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

Reinventing the Social Scientist and Humanist in the Era of Big Data

This book explores the big data evolution by interrogating the notion that big data is a disruptive innovation that appears to be challenging existing epistemologies in the humanities and social sciences. Exploring various (controversial) facets of big data such as ethics, data power, and data justice, the book attempts to clarify the trajectory of the epistemology of (big) data-driven science in the humanities and social sciences

Communication Analysis through Visual Analytics: Current Practices, Challenges, and New Frontiers

The automated analysis of digital human communication data often focuses on specific aspects such as content or network structure in isolation. This can provide limited perspectives while making cross-methodological analyses, occurring in domains like investigative journalism, difficult. Communication research in psychology and the digital humanities instead stresses the importance of a holistic approach to overcome these limiting factors. In this work, we conduct an extensive survey on the properties of over forty semi-automated communication analysis systems and investigate how they cover concepts described in theoretical communication research. From these investigations, we derive a design space and contribute a conceptual framework based on communication research, technical considerations, and the surveyed approaches. The framework describes the systems' properties, capabilities, and composition through a wide range of criteria organized in the dimensions (1) Data, (2) Processing and Models, (3) Visual Interface, and (4) Knowledge Generation. These criteria enable a formalization of digital communication analysis through visual analytics, which, we argue, is uniquely suited for this task by tackling automation complexity while leveraging domain knowledge. With our framework, we identify shortcomings and research challenges, such as group communication dynamics, trust and privacy considerations, and holistic approaches. Simultaneously, our framework supports the evaluation of systems and promotes the mutual exchange between researchers through a structured common language, laying the foundations for future research on communication analysis.Comment: 11 pages, 2 tables, 1 figur

Tourism Education in the Digital Era:Navigating Innovation and Transformation

In the contemporary era, the tourism industry is undergoing a profound transformation due to the digital revolution, which requires a comprehensive study of how education responds to this transformational shift. This study uses a qualitative research approach to gain in-depth insight into how innovation and transformation occur in curriculum, teaching methods, and relations with the tourism industry. This study uncovers the complex dynamics of innovation and transformation within the tourism education framework using qualitative research methods, including in-depth interviews with lecturers, students, and tourism industry practitioners involved in the education process. Through these interviews, aim to better understand how curriculum, teaching methods, and relationships with the tourism industry are adapting to the digital age. This research also explains how tourism education can innovate and transform in the digital era, describes how challenges and solutions can be implemented in tourism education in the digital era, and describes future trends in tourism education in the digital era. The research results confirm adopting diverse pedagogical strategies such as virtual reality experiences, data-driven insights, and cross-disciplinary collaborative projects. This dynamic approach aims to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities in digital-led tourism. However, ethical considerations and challenges arising from this digital transformation, including updating the curriculum and ensuring equitable digital access continuously, are also addressed. By unravelling the linkages between technology and education in the tourism context, this research provides important insights into pedagogical strategies that successfully leverage digital innovation. These findings serve as a practical guide for educators, educational institutions, and industry stakeholders in designing tourism education programs that are flexible and relevant, empowering students to thrive in the digital dynamic era in the tourism industry. Amidst an ever-changing environment, this research has become a beacon of navigation, guiding tourism education through waves of innovation and transformation

Tourism Education in the Digital Era:Navigating Innovation and Transformation

In the contemporary era, the tourism industry is undergoing a profound transformation due to the digital revolution, which requires a comprehensive study of how education responds to this transformational shift. This study uses a qualitative research approach to gain in-depth insight into how innovation and transformation occur in curriculum, teaching methods, and relations with the tourism industry. This study uncovers the complex dynamics of innovation and transformation within the tourism education framework using qualitative research methods, including in-depth interviews with lecturers, students, and tourism industry practitioners involved in the education process. Through these interviews, aim to better understand how curriculum, teaching methods, and relationships with the tourism industry are adapting to the digital age. This research also explains how tourism education can innovate and transform in the digital era, describes how challenges and solutions can be implemented in tourism education in the digital era, and describes future trends in tourism education in the digital era. The research results confirm adopting diverse pedagogical strategies such as virtual reality experiences, data-driven insights, and cross-disciplinary collaborative projects. This dynamic approach aims to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities in digital-led tourism. However, ethical considerations and challenges arising from this digital transformation, including updating the curriculum and ensuring equitable digital access continuously, are also addressed. By unravelling the linkages between technology and education in the tourism context, this research provides important insights into pedagogical strategies that successfully leverage digital innovation. These findings serve as a practical guide for educators, educational institutions, and industry stakeholders in designing tourism education programs that are flexible and relevant, empowering students to thrive in the digital dynamic era in the tourism industry. Amidst an ever-changing environment, this research has become a beacon of navigation, guiding tourism education through waves of innovation and transformation

Mixing Methods: Practical Insights from the Humanities in the Digital Age

The digital transformation is accompanied by two simultaneous processes: digital humanities challenging the humanities, their theories, methodologies and disciplinary identities, and pushing computer science to get involved in new fields. But how can qualitative and quantitative methods be usefully combined in one research project? What are the theoretical and methodological principles across all disciplinary digital approaches? This volume focusses on driving innovation and conceptualising the humanities in the 21st century. Building on the results of 10 research projects, it serves as a useful tool for designing cutting-edge research that goes beyond conventional strategies

Computer Vision and Architectural History at Eye Level:Mixed Methods for Linking Research in the Humanities and in Information Technology

Information on the history of architecture is embedded in our daily surroundings, in vernacular and heritage buildings and in physical objects, photographs and plans. Historians study these tangible and intangible artefacts and the communities that built and used them. Thus valuableinsights are gained into the past and the present as they also provide a foundation for designing the future. Given that our understanding of the past is limited by the inadequate availability of data, the article demonstrates that advanced computer tools can help gain more and well-linked data from the past. Computer vision can make a decisive contribution to the identification of image content in historical photographs. This application is particularly interesting for architectural history, where visual sources play an essential role in understanding the built environment of the past, yet lack of reliable metadata often hinders the use of materials. The automated recognition contributes to making a variety of image sources usable forresearch.<br/