Research status and trends of library and information science in Taiwan, 2001-2010

[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20110622~2011062

Research status and trends of Library and Information Science in Taiwan, 2001–2010 / Wen-Yau Cathy Lin and Ka Meng Lio

The aim of this study is to determine how Library and Information Science (LIS) research in Taiwan has changed between 2001 and 2010. The major research questions are about the research status and trends of LIS in Taiwan, how Taiwanese government support to the field, and how is the collaborative authorship of journal articles in LIS in Taiwan. The bibliometrics and content analysis methods were conducted to analyze 2,458 journal articles, 983 theses, and 179 research projects between 2001 and 2010. The results show that with respect to journal articles, LIS and technology and book, documentation, and archive were the most popular topics. For thesis, the well-received topics were LIS and technology, user services, and LIS theory and foundation, which accounted for more than 65% of the graduate theses. The same is true for research projects, with the three subjects having a ratio of more than 70%. In the government-sponsored research projects, the average amount of funding obtained had no significant differences or tendencies for various subjects over the years. In the authorship of journal articles, 66.64% of the articles in key LIS scholarly journals in Taiwan between 2001 and 2010 were conducted by individual researcher

Genomic, Pathway Network, and Immunologic Features Distinguishing Squamous Carcinomas

This integrated, multiplatform PanCancer Atlas study co-mapped and identified distinguishing molecular features of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) from five sites associated with smokin

Pan-Cancer Analysis of lncRNA Regulation Supports Their Targeting of Cancer Genes in Each Tumor Context

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are commonly dys-regulated in tumors, but only a handful are known toplay pathophysiological roles in cancer. We inferredlncRNAs that dysregulate cancer pathways, onco-genes, and tumor suppressors (cancer genes) bymodeling their effects on the activity of transcriptionfactors, RNA-binding proteins, and microRNAs in5,185 TCGA tumors and 1,019 ENCODE assays.Our predictions included hundreds of candidateonco- and tumor-suppressor lncRNAs (cancerlncRNAs) whose somatic alterations account for thedysregulation of dozens of cancer genes and path-ways in each of 14 tumor contexts. To demonstrateproof of concept, we showed that perturbations tar-geting OIP5-AS1 (an inferred tumor suppressor) andTUG1 and WT1-AS (inferred onco-lncRNAs) dysre-gulated cancer genes and altered proliferation ofbreast and gynecologic cancer cells. Our analysis in-dicates that, although most lncRNAs are dysregu-lated in a tumor-specific manner, some, includingOIP5-AS1, TUG1, NEAT1, MEG3, and TSIX, synergis-tically dysregulate cancer pathways in multiple tumorcontexts

Mapping the landscape: Peer review in computing education research

Peer review is a mainstay of academic publication – indeed, it is the peer-review process that provides much of the publications’ credibility. As the number of computing education conferences and the number of submissions increase, the need for reviewers grows. This report does not attempt to set standards for reviewing; rather, as a first step toward meeting the need for well qualified reviewers, it presents an overview of the ways peer review is used in various venues, both inside computing education and, for com- parison, in closely-related areas outside our field. It considers four key components of peer review in some depth: criteria, the review process, roles and responsibilities, and ethics and etiquette. To do so, it draws on relevant literature, guidance and forms associated with peer review, interviews with journal editors and conference chairs, and a limited survey of the computing education research community. In addition to providing an overview of practice, this report identifies a number of themes running through the discourse that have relevance for decision making about how best to conduct peer review for a given venue

Journal article publication patterns and authorship of librarians in Taiwan and China: a comparative study

Practical and theoretical researches are equally important in the discipline of library and information science. For providing a better service to users, librarians need to continuously improve problem solving and decision making skills in their workplace. Significant improvement of library service could therefore be fulfilled by studies performed and published by librarians. Consequently, evaluations on research and publishing conducted by librarians could reveal how they contribute to individual career and to the whole field advancement. Contributions to the professional literature, in the perspective of publication patterns, productivity of librarian, article types, research methodologies employed, and research topics, through collaborative by Taiwan and China librarians in selected journals from 1998 to 2002 were examined in this research. Author characteristics, such as production of individual, institutional affiliation, and co-authorship were also statistical analyzed. Three major findings stand out from this study; first, percentage of Taiwan librarian author within the overall author population in selected journals was lower than that in China. Second, “Research” type of articles are surprisingly rare in China. And finally, collaborations between librarians or with other professions increased through the years but were not so popular in Taiwan until now. Based on these findings, this study suggests that librarians in Taiwan should constantly pursue working with fellow librarians or other professions, and for China, library and information education should improve training on methodology

Where does author self-citation occur? A Citation context analysis

[[abstract]]This research attempts to identify the difference in occurrence frequencies and locations between author self-citations and citing others in scientific articles. 600 sample articles from 20 key environmental engineering journals published between 1999 and 2008 were analyzed manually to identify the location of author self-citations or citing others appearing in the introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusion. The results show that self-citations are more common than citing others in the methods, results, and conclusion sections. It confirmed the persistence between original articles and references under the linkage of author self-citations. The self-citations or citing others in different locations of a journal article have varying strengths of mutual exclusion. The results suggest that for surveying the self-citing rationality, each article’s introduction section could be a priority target.[[sponsorship]]Estonia Research Council and COLLNET[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20130815~20130817[[iscallforpapers]]Y[[conferencelocation]]Tartu, Estoni

Comparative Study of Journal Impact Factor and Self-Citation Across Asian International Journals

[[abstract]]The aim of this research is to explore journal self-citation, as well as its impact on the outcomes of frequently used major citation analysis indicators. Journals published in China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, during 2010 to 2012 and indexed by JCR-SE are collected and analyzed using citation analysis and statistics methods. The results show that Japan had the highest number of journals indexed in JCR-SE, and also had highest average IF values. Six countries had average self-citation rates mostly below 23%. The self-citation rates of Japan and Singapore are relatively stable, with the lowest values and the least variations. In general, self-citations show no significant effect on corresponding IF values in all countries.[[sponsorship]]Technische Universität Ilmenau[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20140903~20140905[[booktype]]電子版[[iscallforpapers]]Y[[conferencelocation]]Ilmenau, German

Research status and characteristics of library and information science in Taiwan: A bibliometric analysis

[[abstract]]This study determines how library and information science (LIS) research in Taiwan has changed between 2001 and 2010. The major research questions address the research status of LIS in Taiwan, how the Taiwanese government supports the field, and the collaborative authorship of LIS journal articles in Taiwan. Bibliometric and content analysis methods were conducted to analyze 2,494 journal articles, 983 theses, and 191 research projects between 2001 and 2010. The results show LIS and Technology to be the most popular topics in journal articles. The most well-received thesis topics are LIS and Technology and User Services, accounting for more than 50 % of graduate theses. The same is true for research projects, with the subjects of LIS and Technology, LIS Theory and Foundation, and User Services having a ratio of more than 70 %. In government-sponsored research projects, the average amount of funding obtained had no significant differences or tendencies for various subjects over time. In authorship of journal articles, individual researchers conducted 66.11 % of articles in key LIS scholarly journals in Taiwan between 2001 and 2010.[[abstract]]本研究為探討21世紀第一個十年間臺灣圖書資訊學領域的現況與發展趨勢，遂以2001年至2010年間十一種學術期刊所出版之2,494篇期刊論文、八所圖書資訊學相關研究所生產之983部學位論文，以及191件國科會專題研究計畫為對象，從文獻數量、主題領域、作者合著情形、研究經費等角度深入探究。研究結果顯示圖書資訊學與科技在期刊論文、學位論文、研究計畫皆是最重要的主題，在學位論文方面，圖書資訊學與科技及讀者服務兩個方向的主題即佔了超過半數。在研究計畫方面，圖書資訊學與科技、圖書資訊學理論與基礎，以及讀者服務三個主題的相關研究即佔超過70%；這三個主題領域的研究計畫接受的政府補助研究經費總額也最高，但平均每件研究計畫所獲的經費多寡並無明顯的主題領域差異或時間趨勢。期刊論文作者的合著方面，雖然由單一作者完成的作品比率歷年平均為66.1%，但有逐年下降的趨勢，圖書資訊學與科技領域的合著率則高於50%。[[journaltype]]國外[[incitationindex]]SSCI[[ispeerreviewed]]Y[[booktype]]紙本[[booktype]]電子版[[countrycodes]]HU

Exploring Open Access Journal APC from a Macroscopic Perspective: International Comparison between Taiwan and Benchmark Countries

Indiana University in Bloomington補正完畢國際Bloomington, USAUS