Arquitetura da informação em web site de periódico científico

Investigam-se elementos da Arquitetura da Informação à serem considerados em web site de periódico científico, descrevendo-se critérios de qualidade e variáveis que devem ser mantidos, a fim de garantir a permanência das funções memória e disseminação, inerentes ao processo de comunicação científica. Apresentam-se o 'Modelo para análise de estrutura de periódicos científicos eletrônicos' e um estudo descritivo e comparativo dos web site das revistas Ciência da Informação On-line e DataGramaZero. Resultados apontam a Arquitetura da Informação como uma área de estudos que poderá subsidiar bibliotecários, autores e leitores na identificação de periódicos de qualidade, e editores no desenvolvimento de projetos de periódicos científicos eletrônicos.Information Architecture elements were investigated for consideration in a scientific journal web site, describing the quality criteria and variables which must be maintained to ensure the permanence of archival and dissemination functions, inherent in the scientific communication process. The 'Model for analysis of the structure of electronic scientific journals' with a descriptive and comparative study of Ciência da Informação On-line and DataGramaZero web sites were presented. Results show Information Architecture as an area of study that may help librarians, authors, and readers identify quality periodicals, and editors develop scientific electronic journals

Políticas de suporte para periódicos científicos em acesso aberto no Brasil

The research aims to reflect on the context of the policies of support to the journals in open access in Brazil, with emphasis on actions taken in the country to consolidate the Open Access Movement. A qualitative methodology is used, focusing on a selective and interpretative bibliographic analysis of information sources on open access journals in Brazil. Support for journals comes from a context in which national journals have a small presence on international indexing bases, raising the interest of agencies to foster a select nucleus of publications based on quality criteria. In the 1990s, the introduction of information technology in publishing led to a quantitative and qualitative leap in publications; in addition, the decentralized structure of the Internet and its wide reach represented the possibility of greater coverage of publications, allowing more access the results of the surveys. Although the country already had a mainly open access publication system, it was launched by representatives of the scientific community interested in disseminating the principles of open access among research institutions, teaching, research support agencies and the academic community, a series of manifestos of support to the Movement, since they represented the politicization of the scientific community and the existing policies for scientific publishing towards an international movement linked to the freedom and democratization of the access to scientific information. In the Brazilian case, development agencies, in addition to supporting the development of research and the publication of their researchers in international journals, provided researchers and students access to these publications, either through the signing of titles or the maintenance of scientific publications portals. Regarding the funding of publications in open access, the line of promotion to periodicals offered by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), together with the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), is indicated. which aims to support the publication of Brazilian scientific journals of high specialization. Similarly, the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) maintains a line of assistance to publications that offers funding for journals that are indexed in meaningful databases, prioritizing titles that meet the requirements for electronic linkage within SciELO. The SciELO project is the most consolidated open access policy in the country, accompanied by the IBICT's technological diffusion initiatives, such as the Electronic Journaling System (SEER) and tools for the creation of digital repositories. These open access scientific and technological policies are relevant to Brazilian science, and the State is the main supporter of the Open Access Movement. It is concluded that open access to scientific literature is practically a Brazilian national policy, since the formal scientific communication consists mainly of free electronic journals, however, we encounter a series of challenges faced by Brazilian scientific journals that hinder their development as reduced financial resources and human resources training

Políticas de suporte para periódicos científicos em acesso aberto no Brasil

The research aims to reflect on the context of the policies of support to the journals in open access in Brazil, with emphasis on actions taken in the country to consolidate the Open Access Movement. A qualitative methodology is used, focusing on a selective and interpretative bibliographic analysis of information sources on open access journals in Brazil. Support for journals comes from a context in which national journals have a small presence on international indexing bases, raising the interest of agencies to foster a select nucleus of publications based on quality criteria. In the 1990s, the introduction of information technology in publishing led to a quantitative and qualitative leap in publications; in addition, the decentralized structure of the Internet and its wide reach represented the possibility of greater coverage of publications, allowing more access the results of the surveys. Although the country already had a mainly open access publication system, it was launched by representatives of the scientific community interested in disseminating the principles of open access among research institutions, teaching, research support agencies and the academic community, a series of manifestos of support to the Movement, since they represented the politicization of the scientific community and the existing policies for scientific publishing towards an international movement linked to the freedom and democratization of the access to scientific information. In the Brazilian case, development agencies, in addition to supporting the development of research and the publication of their researchers in international journals, provided researchers and students access to these publications, either through the signing of titles or the maintenance of scientific publications portals. Regarding the funding of publications in open access, the line of promotion to periodicals offered by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), together with the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), is indicated. which aims to support the publication of Brazilian scientific journals of high specialization. Similarly, the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) maintains a line of assistance to publications that offers funding for journals that are indexed in meaningful databases, prioritizing titles that meet the requirements for electronic linkage within SciELO. The SciELO project is the most consolidated open access policy in the country, accompanied by the IBICT's technological diffusion initiatives, such as the Electronic Journaling System (SEER) and tools for the creation of digital repositories. These open access scientific and technological policies are relevant to Brazilian science, and the State is the main supporter of the Open Access Movement. It is concluded that open access to scientific literature is practically a Brazilian national policy, since the formal scientific communication consists mainly of free electronic journals, however, we encounter a series of challenges faced by Brazilian scientific journals that hinder their development as reduced financial resources and human resources training

Large-Scale Analysis of the Accuracy of the Journal Classification Systems of Web of Science and Scopus

Journal classification systems play an important role in bibliometric analyses. The two most important bibliographic databases, Web of Science and Scopus, each provide a journal classification system. However, no study has systematically investigated the accuracy of these classification systems. To examine and compare the accuracy of journal classification systems, we define two criteria on the basis of direct citation relations between journals and categories. We use Criterion I to select journals that have weak connections with their assigned categories, and we use Criterion II to identify journals that are not assigned to categories with which they have strong connections. If a journal satisfies either of the two criteria, we conclude that its assignment to categories may be questionable. Accordingly, we identify all journals with questionable classifications in Web of Science and Scopus. Furthermore, we perform a more in-depth analysis for the field of Library and Information Science to assess whether our proposed criteria are appropriate and whether they yield meaningful results. It turns out that according to our citation-based criteria Web of Science performs significantly better than Scopus in terms of the accuracy of its journal classification system

Applied Evaluative Informetrics: Part 1

This manuscript is a preprint version of Part 1 (General Introduction and Synopsis) of the book Applied Evaluative Informetrics, to be published by Springer in the summer of 2017. This book presents an introduction to the field of applied evaluative informetrics, and is written for interested scholars and students from all domains of science and scholarship. It sketches the field's history, recent achievements, and its potential and limits. It explains the notion of multi-dimensional research performance, and discusses the pros and cons of 28 citation-, patent-, reputation- and altmetrics-based indicators. In addition, it presents quantitative research assessment as an evaluation science, and focuses on the role of extra-informetric factors in the development of indicators, and on the policy context of their application. It also discusses the way forward, both for users and for developers of informetric tools.Comment: The posted version is a preprint (author copy) of Part 1 (General Introduction and Synopsis) of a book entitled Applied Evaluative Bibliometrics, to be published by Springer in the summer of 201

Simulation in manufacturing and business: A review

Copyright @ 2009 Elsevier B.V.This paper reports the results of a review of simulation applications published within peer-reviewed literature between 1997 and 2006 to provide an up-to-date picture of the role of simulation techniques within manufacturing and business. The review is characterised by three factors: wide coverage, broad scope of the simulation techniques, and a focus on real-world applications. A structured methodology was followed to narrow down the search from around 20,000 papers to 281. Results include interesting trends and patterns. For instance, although discrete event simulation is the most popular technique, it has lower stakeholder engagement than other techniques, such as system dynamics or gaming. This is highly correlated with modelling lead time and purpose. Considering application areas, modelling is mostly used in scheduling. Finally, this review shows an increasing interest in hybrid modelling as an approach to cope with complex enterprise-wide systems

Citation and peer review of data: moving towards formal data publication

This paper discusses many of the issues associated with formally publishing data in academia, focusing primarily on the structures that need to be put in place for peer review and formal citation of datasets. Data publication is becoming increasingly important to the scientific community, as it will provide a mechanism for those who create data to receive academic credit for their work and will allow the conclusions arising from an analysis to be more readily verifiable, thus promoting transparency in the scientific process. Peer review of data will also provide a mechanism for ensuring the quality of datasets, and we provide suggestions on the types of activities one expects to see in the peer review of data. A simple taxonomy of data publication methodologies is presented and evaluated, and the paper concludes with a discussion of dataset granularity, transience and semantics, along with a recommended human-readable citation syntax

Ensuring the reliability and performance criterias of crankshafts

The issues of efficiency improvement of manufacturing crankshafts in order to ensure their reliability and performance criteria are the priorities in modern production of internal combustion engines. Using the capabilities of modern special grinding machines can improve the quality of machining and obtain the necessary running characteristics of crankshafts. In work the questions connected with development of a method of calculation of rigidity of crankshafts for increase of accuracy of their machining, reliability and performance criteria’s are considered. Based on the proposed methodology, numerical calculations have performed and the possibility of determining the deflections and crankshafts rigidity in any section have been justified. The original construction of the following grinding steady rest for CNC grinding machines specified for machining the crankshaft main bearing journal and connecting rod journal is proposed. The construction design of the device allows for compensating the influence of the cutting force on the elastic strain of the part, depending on the change in its rigidity. The practical value of the research includes in develop recommendations for determining the optimal parameters for the round infeed grinding cycle of the crank pins from the point of view of productivity and accuracy