Citation advantage of COVID-19 related publications

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists from various disciplines responded quickly to this historical public health emergency. The sudden boom of COVID-19 related papers in a short period of time may bring unexpected influence to some commonly used bibliometric indicators. By a large-scale investigation using Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, this brief communication confirms the citation advantage of COVID-19 related papers empirically through the lens of Essential Science Indicators' highly cited paper. More than 8% of COVID-19 related papers published during 2020 and 2021 were selected as Essential Science Indicators highly cited papers, which was much higher than the set global benchmark value of 1%. The citation advantage of COVID-19 related papers for different Web of Science categories/countries/journal impact factor quartiles were also demonstrated. The distortions of COVID-19 related papers' citation advantage to some bibliometric indicators such as journal impact factor were discussed at the end of this brief communication.Comment: Journal of Information Science (2023

Le français, langue seconde? : de l’évolution des lieux et langues de publication des chercheurs québécois, français, et allemands

Depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, la diffusion des connaissances dans les disciplines des sciences naturelles et médicales est dominée par l’anglais. Toutefois, dans les sciences sociales et humaines, on considère généralement les langues nationales comme étant beaucoup plus importantes, compte tenu de l’aspect plus localisé de leurs objets. Afin de mieux comprendre l’évolution de la place de l’anglais dans ces disciplines, cet article analyse, pour les chercheurs québécois, français et allemands, la langue de diffusion des revues et articles, l’effet de la langue sur la réception des travaux et, enfin, la relation entre le pays d’origine de la revue et l’aspect national des objets d’étude. Nos résultats montrent la montée de l’anglais pour chacun des trois pays et dans tous les domaines et même dans les revues nationales, la plus grande visibilité des travaux en anglais, et la forte relation entre les revues nationales et les objets nationaux, particulièrement au Québec. L’article conclut avec une discussion des causes et conséquences du phénomène.Since the end of the Second World War, the spread of knowledge in the disciplines of the natural and medical sciences has been dominated by English. However, in the social sciences and humanities, national languages are generally considered to be much more determining, given the more localized focus of the subjects of these disciplines. To better understand the evolution of the place of English in these disciplines, this article analyzes, for Quebec, French and German researchers, the language in which the journals and articles of these disciplines are disseminated, the effect of the language on the reception of works and, finally, the relationship between the journal’s country of origin and the national aspect of the objects of study. Our results show the rise of English for each of the three countries, in all domains and even in national journals, greatest visibility for works published in English, and a strong relationship between national journals and national subjects, particularly in Quebec. The article concludes with a discussion of the causes and consequences of the phenomenon

Double-edged sword of interdisciplinary knowledge flow from hard sciences to humanities and social sciences: Evidence from China

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Interdisciplinarity and Impact: Distinct Effects of Variety, Balance, and Disparity

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How 'inter-national' is international research collaboration?

In the context of the increasing global connectivity in science, this paper investigates the internal heterogeneity of international research collaborations (IRCs). We focus on the prevalence of shared heritage collaborations and the rise of multiple institutional affiliations as a collaboration mechanism. An analytical typology of IRCs based on the characteristics of collaborating researchers' location and heritage is developed and empirically tested on the dataset of Russia's publications in 2015. We found that shared heritage IRC and IRC via multiple affiliations are the cornerstones of internationalisation. Significant structural differences are revealed between conventional IRC and these non-conventional IRCs across fields of science, locations, visibility of international partners, and the sources of funding. These results contribute towards a better understanding of IRC as a complex, heterogeneous phenomenon, which encompasses a variety of arrangements for knowledge creation across borders. A more nuanced understanding of IRC is needed for smarter university strategy, metric development, and policymaking