Language and scientific publication statistics

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Sandelin ◽  
Nikias Sarafoglou
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
English Language ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Publication Rate ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts

The article examines the number of contributions to scientific journals by authors from various OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries in 1998–2000 according to the commonly used ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) databases SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index), A&HCI (Arts and Humanities Citation Index) and SCI Expanded (Science Citation Index Expanded). The number of contributions per million inhabitants is related to the main language of the country, the gross domestic product per capita and whether a country is a former socialist country or not. The social sciences, the arts and humanities, and the natural sciences are studied separately. It turns out that there is a tendency for a higher publication rate for English-language countries, slightly lower for countries with small languages, and even smaller for countries with large non-English languages. This is consistent with the hypotheses that there is a bias in the data bases from the ISI such that English-language journals tend to be overrepresented, that scholars from English-language countries write almost exclusively in English, and that scholars from other countries tend to publish less in English and more in their domestic language the larger their domestic language. This calls for caution in using these databases for international comparisons of research activity.

scholarly journals Qualitative Research Methods in Translation Theory

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110407
Author(s):  
Dominic Glynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

This article analyses different methodological approaches adopted by theoretical articles published in translation studies journals. To account for the range of perspectives, a small corpus comprising articles from three journals listed in both the Thomson and Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) was studied. The article discusses how the methods used could gain in rigor from being formalized. It begins by defining translation theory before outlining a corpus of articles to be studied. It then moves onto describing and discussing four methodologies to provide recommendations for conducting future research in translation theory.

scholarly journals Realizing the transformative potential of conservation through the social sciences, arts and humanities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Bennett ◽  
Robin Roth
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conservation Actions

Conservation actions most often occur in peopled seascapes and landscapes. As a result, conservation decisions cannot rely solely on evidence from the natural sciences, but must also be guided by the social sciences, the arts and the humanities. However, we are concerned that too much of the current attention is on research that serves an instrumental purpose, by which we mean that the social sciences are used to justify and promote status quo conservation practices. The reasons for engaging the social sciences, as well as the arts and the humanities, go well beyond making conservation more effective. In this editorial, we briefly reflect on how expanding the types of social science research and the contributions of the arts and the humanities can help to achieve the transformative potential of conservation.

scholarly journals The Crisis, the Humanities and Medical History

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-287
Author(s):  
Bill Luckin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Ideas

Non-controversially, the full version of this article argues that the crisis in British higher education will impoverish teaching and research in the arts and humanities; cut even more deeply into these areas in the post-1992 sector; and threaten the integrity of every small sub-discipline, including the history of medicine. It traces links between the Thatcherite reforms of the 1980s and the near-privatisation of universities proposed by the Browne Report and partly adopted by the coalition. The article ends by arguing that it would be mistaken to expect any government-driven return to the status quo ante. New ideas and solutions must come from within. As economic and cultural landscapes are transformed, higher education will eventually be rebuilt, and the arts and social sciences, including medical history, reshaped in wholly unexpected ways. This will only happen, however, if a more highly politicised academic community forges its own strategies for recovery.

The Arts and Humanities in Climate Change Engagement

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia B. Corbett ◽  
Brett Clark
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts

The communication strategy of simply sharing more scientific information has not effectively engaged and connected people to climate change in ways that facilitate understanding and encourage action. In part, this is because climate change is a so-called wicked problem, given that it is socially complex, has many interdependencies, and lacks simple solutions. For many people, climate change is generally seen as something abstract and distant—something that they know about, but do not “feel.” The arts and humanities can play an important role in disrupting the social and cultural worldviews that filter climate information and separate the public from the reality of climate change. Whether it is the visual arts, dance, theater, literature, comedy, or film, the arts and humanities present engaging stories, corporally sensed and felt experiences, awareness of interdependency with the world, emotional meanings, and connection with place. Climate stories, especially those based on lived experiences, offer distinct ways to engage a variety of senses. They allow the “invisibility” of climate change to be seen, felt, and imagined in the past, present, and future. They connect global issues to conditions close to home and create space to grieve and experience loss. They encourage critical reflection of existing social structures and cultural and moral norms, thus facilitating engagement beyond the individual level. The arts and humanities hold great potential to help spur necessary social and cultural change, but research is needed on their reach and efficacy.

DARIAH(-DE): Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities — Concepts and Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (supplement) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Henrich ◽  
Tobias Gradl
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Infrastructure ◽  
Application Domain ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Research Infrastructures ◽  
Digital Research

DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) is part of the European Strategy on Research Infrastructures. Among 38 projects originally on this roadmap, DARIAH is one of two projects addressing social sciences and humanities. According to its self-conception and its political mandate DARIAH has the mission to enhance and support digitally-enabled research across the humanities and arts. DARIAH aims to develop and maintain an infrastructure in support of ICT-based research practices. One main distinguishing aspect of DARIAH is that it is not focusing on one application domain but especially addresses the support of interdisciplinary research in the humanities and arts. The present paper first gives an overview on DARIAH as a whole and then focuses on the important aspect of technical, syntactic and semantic interoperability. Important aspects in this respect are metadata registries and crosswalk definitions allowing for meaningful cross-collection and inter-collection services and analysis.

scholarly journals Utilization of active and passive constructions in English academic writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Erdoğan Bada ◽  
Ömer Gökhan Ulum
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Active Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
English Academic Writing

By its nature, AW represents adversity compared to other types of writing. It owns the characteristics of more notable patterns and language usage compared to other writing styles such as literary works, news, etc. Without discriminating the language used, this kind of writing generally bears similarities across languages due to the description and representation of scientific concepts. Therefore, there stands a must that objectivity is observed in AW as much as possible.  In terms of language usage, diverse structures may be seen to be used in varied frequencies. Within this study, articles written in English and published in scientific journals covered by high ranking field indices such as Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index/Health Sciences Library, and American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information were perused depending on their related fields classified as the Social Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, and Health Sciences, and then active/passive dispersion of these articles was identified through descriptive content analysis. The results suggest that active structure usage (61%) in overall analysis outnumbered that of passive (39%); the decline in its utilization depending on fields is rather significant, in that while the gap between active (74%) and passive (26%) usage in Social Sciences is rather wide in favor of active construction, we can observe a significant narrowing of the divide in Natural and Applied Sciences (60% active, 40% passive), and Health Sciences (51% active, 49% passive). The findings of this descriptive study may contribute to prospective research carried out in the specified fields in AW.

Life in Print: Citation of Articles Published in Volumes 1–10 of the Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique

1987 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Courtney ◽  
Karman B. Kawchuk ◽  
Duff Spafford
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
English Language ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
French Language ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index ◽  
Canadian Content

AbstractThe Social Sciences Citation Index was canvassed for citations of all articles, notes, review articles, comments and replies published in volumes 1–10 of the Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique. The data show that nearly three-quarters of the 335 items published between 1968 and 1977 were cited at least once, with a greater likelihood of the citation appearing in non-Canadian than in Canadian publications. English-language items were cited four times as frequently as French-language ones, on the average, and those with at least some Canadian content were cited nearly twice as frequently, on the average, as those with no Canadian content.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Whitehead ◽  
Angela Woods
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social

The medical humanities, we claim, names a series of intersections, exchanges and entanglements between the biomedical sciences,1 the arts and humanities, and the social sciences. The Edinburgh Companion to the Critical Medical Humanities introduces the ideas, individuals and scholarly approaches that are currently shaping the field. The medical humanities is an area of inquiry that is highly interdisciplinary, rapidly expanding and increasingly globalised. As this Introduction and the chapters that follow demonstrate, ...

Computers, Traditional Scholarship, and the ACLS

1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-333
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Condon
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Humanistic Study ◽  
Computer Research ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
University Centers ◽  
Traditional Scholarship

Throughout the nation the cause of the humanities is suddenly being championed; indeed, at times, almost with a vengeance. Centers or institutes for the study and advancement of the humanities have come into being. The Eighty-ninth Congress, in an exuberant mood that surprised many, passed legislation in 1965 establishing a public foundation for the arts and humanities. Accompanying this burst of new interest in the humanities and coming to fruition at the same time is the growth and development of computer-oriented humanistic study. We are witnessing the appearance of a number of university centers or institutes for computer research in the humanities and social sciences and hear monthly of the establishment of newsletters or journals that promise to tell us what is going on and to keep us informed.

scholarly journals Gender Analysis of the Top Classic Papers in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Go ◽  
Cammille Go ◽  
Kevin Chorath ◽  
Natasha Mirza ◽  
Erica Thaler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Women Authors ◽  
H Index ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Classic Papers

Objective The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the gender breakdown of first authorship contributing to the most cited papers in the field of otolaryngology, with a goal towards identifying trends in gender representation in publishing. Methods The top fifty most-cited papers were identified using Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information. Institution, journal, date of publication, research nature, and subspecialty were extracted for each article. Among the first authors, gender, h-index, percentage of first, last, and corresponding authorship positions, total publications, and citations were analyzed. Results The majority of papers were in the English language, from the United States, of clinical nature, and on otologic topics. Eighty-four percent of papers had men who were first authors although there was no difference in h-index score, authorship position, and number of publications between men and women first authors. Women first authors had significantly more citations (p = 0.02) and average citations/year (p= 0.04) compared to their colleagues. There was no difference in the number of articles with women first authors (p = 0.17) or the total percentage of women authors (p = 0.44) in papers published earlier compared to those published later. Conclusion While a promising number of women otolaryngologists are publishing high-powered articles, future initiatives to promote academic productivity and inclusivity should be considered.

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