Topic modeling of researchers based on their interests from Google Scholar

The article proposes an algorithm for topic modeling of researchers based on their interests from Google Scholar profiles. The algorithm uses the set of fields of research from research classification system ANZSRC. An information resource for topic modeling is a corpus of categorized publications from Dimensions. Interests from researchers’ profiles are used as search queries to Dimensions that outputs distributions of documents over categories. To reduce information noise these distributions are taken through a few stages of processing. The article also compares the results of topic modeling based on interests from Google Scholar profiles and based on a categorized list of publications from Dimensions. The comparison is done using modified Czekanowski metric that takes into account the similarity between categories. The results of comparing the topic modeling outputs based on different information sources show a good match.

A Blockchain Research Review

Blockchain technology was first introduced as Bitcoin’s underlying technology which is one type of distributed ledger that consists of replicated, shared, and synchronized data over the Internet. This study extends prior studies on blockchain. A fundamental framework for a blockchain research classification was proposed by analyzing 230 articles related to the study of blockchain published in Asia and around the world from 2016 to 2020. The study applies a comprehensive meta-analysis based on findings, literature sources, research objectives, research methods, and context. The objective of the study is to summarize the current blockchain research, its constraints, and future trends. Meta-analysis is characterized by the process of theory construction. It is a powerful tool to analyze the literature in a descriptive form which will guide for further study. Research shows that the study at home is more decentralized, non-systematic, and has failed to gain a certain research depth—Moreover, it lacks quantitative analysis. Future research will focus on digital currency, Internet financing, and the risk of blockchain technology research.

Dimensions

Dimensions is a combined analytical, search & discovery, and information management database which has developed API tools to control and organize its holdings. The Digital Science philosophy has been that metrics and indicators belong to the scholars generating the research, not to a vendor, hence the majority of its articles and bibliographic indicators are Open Access, and free to the research community. Charges are assessed, however, for Dimensions Plus subscriptions which provide links among policy papers, grant information, clinical trials, and other information of interest to academic administrators, institutions, publishers, and librarians. Dimensions offers the ability to generate new knowledge: its data may be used, and a new information artefact created, without having to leave its platform. Featuring a full text index that enables deep discovery and machine-learning based research classification, the search and navigation experience is smooth and intuitive. Offering many additional features that set it aside from traditional bibliometric databases, Dimensions is a tool that is designed primarily for expert users with knowledge of the various facets and research processes of the disciplines in which they search information.

Abbreviation in korean cyber communication

The purpose of this paper is to argue that the various patterns of the Korean abbreviations should be interpreted as cultural icons. Leading approach to research: classification by types of abbreviations and theoretical analysis of their properties. The authors argue that the phonetic but also graphic nature of the Korean alphabet system makes the structure very innovative and unique. Moreover, the authors claim that along with the common borrowing of English abbreviations, the typological differences in writing produce unique abbreviations patterns, especially in Korean. As for the theoretical analyses, we take the examples from various papers on neologism and the online dictionaries. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the fact that the abbreviated expressions are considered as a unique tool of modern communication, especially for the young generation. In this regard, this study can also contribute to the typological research on writing systems. From a practical point of view, the result of this study can serve a reference material as well as a good basis for subsequent research on coinage of neologism.

Scient metrics analysis of mangrove studies from 1980 to 2020

Mangroves are complex transition ecosystems studied and affected by human activities.. This work sought information on articles in scientific journals related to environmental impacts and their forms of management and restoration and those focused on biodiversity conservation. To answer this question, we developed this work based on a scient metric survey of production with a focus on impacts and environmental and Biodiversity responses on mangroves in the last forty years (1980 to 2020), comparing mainly the global scientific production and the production in America, listing areas of research concentration, and journal, period, country and region of publication of papers. With this survey, we could observe a standardization of the research classification area and publication periods, although checking the journals found a great variety of these. As for the regionalization of studies, we could observe that, globally, the region that most contributes to the advancement in this theme is Asia; however, the country that collaborates the most, in isolation, is the United States. Although there is a diversification regarding the specific theme, the scientific production on mangroves with an environmental focus and in Biodiversity followed a global pattern in the studied period.

FRONTLINE: Gentle sounds, distant roar: a watershed year for journalism as research

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) 2020 decision on disciplinary categories has profound implications for journalism as a research discipline. Journalism Practice and Professional Writing retain their six-digit Fields of Research (FoR) code within the Creative Arts and Writing Division, a new six-digit FoR of Journalism Studies has been created in the Division of Language, Communication and Culture, and three new FoR codes of Literature, Journalism and Professional Writing have been created for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Peoples within the new Indigenous Studies Division. This categorisation both confirms Journalism as a sovereign and independent discipline distinct from Communication and Media Studies, which has been in bitter contention for more than two decades. The ANZSRC confirmed its 2008 policy that the sole and definitive criterion for categorisation was methodology. This article explores the welcome ramifications of this decision for Journalism within Australasian university-based journalism and charts some of the issues ahead for journalism academics as they embark on the long overdue and fraught path to disciplinary self-recognition as an equal among the humanities and social sciences.

Quantifying and evaluating research in paramedicine - why our own field of research code matters.

On 1 June 2020, the Australian Research Council (ARC) released the outcomes of the recent review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) (1). In what constitutes a significant milestone for paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand, we have been allocated our own paramedicine ‘Field of Research’ (FOR) code for the first time.