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.

Participation as a methodological and ethical issue in child protection research

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Kiili ◽  
Johanna Moilanen
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
International Child ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Participation In Research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how children have been involved in research activities in recent international child protection research and what kinds of ethical and methodological decisions are made by researchers regarding children’s participation. Design/methodology/approach In the paper, the complexity of children’s participation in research activities is analysed through an integrative literature review. Findings Children’s right to self-determination and the right to make informed decisions were the most challenging ethical principles to implement in practice. The study shows that researchers usually decide on the research design, and child welfare professionals and parents assess the eligibility of the children as research subjects. Originality/value More ethical reflection and critical discussion on the rights that adults, both parents and professionals, have in deciding the involvement of children in research activities is required.

scholarly journals The ongoing monitoring of societal responsibility in management research activities

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Benjamin Dreveton ◽  
Valérie-Inés De La Ville
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Societal Responsibility

Purpose – This article aims to highlight the need to explore the concept of social responsibility at the very heart of research activity. Questioning the social responsibility of research activities in management provides the opportunity to take a fresh look at the criteria used to assess its usefulness. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on a secondary analysis of a longitudinal research process, this paper emphasizes the importance of achieving an ongoing co-monitoring of the issues about social responsibility involved in research. Findings – This reflection leads to a first characterization of two key dimensions of the societal responsibility of researchers in management: their professional responsibility and their institutional responsibility. Research limitations/implications – It is meant to encourage researchers to design a relevant instrumentation to help them negotiate, make explicit and co-monitor the issues of social responsibility involved in their empirical investigations as well as in their theoretical elaborations. Social implications – As research projects are socially situated activities, always infused with values and ideologies, it is crucial that researchers reflect upon the axiology guiding their empirical and theoretical work. Originality/value – In order to achieve an ongoing co-monitoring of the issues about social responsibility involved in management research, the article suggests a heuristic deviated use of the balanced scorecard.

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.

Institutional repositories: a bibliometric study of the social sciences citation index (SSCI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Ping Liao ◽  
Tsu-Jui Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prolific Authors ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

Purpose This paper aims to provide a bibliometric study of journal articles related to institutional repositories in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) between January 1993 and August 2017. This study will provide researchers with a foundation for further research. Design/methodology/approach In this study, articles published were analyzed; titles were searched using the term “institutional repositories.” The data were evaluated in response to four research questions on the following topics: publication trends, prolific authors, core journals and times cited. Findings The results indicate that 124 articles on institutional repositories were authored by 223 individuals. These articles were cited 722 times in 37 journals, and the h-index provided by the Web of Science was 14. Research limitations/implications This study only investigated articles titled with institutional repositories in the SSCI. Other items were not included. Practical implications This study shows that the implementation of institutional repositories has been limited to library and information science. If they can be used broadly in different disciplines, a better outcome can be expected. Social implications Based on the findings, the growth of institutional repositories as an academic subject is likely to continue. If such discussions can be conducted in other disciplines, institutional repositories may be able to provide a more promising outcome to academia. Originality/value This paper is valuable for researchers who wish to examine the trends of institutional repositories in the SSCI and seek possible areas for further research.

Experimental research in hospitality and tourism: a critical review

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong ◽  
Rob Law ◽  
Candy Mei Fung Tang ◽  
Matthew Hong Tai Yap
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Manipulation Check ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the prevalence and trend of experimental research in hospitality and tourism. Hospitality and tourism researchers have long been encouraged to increase their use of experimental designs. However, a solid support for such advocacy is lacking, and the present paper fills in this research gap. Design/methodology/approach – By using a systematic approach, this study reviews 161 tourism and hospitality articles and conducts content analysis based on certain criteria including journal outlets, Social Sciences Citation Index journals, years of publication, contexts, disciplinary foci, experimental designs, settings, number of independent variables, number of studies per article, manipulation methods, manipulation check, research subjects, sample size, subjects per experimental condition, statistical analyses and provision of effect size. The criteria between hospitality and tourism publications are also compared. Findings – Findings show that the number of experimental publications has significantly increased over the past decade, especially in hospitality publications. Nonetheless, there is still room for improvement in applying the experimental design in hospitality and tourism research. Research limitations/implications – Researchers in hospitality and tourism are recommended to report manipulation check results and the effect size of statistically significant results, as well as to devote more effort to knowledge accumulation and methodological advancement of experimental designs. Originality/value – This study is the first to review experimental research in hospitality and tourism. The findings of this study provide significant implications and directions for hospitality and tourism researchers to conduct experimental research in the future.

scholarly journals An Invitation to the Dance: The Importance of Practitioners Undertaking Research in Adult and Continuing Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Adult And Continuing Education ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Adult And Continuing

Is research a necessary, or even a desirable, activity for adult and continuing education practitioners? Why, on top of all of the other roles and expectations, such as generating sufficient revenue, would practitioners choose to add research to their long list of other responsibilities--especially when it doesn't seem important to many of their colleagues or to their deans/directors? This paper explores these questions with the objective of convincing at least some of the practitioners who read this article that they should be engaged in research activities. Indeed, in some cases, it is likely that readers who think that they don't do research will be persuaded that they are presently engaged in forms of research!The paper begins with a review of the literature in an effort to assess the level of research activity presently undertaken by practitioners. Next, a variety of perspectives about what is meant by the term "research" is explored. In the following section, barriers to practitioners doing research are considered, and, finally, the arguments for practitioners doing research are examined.While this paper is aimed at adult and continuing education practitioners in general, it has been written with a particular focus upon the membership of CAUCE.

An overview of knowledge management research viewed through the web of science (1993-2012)

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junping Qiu ◽  
Hong Lv
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thomson Reuters

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a bibliometric analysis of scientific output of the knowledge management (KM), the aim being to offer an overview of research activity in this field and characterize its most significant aspects. In addition, this study aims to quantitatively analyze KM research trends, forecasts, and citations from 1993 to 2012 in Web of Science (WOS). Design/methodology/approach – A total of 12,925 documents related to KM research were collected from following databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Social Science & Humanities. These documents were carefully reviewed and subjected to bibliometric data analysis techniques. Findings – A number of research questions pertaining to patterns in scientific outputs, subject categories and major journals, author keywords frequencies, characteristics of the international collaboration, most cited papers and significant papers distribution of KM research were proposed and answered. In addition, there are five research sights on KM research are as follows: management science, computer science, information science, business, and engineering. Based on these findings, many implications emerged that improve one's understanding of the identity of KM as a distinct multi-discipline scientific field. Research limitations/implications – Comprehensiveness and inclusiveness of the analyzed KM-related data set in WOS because of some KM-centric journals are not indexed by Thomson Reuters. Originality/value – The paper offers an overview and evaluation of research activity into the KM viewed through the WOS during 1993-2012.

Intellectual capital dimensions: state of the art in 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof ◽  
Susanne Durst ◽  
Mariana Zaniboni Bialecki ◽  
Paulo Mauricio Selig
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Complete Coverage ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Meta Model ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Activities

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature to identify models intended to measure/classify intellectual capital (IC) to establish the current body of knowledge that has been built since the review by Marr et al. (2004). Design/methodology/approach – The study consists of a systematic review of peer-reviewed articles on IC classification. The review was conducted for the period 2004-2014 in order to reach the aim. To ensure that all major models are included, important works developed prior to 2004 were captured as well. Findings – The review resulted in 83 additional models indicating continued research activities with regard to the topic. These models were merged with prior IC models and mapped on a timeline. The timeline clarifies that 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 represent the years of greatest research activity (outcomes). Additionally, the analysis of the list of IC frameworks resulted in the development of an IC Meta model. It synthesizes research activities in the field and highlights the main IC dimensions and sub-dimensions. Research limitations/implications – This study may not have enabled a complete coverage of all existing peer-reviewed articles in the field of IC classification. Yet, it seems reasonable to assume that the review process covered a large proportion of studies available. Originality/value – By aggregating and consolidating the IC frameworks covered, the study does not only provide an IC Meta model, but also promising directions for future research.

Domain analytic paradigm: a quarter century exploration of fundamental ideas in information science

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Wang ◽  
Junping Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Domain Analysis ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Academic School

PurposeThe conditions that domain analysis becomes an academic school of information science (IS) are mature. Domain analysis is one of the most important foundations of IS. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss metatheoretical and theoretical issues in the domain analytic paradigm in IS.Design/methodology/approachThis paper conducts a systematic review of representative publications of domain analysis. The analysis considered degree theses, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and other materials.FindingsDomain analysis maintains that community is the new focus of IS research. Although domain analysis centers on the domain and community, theoretical concerns on the social and individual dimensions of IS are inherent in it by its using sociology as its important approach and socio-cognitive viewpoint. For these reasons domain analysis can integrate social–community–individual levels of IS discipline as a whole. The role of subject knowledge in IS is discussed from the perspective of domain analysis. Realistic pragmatism that forms the philosophical foundation of domain analysis is argued and the implications of these theories to IS are presented.Originality/valueThe intellectual evolving landscape of domain analysis during a quarter century is comprehensively reviewed. Over the past twenty-five years, domain analysis has established its academic status in the international IS circle. Being an important metatheory, paradigm and methodology, domain analysis becomes the theoretical foundation of IS research. This paper assesses the current state of domain analysis and shows the contributions of domain analysis to IS. It also aims to inspire further exploration.

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