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The Researcher Journey Through A Gender Lens, Maria De Kleijn Msc, Mba, Bamini Jayabalasingham Phd, Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski Phd, Thomas A. Collins Phd, Liliane Kuiper-Hoyng Msc, Isabelle Cingolani Phd, Jin Zhang Phd, Guillaume Roberge, Gemma Deakin, Abigail Goodall, Kjersten Bunker Whittington Phd, Stephane Berghmans Dvm, Phd, Sarah Huggett Ma, Stacey Tobin Phd

Public Reports

An examination of research participation, career progression and perceptions across the globe.

As part of Elsevier’s ongoing efforts to promote gender diversity and advance gender equity in research using an evidence-based approach, we developed this latest report to understand how gender impacts the researcher journey. Drawing on robust data sets, we analyzed information about authors of academic publications, grant recipients and patent applicants to gain insights into trends in gender-based representation across 15 countries and the EU28.

In addition to the general global trends, there were notable country-specific findings. For example, Argentina was the closest to gender parity among authors …

Repository Analytics And Metrics Portal (Ramp) Workflow Documentation And Data Definition, Jon Wheeler, Kenning Arlitsch

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The Repository Analytics & Metrics Portal (RAMP) is a web service that leverages Google Search Console (GSC) data to provide a set of baseline search engine performance metrics for a global, cross-platform group of institutional repositories (IR). Since launching in 2017, RAMP has grown from 3 to more than 50 participating repositories. The underlying data are unique in scope and size, and offer many opportunities for novel analyses of IR search engine performance. The data may be augmented to enable additional analyses including metadata mining and bibliometrics. In November 2019, the RAMP team released a publicly available subset of the …

Research Support Newsletter: Center City (Volume 2), Elizabeth D'Angel

The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)

New Resources

• Prism8
• iThenticate
• NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery
• Repbase

Grants & Funding

• Jefferson Open Access Publishing Fund
• National Institutes of Health and ORCID IDs
• Pivot
• LabArchives

Citation Tools

• EndNote
• F1000
• RefWorks

Statistical Tools

• Prism8
• SPSS
• NVivo

Support

• Library consultations
• Office for Writing, Publishing, and Communication
• Photographers, Graphic Designers, and Videographers
• Jefferson Digital Commons

Events

Using Law School Faculty Author Profiles To Promote Impact: The U.S. News & World Report Saga Continues, Allison N. Symulevich

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: When U.S. News & World Report announced that it would rank law schools’ scholarly impact, U.S. News asked law schools to work with HeinOnline, a legal database, to ensure the accuracy of the database-created faculty author profiles because they would be using Hein’s database to gather citation metrics to measure scholarly impact. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM: This practice article describes a project at UNC Chapel Hill in the law library to ensure that their faculty publications were included in HeinOnline’s database and that HeinOnline Author Profiles were accurate. This case study helps librarians tackling either similar law library projects or …

On Research Path Of Information Awareness Converging On Information Description, Yan-Fei Wang, Yuan-Qing Du

Journal of Scientific Information Research

Information awareness is the embodiment of the academic research characteristics for information studies.This paper discusses issues related to the description of the path of information awareness research and the transmission of research results.It points out that the results of information awareness need to be expressed by information description.The behavior of information awareness and information description is intertwined，and their process is blended.To analyze the principles，methods and abilities of information description is not only a requirement for doing well in information awareness，but also an indispensable feature of the exploration for information studies.

Constructing The Corpus Of Method In The Information Science Domain, Cheng-Zhi Zhang, Yu-Zhuo Wang, Ru-Ping Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

A large number of method entities are mentioned by academic papers in the field of Information Science.Identifying and analyzing the method entities can help researchers make a comprehension of the discipline and find the appropriate method for their own research.The methods corpus with high quality is the foundation of extracting method entities from academic articles.This article proposes an annotation framework of method entity and carries out the construction of methods corpora.Specifically，we first construct the structured full-text corpus of academic articles of Information Science;after that，we identify the method sentences and method entities to obtain the methods corpora by manual annotation.This research …

Analysis Of Major National Academic Papers In The Field Of Gene Editing In 2004-2018, Yan-Ning Zheng, Jing-Song Sun, Fang Yuan

Journal of Scientific Information Research

With the SCIE database in the core collection of Web of Science as the data source，TDA，SPSS， VOSviewer，UCINET and other tools，combined with bibliometric analysis，visual analysis，social network analysis and other methods，this paper studied the academic papers of 20 major countries in the field of gene editing from 2004 to 2018 in three dimensions: total，citation and topic.The results show that the research on gene editing has entered a rapid phase，and different countries have different performance in different dimensions.The United States has the largest number of academic papers，and China has the fastest growth rate.China and the United States are the top two countries in …

Research On Evaluation Of Government Information Resources Allocation Based On Ahp-Bp Neural Network, Tai-Tian Mao, Shi-Yu Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]From the aspects of information equipment investment，information technology level，information personnel quality and information utilization efficiency，the evaluation of government information resource allocation is studied.Aiming at the characteristics of AHP and BP neural network evaluation methods，an evaluation model based on AHP-BP neural network is proposed.[Method/process] Firstly，the comprehensive weight of the evaluation index system is calculated by AHP.According to the weight，the main factors are selected by the important index screening method. Secondly，the BP neural network model is constructed，and the main factor index data is selected as the sample and input into the neural network model.It is trained and tested.Finally，the evaluation results of BP …

Qing Bao In Organizational Decision-Making And Evidence In Evidence-Based Policy, Qi-Hao Miao

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]The concept Qing Bao （Information/Intelligence in Chinese）has been used in China for more than one hundred years，the author believes we should revisit the concept in a new framework，that is，Qing Bao is the information that be put in the context of organizational decision-making.Within the context，Qing Bao is comparable to the concept of Evidence in Evidence-based Policy（EBP），the author argues that the study the theory and methodology of EBP will be of value to upgrade the capability and quality of Qing Bao for decision-making.[Method/Process]The author proposes a way to revisit the concept of Qing Bao，instead of translating from the foreign language words，the new …

Research On The Problems And Countermeasures Of “Internet Plus Government Services” At Present, Bo Fan, Yu-Pan Zhao

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]“Internet plus government services”is the key to the service oriented government and digital governance.A comprehensive summary of the current situation will be helpful to further promote the implementation of “Internet plus government services”.[Method/process]This research summarizes the issues of“Internet plus government services”in China through investigation and continuous observation，puts forward feasible countermeasures based on the experience of foreign countries.[Result/conclusion]This study summarize that the current “Internet plus government services”have issues of uncoordinated promotion，insufficient legislation mechanism，aggravating serious ‘information island’，poor big data capacity，unclear performance monitoring bodies，lack of services for small and micro enterprises.Based on the successful experience of other countries，this study proposes feasible countermeasures and …

Information Privilege, Jessica Dai

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

This discussion-based session will focus on the ways that access to information is dependent on status, power, and affiliation.

Research Support Newsletter: East Falls (Volume 1), Elizabeth D'Angel

The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)

New Resources

• Prism8
• iThenticate
• Grammarly
• Repbase

Grants & Funding

• Jefferson Open Access Publishing Fund
• National Institutes of Health and ORCID IDs
• Pivot
• LabArchives

Citation Tools

• EndNote
• F1000
• RefWorks

Statistical Tools

• Prism8
• SPSS
• NVivo

Support

• Library consultations
• Office for Writing, Publishing, and Communication
• Photographers, Graphic Designers, and Videographers
• Jefferson Digital Commons

Events

• High Impact Publishing, March 3
• Peer Editing for Content and Clarity, April 7
• Turn Your Thesis into a Publishable Manuscript, May 5

Preparing For A Poster Session, Anna Crawford

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

Learn how to develop a poster presentation, including best practices for design and engagement.

Dispelling The Myths About Open Access: Making Informed Choices About Open Access Publishing Opportunities, Susan Arnold

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

This workshop will discuss open access vs. traditional publishing venues and will include a section about predatory publishers' practices. Resources that are available to help find appropriate journals in which to publish will be demonstrated, and WVU Libraries' sources of assistance for open access publishing will be outlined.

Creating And Managing Your Online Scholarly Presence, Ian Harmon

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

During this session, you will learn how to build and manage an online scholarly identity. We will look at common platforms for creating scholarly profiles, and tools that allow you to share your research openly and track the impact of your work.

Introduction To Research Data Management, Ian Harmon

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

Research Data Management is the process of organizing, documenting, sharing, and preserving the data generated through the course of a research project. In this workshop, you will learn about best practices for managing your data efficiently, which will help to ensure that your data is well documented, reusable, organized, stored, and preserved.

Instructional And Institutional Planning Guide For Online And Blended Instruction, Stephanie L. Moore Phd

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This job aid is designed to support programs, universities, and schools in developing quality online learning and engage in online or blended program and institutional planning. Part 1 is a Planning Guide for Institution / District level planning. Part 2 is a worksheet for online and blended instructional design and planning. It includes sections on teamwork and collaboration online, interaction and engagement, materials, technology selection, assessment, and development and implementation checklists to facilitate the design and development process. Part 3 is a coordination guide to help align instructional and institutional planning. This is a companion to workshops where material is …

Research On The Influencing Factors Of Open Data Policy Implemen-Tation In China: Based On The Comprehensive Model Of Policy Implementation, Jian Tu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

Based on the review of relevant literature and the analysis of the present situation of open data policy of Chinese government.This paper introduces a comprehensive model of policy implementation to analyze the influencing factors in the implementation of open data policy of our government.From the point of view of policy implementation model，this paper explores the problems from three aspects:the treat ability of the problem，the regulatory ability of the policy itself and the problems other than the policy itself，and puts forward some corresponding suggestions.

Completing The Cycle: Creating A Data Management Services Program, Scott Bacon, Eric Resnis, Ariana Baker

Library Faculty Presentations

The implementation of Coastal Carolina University’s Data Management Services program is explored in this presentation. Our library continued to see growth in data management support requests from researchers, so we felt the need to programmatically develop data management services to serve those needs. We assembled a Data Management Services Working Group to examine what types of services were being offered at other M1 institutions. A research data management life cycle was then developed to serve as a standard framework. The services we currently offer were then integrated with those we knew our faculty wanted. We also explored services apart from …

Messy Data Secrets Revealed: How We Digitized Theses And Improved Discovery, Anne Burnett, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

The article offers information on how the digitized thesis and improved discovery. Topics include tracing its origins from accession and early digitization through to continuing consolidation and cleanup of decades' worth of data, the benefits of providing open access to the scholarship in the theses, and the inclusion in the institutional repository (IR) has been advantageous.