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A principal component analysis of 39 scientific impact measures
The impact of scientific publications has traditionally been expressed in
terms of citation counts. However, scientific activity has moved online over
the past decade. To better capture scientific impact in the digital era, a
variety of new impact measures has been proposed on the basis of social network
analysis and usage log data. Here we investigate how these new measures relate
to each other, and how accurately and completely they express scientific
impact. We performed a principal component analysis of the rankings produced by
39 existing and proposed measures of scholarly impact that were calculated on
the basis of both citation and usage log data. Our results indicate that the
notion of scientific impact is a multi-dimensional construct that can not be
adequately measured by any single indicator, although some measures are more
suitable than others. The commonly used citation Impact Factor is not
positioned at the core of this construct, but at its periphery, and should thus
be used with caution
Highly parallel computation
Highly parallel computing architectures are the only means to achieve the computation rates demanded by advanced scientific problems. A decade of research has demonstrated the feasibility of such machines and current research focuses on which architectures designated as multiple instruction multiple datastream (MIMD) and single instruction multiple datastream (SIMD) have produced the best results to date; neither shows a decisive advantage for most near-homogeneous scientific problems. For scientific problems with many dissimilar parts, more speculative architectures such as neural networks or data flow may be needed
Identification and Characterisation of Technological Topics in the Field of Molecular Biology
This paper focuses on methodological approaches for characterising the
specific topics within a technological field based on scientific literature
data. We introduce a diachronic clustering analysis approach and some
bibliometric indicators. The results are visualised with the software-tool
Stanalyst [1]. We are applying our methods to the field "Molecular Biology".
This field has grown a great deal in the last decade
EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS)
In the past decade, science and technology have reached levels that permit assessments of global environmental change. Scientific success in understanding global environmental change depends on integration and management of numerous data sources. The Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) must provide for the management of data, information dissemination, and technology transfer. The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is NASA's portion of this global change information system
Virtual Reality Visualization by CAVE with VFIVE and VTK
The CAVE-type virtual reality (VR) system was introduced for scientific
visualization of large scale data in the plasma simulation community about a
decade ago. Since then, we have been developing a VR visualization software,
VFIVE, for general CAVE systems. Recently, we have integrated an open source
visualization library, the Visualization Toolkit (VTK), into VFIVE. Various
visualization methods of VTK can be incorporated and used interactively in
VFIVE.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, submitted to J. Plasma Physcs (special issue for
19th ICNSP
Replication and scientific standards in economics a decade later: the impact of JMCB project
Scientific inquiry embodies skepticism. Researchers are trained to scrutinize every result, doubting not only the truth but also the tests of every hypothesis. Research papers in professional journals typically present only summaries of results, however, providing neither the programs nor data that a reader requires fully understanding -- and questioning -- the authors' tests. The Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking project a decade ago was the first attempt by the editor of a major journal to furnish readers with the data and programs used by the journal's authors. The project revealed the futility of proposing that readers obtain data and programs directly from authors, since data often were lost during the long interval between completion of the research and appearance of the published article. The project also established that professional journals were a low cost mechanism for collecting data from authors and distributing it to readers. A decade later, although the JMCB no longer requests data from authors, 2 journals have recently begun collecting such data and distributing it via the Internet.Research
Increased demand for rapid access to UK magnetic observatory data : implications for quality control procedures
During the last decade the demand for magnetic observatory data has steadily increased both from the scientific community and in particular from commercial organisations. Not only are the quantity of data products greater now but the speed at which they are delivered is faster and the
quality of the data provided better.
The modern user requirements for timely data have prompted
the need for improved automatic procedures utilising the new
technologies available. This has to be balanced against the user requirements for accuracy, which necessitate rigorous quality control procedures. While some of these have been automated, as is shown in the flow diagram, there remains a requirement for human interpretation and action if and when the data contain errors. Software development to reduce this human intervention is on-going
Asteroid selection for mission opportunities
A study to assess the present state of knowledge of asteroids as well as the rate of change of that knowledge to better identify the mission and target priorities for advanced planning of asteroidal flights in the 1980's is presented. Topics discussed include; the present state of asteroid knowledge, the scientific goals and priorities attached to asteroid exploration, the anticipated advances in knowledge over the current decade, asteroid mission consideration, and asteroid selection. Data sheets for 118 asteroids are contained. These are asteroids for which some data is available over and above orbital parameters and magnitude
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