The role of online videos in research communication: A content analysis of YouTube videos cited in academic publications

by Kayvan Kousha 15 Apr 2012

Dear Colleagues, Just to inform you we conducted an initial investigation to assess how online videos may potentially be valuable in research publication. We mentioned that this research is part of the FP7 EU-funded project ACUMEN on assessing Web indicators in research evaluation. You can find the preprint below. Best wishes, Kayvan Kayvan K., Thelwall. M & [...]

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“Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?” (Part 4)

by Paul Wouters 12 Apr 2012

In our last post, we discussed four arguments in favour of alternative metrics (more details can be found in our recent report on altmetrics “Users, narcissism, and control”. To recapitulate, the four arguments are: openness, speed, scholarly outpu…

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“Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?” (Part 3)

by Paul Wouters 29 Mar 2012

How do the conclusions in our recent report on altmetrics “Users, narcissism, and control” relate to the discussions about altmetrics? We found that four arguments are regularly mentioned in favor of new methods instead of the more traditional cita…

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“Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?” (Part 2)

by Paul Wouters 19 Mar 2012

As indicated in the last post about our recent report on alternative impact metrics “Users, narcissism, and control”, we have tried to give an overview of 16 of novel impact measurement tools and present their strengths and weaknesses as thoroughly…

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“Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?” (Part 1)

by Paul Wouters 16 Mar 2012

What is the impact of my research? This question has of course always been intriguing for scholars and scientists. For the bigger part of science history, it was a difficult question to answer. It was simply too difficult to know who was reading ones w…

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• Book tip: Scharnhorst et al. (eds.)(2012) Models of Science Dynamics

by Frank van der Most 13 Mar 2012

Recently, I posted about The Atlas of Science, which is about ways to visualize the world of science and its products. As a book accompanying an exhibition, it informs a general audience and presents a visual spectacle. The mathematical background unde…

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• Registration for European Summer School for Scientometrics opens on 20 March

by Frank van der Most 8 Mar 2012

The ESSS website mentions an opening time (10 AM CET) and warns that registrations are only valid after receipt of registration fee. The newsletter claims that the interest is ‘immense’ and that registration will work on the basis of &#8216…

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• Meritocracy and Peerage of Science

by Frank van der Most 2 Mar 2012

Elsevier has been under pressure from a recent boycott campaign, originating from Tim Gowers’ weblog. Elsevier originally supported the US Research Works Act which tries to counter open access as promoted by for example the National Institute of …

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• February forwards

by Frank van der Most 29 Feb 2012

• Holmes, Richard, 5 February 2012, ‘Eight years of ranking: What have we learned’ in University World News. full text Well, yes, what have we learned? • League of European Research Universities, 16 February 2012 ‘LERU launches pa…

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What kind of societal relevance do we want?

by Sarah de Rijcke 24 Feb 2012

The question about the societal relevance and economic impact of research is increasingly put forward in peer review of research projects, annual appraisal interviews, and institutional research assessment exercises. This is part of a more generic tren…

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