three extensive review rounds throughout 2020 and the beginning of 2021. In this editorial we offer a perspective on what EICS is not yet, looking at the inclusion of and interplay with design as a related discipline.

scholarly journals Improving research quality: the view from the UK Reproducibility Network institutional leads for research improvement

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Stewart ◽  
Emily K. Farran ◽  
James A. Grange ◽  
Malcolm Macleod ◽  
Marcus Munafò ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Output ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThe adoption and incentivisation of open and transparent research practices is critical in addressing issues around research reproducibility and research integrity. These practices will require training and funding. Individuals need to be incentivised to adopt open and transparent research practices (e.g., added as desirable criteria in hiring, probation, and promotion decisions, recognition that funded research should be conducted openly and transparently, the importance of publishers mandating the publication of research workflows and appropriately curated data associated with each research output). Similarly, institutions need to be incentivised to encourage the adoption of open and transparent practices by researchers. Research quality should be prioritised over research quantity. As research transparency will look different for different disciplines, there can be no one-size-fits-all approach. An outward looking and joined up UK research strategy is needed that places openness and transparency at the heart of research activity. This should involve key stakeholders (institutions, research organisations, funders, publishers, and Government) and crucially should be focused on action. Failure to do this will have negative consequences not just for UK research, but also for our ability to innovate and subsequently commercialise UK-led discovery.

scholarly journals Computing Research in South Africa: A Scientometric Investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Anderson Parry
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Conference Papers

Limited attention has been afforded to mapping the ‘landscape’ of South African computing research. Prior studies have considered singular sub-disciplines, publications, or publication types. Given the growing prominence of computing disciplines, it is necessary to identify the patterns of research production, publication, collaboration, and impact of South African computing research. This study presents a scientometric investigation in this regard. Through the analysis of data accessed from the Scopus citation enhanced bibliographic database, the investigation presents findings in relation to annual research production, institutional differences in outputs, topics, collaboration, and citation impact. While characterised by institutional differences, over the period considered, South African computing research output has increased at a greater rate than that of South African research at large. Additionally, despite accounting for a greater proportion of all outputs, conference papers account for a smaller proportion of citations relative to journal articles or book chapters. Corresponding to previous investigations, there exists a tendency towards applied computing topics in contrast to more theoretical topics. Finally, the collaboration network was shown to be particularly de-centralised with many researchers clustered around institutions. The findings are of interest to all researchers conducting computing or related research in South Africa.

scholarly journals Measuring Research Productivity of Universities with Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Area (CPEPA) status in Karnataka State

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 358-367
Author(s):  
Mallikarjun Kappi ◽  
Chaman Sab M. ◽  
B S Biradar
Keyword(s):  
Research Output ◽  
R Package ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The University ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Conference Papers ◽  
Productive Authors

This paper aims to track the research output of the ‘Universities with CPEPA status in Karnataka’ during 2010–2019 as considering the Web of Science database. The Karnatak University, Dharwad, Bangalore University, Bangalore, and the University of Mysore, Mysore have been selected. A total of 8952 documents have been retrieved consisting of journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, so on. A steady increase in research output has been observed. The University of Mysore (UMM) has the largest number of publications. The study shows that multi-authored papers have greater research influence in receiving citations. The study found the most productive authors and their production impacts in terms of the number of citations (ACPP) and also identified the most occurred keywords and journals used to publishing the research results. For visualisation purposes, VOSviewer and Bibliometrix R Package were used.

scholarly journals De–unifying a digital library

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Sale
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Research Output ◽  
The State ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The University ◽  
Conference Papers

The University of Tasmania decided to explore using a unified digital library for all its research output: journal articles, conference papers, higher degree theses, and other types. This decision is in advance of the state of the Australian national indexing systems. The digital library also uses OAI–PMH protocols for harvesting, which one of the national repositories does not as yet. The paper describes the context, reasons for the University’s decision, consequences and outcomes, and the development of software to talk to the Australian Digital Theses Program.

scholarly journals Journalism Education in the 21st century: A thematic analysis of the research literature

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492097729
Author(s):  
Laurence Solkin
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conference Papers ◽  
Future Research Activity

In reviewing the academic literature of the past 20 years on Journalism Education, this paper seeks to develop a thematic analysis of key debates and discourses. Based on a sample of over 300 separate published contributions (books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers) this article explores more traditional debates, theory vs practice and profession vs craft, together with their development into the 21st century. This article also focuses on newer additions to the literature including proposals for new topics, such as entrepreneurship, new models or metaphors such as the idea of the teaching hospital, as well as issues which are emerging from the diversity of Journalism Education practices across the globe. The article concludes with some general recommendations regarding future research activity in this domain.

Trends in research and collaboration in the Canadian Model Forest Network, 1993–2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 88 (03) ◽  
pp. 274-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Bonnell
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
National Level ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Or Organization

A fundamental principle of the Model Forest concept focuses on the generation and sharing of knowledge through research, innovation and collaboration. Over 380 papers, published in journals, have been identified that are based on research and other activities supported by a Model Forest in Canada. Bibliometrics is a research method used to measure scientific output, level of influence of a researcher or organization, changes in research focus and levels of collaboration between researchers and organizations. This study presents an analysis of research trends and collaborative research activity within the Canadian Model Forest Network from 1993 to 2010 based on journal articles produced during that time period. The analysis shows publication of research varies among Model Forests and individual projects. The most significant result is a clear trend towards increased national-level collaboration in research activities with the Canadian Forest Service and various universities acting as key hubs in the publication of the results of Model Forest-supported research.

scholarly journals Synthesizing Presence: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Beck ◽  
Paul Fishwick ◽  
Rasha Kamhawi ◽  
Amy Jo Coffey ◽  
Julie Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Computer Interaction

This multidisciplinary literature review analyzed one hundred and eight peer-reviewed journal articles focusing on presence from four academic disciplines:  Mass Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Education, and Psychology.  It was conducted because there was a need for a comprehensive, integrated understanding of presence.  Results strongly indicate that presence includes both objective and subjective criteria, and thus should be measured in both ways.  Results also showed that the different academic disciplines approach the concept in similar, yet distinct ways.  These similarities and differences also gave the researchers the necessary content to create a presence ontology.  Future researchers are encouraged to use these results and ontology as a starting point for formulating research questions that advance an understanding of presence.

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