scholarly journals Welcome to DNAQUA2021 International Conference

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Leese ◽  
Agnès Bouchez ◽  
Charlotte Frie ◽  
Alexander Weigand
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Virtual Meeting ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Training Schools ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
The Impact

Dear participants of DNAQUA2021 International Conference, Undoubtedly, DNAQUA2021 is a major highlight of the EU COST Action DNAqua-Net (CA15219). Even though we cannot claim that the organisation of DNAQUA2021 was a piece of cake, it is simply wonderful to see the great interest in this event. With 1,498 registered participants from 79 nations, 204 contributed talks and posters for only two and a half days, the conference shows how timely and relevant research on DNA-based aquatic bioassessment and monitoring is. As the managing team of DNAqua-Net, we could have hardly imagined the impact of DNAqua-Net back in 2015, when we wrote the proposal (Leese et al. 2016). Yet, the more we are now delighted and thankful to see the success. Together with many experts from many different countries, taxonomists, ecologists, geneticists and bioinformaticians, we have made significant methodological progress. Above all, we have succeeded in connecting biomonitoring experts all across Europe and beyond. With more than 100 scientific publications from DNAqua-Net's five working groups, the research impact of the network is obvious. Furthermore, with "Metabarcoding and Metagenomics" (MBMG), we have established an international journal for basic and applied aspects of genetic bioassessment and monitoring. However, in many ways, the impact of DNAqua-Net goes far beyond the mere scientific progress. Capacity building e.g. via barcoding projects have been initiated in many countries, validation studies were co-designed by researchers and stakeholders from the applied sector and launched - even across several countries as for example the SCANDNAnet project shows. DNAqua-Net has supported over 50 research exchanges that fostered close cooperation among the institutions and countries. Also, DNAqua-Net accompanied the fourth Joint Danube Survey (JDS4) and conducted the (e)DNA-based surveys for fish, benthic invertebrates, phytobenthos and the sediment community. Last but not least, we have developed many essential pieces of an applied concept for future implementation of DNA-based methods together with various stakeholders at national and international level. Here, of particular importance was the establishment of a working group within the European Standardisation Organisation CEN on DNA and eDNA-based methods (CEN/TC230/WG28). We are particularly grateful also to our colleagues from 'beyond Europe' that have supported us, participated in workshops, discussions and training schools, invited us to their national meetings on DNA and eDNA-based biomonitoring on five continents. The implementation of (e)DNA-based methods into bioassessment and monitoring programs of our rivers, lakes, oceans and the groundwater, will be particularly successful if we sustainably stay connected across countries, generations, cultures and disciplines (Fig. 1). Many of the findings from basic to applied research will be presented at DNAQUA2021. We are particularly pleased that so many early career researchers present their findings. Please take the chance and discuss with them (but not only with them) about their findings. With "Spatial.Chat" we offer you a nice and intuitive environment that allows for some 'real' conference spirit even in these COVID-19 virtual meeting times. Now enjoy two and a half days packed with fascinating insights from (e)DNA-based aquatic biomonitoring. Take the chance, foster and extend your collaborations. We hope to see and discuss with you over the next days at DNAQUA2021 and beyond. THANK YOU! Florian, Agnès, Charly & Alex (Fig. 2)

scholarly journals PhD students in life sciences can benefit from team cohesion

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Zsófia Viktória Vida ◽  
István Péter Járay ◽  
Balázs Lengyel
Keyword(s):  
Research Team ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The Impact

Background: Scientific progress during doctoral studies is a combination of individual effort and teamwork. A recently growing body of interdisciplinary literature has investigated the determinants of early career success in academia, in which learning from supervisors and co-authors play a great role. Yet, it is less understood how collaboration patterns of the research team, in which the doctoral student participates, influences the future career of students. Here we take a social network analysis approach to investigate this and define the research team as the co-authorship network of the student. Methods: We use the Hungarian Scientific Bibliography Database, which includes all publications of PhD students who defended theses from the year 1993. The data also include thesis information, and the publications of co-authors of students. Using this data, we quantify cohesion in the ego-network of PhD students, the impact measured by citations received, and productivity measured by number of publications. We run multivariate linear regressions to measure the relation of network cohesion, and publication outputs during doctoral years with future impact. Results: We find that those students in life sciences, but not in other fields, who have a cohesive co-author network during studies and two years after defence receive significantly more citations in eight years. We find that the number of papers published during PhD years and closely after the defence correlates negatively while the impact of these papers correlates positively with future success of students in all fields. Conclusions: These results highlight that research teams are effective learning environments for PhD students where collaborations create a tightly knit knowledge network.

scholarly journals The significance of impact in real estate research publications

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Newell ◽  
Muhammad Jufri Marzuki ◽  
Elaine Worzala ◽  
Alastair Adair ◽  
Martin Hoesli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Real Estate Research ◽  
The Impact

PurposeResearch impact has taken on increased importance at both a micro- and macro-level and is a key factor today in shaping the careers of real estate researchers. This has seen a range of research impact metrics become global benchmarks when assessing research impact at the individual academic level and journal level. Whilst recognising the limitations of research impact metrics, this paper uses these research impact metrics to identify the leading research impact researchers in real estate, as well as the leading real estate journals in the real estate impact space. The nexus between research quality and research impact is also articulated. As well as focusing on research quality, strategies are identified for the effective incorporation of research impact into a real estate researcher's agenda to assist their research careers; particularly for Early Career Researchers in real estate.Design/methodology/approachThe research impact profile of over 150 real estate researchers and 22 real estate journals was assessed using Google Scholar and Publish or Perish. Using the research impact metrics of the h-index, total citations and i10, the leading high impact real estate researchers as well as the high impact real estate journals are identified.FindingsBased in these research impact metrics, the leading real estate researchers in impactful real estate research are identified. Whilst being US focused, there is clear evidence of increasing roles by ERES, AsRES and PRRES players. The leading real estate journals in the impact space are identified, including both real estate-specific journals and the broader planning/urban policy journals, as well as being beyond just the standard US real estate journals. Researcher career strategies are also identified to see both research quality and research impact included as balanced elements in a real estate researcher's career strategy.Practical implicationsWith research impact playing an increased role in all real estate researchers' careers, the insights from this paper provide strong empirical evidence for effective strategies to expand the focus on the impact of their real estate research agendas. This sees a balanced strategy around both research quality and research impact as the most effective strategy for real estate researchers to achieve their research career goals.Originality/valueResearch impact has taken on increased importance globally and is an important factor in shaping real estate researchers' careers. Using research impact metrics, this is the first paper to rigorously and empirically identify the leading research impact players and journals in real estate, as well as identifying strategies for the more effective inclusion of impact in real estate researchers' agendas.

Problems of Implementation of an Import Substitution Policy in the Oil Industry

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Vertakova ◽  
A. S. Evtyukhin
Keyword(s):  
Import Substitution ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Current Economic Situation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Substitution Policy ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Impact

The presented study addresses the issues of implementation of an import substitution policy in the Russian oil industry. Support of domestic production is a key objective specified in the message of the President of the Russian Federation in 2019. In light of the current economic situation and considering the importance of the oil industry for the Russian economy, an import substitution policy could help achieve the objective set by the President.Aim. The study aims to identify the problems and ways of implementation of an import substitution policy in the Russian oil industry.Tasks. The authors analyze scientific publications on import substitution and the state of the Russian oil industry at the current stage of development; determine the directions and fundamental trends in the development of the oil industry; identify obstacles that hinder the implementation of an import substitution policy in the oil industry; describe conditions that facilitate the development of the  investment process in the oil industry; propose comprehensive methods and ways to intensify investments and optimize costs for enterprises in the oil industry.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition, comparative and statistical analysis to identify problems in the implementation of an import substitution policy in the oil industry.Results. Examination of the current state and development prospects of the oil industry allows the authors to identify obstacles to the development of import substitution. The study shows their impact on the potential of import substitution, which has a negative effect on the prospects of intensification of investment processes, and proposes comprehensive methods and mechanisms that could neutralize the impact of the identified obstacles, thus facilitating the formation of a positive investment climate. Conclusions. Investment climate is shown to have a decisive impact on the potential of import substitution in the Russian oil industry, and ways of overcoming negative trends in the development of the oil industry are proposed.

scholarly journals Epistemic corruption and the research impact agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-167
Author(s):  
Ian James Kidd ◽  
Jennifer Chubb ◽  
Joshua Forstenzer
Keyword(s):  
Research Impact ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Epistemic Practice ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Critical Scrutiny ◽  
The Impact

Contemporary epistemologists of education have raised concerns about the distorting effects of some of the processes and structures of contemporary academia on the epistemic practice and character of academic researchers. Such concerns have been articulated using the concept of epistemic corruption. In this article, we lend credibility to these theoretically motivated concerns using the example of the research impact agenda during the period 2012–2014. Interview data from UK and Australian academics confirm that the impact agenda system, at its inception, facilitated the development and exercise of epistemic vices. As well as vindicating theoretically motivated claims about epistemic corruption, inclusion of empirical methods and material can help us put the concept to work in ongoing critical scrutiny of evolving forms of the research impact agenda.

scholarly journals The Language of Sustainable Tourism as a Proxy Indicator of Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Rene Brauer ◽  
Mirek Dymitrow
Keyword(s):  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Narrative Constructions ◽  
Assessment Format ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Travel

Sustainable tourism (ST) has recently become the mainstream of the tourism industry and, accordingly, has influenced contemporary tourism research. However, ST is not just theories about indications and contraindications of global travel, but also a specific language that needs mastering to take sustainability work forward. In other words, what research receives recognition depends on the proficiency in how the articulation in research proposals and within assessment under the heading of “research impact”. The aim of this paper is to investigate how tourism research gains recognition within research evaluation, by investigating the national research appraisal in the United Kingdom (Research Excellence Framework). By using content analysis, we disentangle the rhetorical choices and narrative constructions within researchers’ impact claims. Our findings suggest that researchers adopt a rhetorical style that implies causality and promotes good outcomes facilitating ST. However, the structure of the assessment format enforces an articulation of sustainable research impact without stating the methodological limitations of that such claim. Therefore, the rhetorical choices of ST researchers merely represent a proxy indicator of the claimed impact. We conclude that the lack of rigor in accounting for the impact of ST research may inadvertently restrict attaining ST.

scholarly journals Perceptions by early career tropical researchers on the impact of COVID‐19 six months into the pandemic

Biotropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Leigh Bradham ◽  
Maria Natalia Umaña
Keyword(s):  
Early Career ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Standing on the shoulders of Giants: a citation analysis of the paediatric congenital heart disease literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Sew ◽  
Nigel E. Drury
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Journal Citation Reports ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective: The citation history of a published article reflects its impact on the literature over time. We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to identify the most cited papers on CHD in children. Methods: One-hundred and ninety journals listed in Journal Citation Reports were accessed via Web of Science. Publications with 250 or more citations were identified from Science Citation Index Expanded (1900–2020), and those relating to structural CHD in children were reviewed. Articles were ranked by citation count and the 100 most cited were analysed. Results: The number of citations ranged from 2522 to 309 (median 431, IQR 356–518), with 35 published since 2000. All were written in English, most originated from the United States (74%), and were published in cardiovascular journals, with Circulation (28%) the most frequent. There were 86 original research articles, including 50 case series, 14 cohort studies, and 10 clinical trials. The most cited paper was by Hoffman JI and Kaplan S on the incidence of CHD. Thirteen authors had 4 or more publications in the top 100, all of whom had worked in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, or Dallas, and the most prolific author was Newburger JW (9 articles). Conclusions: Citation analysis provides a historical perspective on scientific progress by assessing the impact of individual articles. Our study highlights the dominant position of US-based researchers and journals in this field. Most of the highly cited articles remain case series, with few randomised controlled trials in CHD appearing in recent years.

scholarly journals The Risk of Partner Aggression Research: Impact of Laboratory Couples Conflict Protocols on Participants

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela J. Owen ◽  
Richard E. Heyman ◽  
Amy M. Smith Slep
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Partner Aggression ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Impact Measure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Male To Female ◽  
Couples Conflict

The impact of male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) research on participants is unknown. A measure of impact was given to participants in an IPV study to assess systematically the impact of completing questionnaires, engaging in conflict conversations, and being interviewed individually about anger escalation and de-escalation during the conversations. Participants completed a six-question, Likert-scaled impact measure. Both male and female participants rated the impact of the study as helpful to them personally and to their relationships. Female participants rated different segments of the study as more helpful to themselves and their relationships, while male participants did not find any segment of the study to have a different impact than other segments.

scholarly journals Teaching health education

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Pickett ◽  
Willeke Rietdijk ◽  
Jenny Byrne ◽  
Jonathan Shepherd ◽  
Paul Roderick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand early career teachers’ perceptions of the impact of a pre-service health education programme on their health promotion practice in schools and the contextual factors that influence this. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 primary and secondary trainee and qualified teachers who had trained at a university in England. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings The teachers found the training to be a useful introduction, particularly when it was relevant to their practice. They valued gaining practical skills at university, on placement and in school once qualified. They reported that witnessing pupils’ lives in school had increased their awareness that health education is important. Their personal qualities, life experience, the school’s ethos and competing pressures influenced their practice. Teachers considered that building relationships with colleagues, pupils and parents facilitated health promotion, and that health education needs to be relevant to pupils. Some teachers expressed that teaching about health could be a “minefield”. They also discussed whether schools or parents are responsible for educating pupils about health issues and the place of health promotion within education’s wider purpose. Originality/value Few studies have followed-up trainee teachers once they are in teaching posts to explore the longer-term perceived impact of pre-service health education training. The findings suggest that teachers’ development takes place via an interaction between training and practice, suggesting that training could particularly aim to provide teachers with a contextualised understanding of health issues and practical experience.

De structuur van de besluitvorming in de Raad van de Europese Unie

Res Publica ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 381-398
Author(s):  
Jan Beyers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Council Decision ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

In spite of its importance in European Union decision making, research on the functioning of the Council is scarce (Wessels, 1991). Based on empirical findings this article gives some new insights in the way Council decision making is institutionalized. The first part focusses on the characteristics of Council working groups and the different positions of actors in the decision making network. Our findings confirm the definition of the Council as a highly bureaucratized institution. Interesting is that the diversity of tasks of the different actors(working groups, Coreper, CSA etc.) strengthens the impact of national administrations in Council decision making. The second part explores the reasons for this impact. This article adds to the functional approach, which over-emphasizes the adaptive character of the Council, the perception of the Council as an intergovernmental component in a supranational system.

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