15 research outputs found
Worldwide Use and Impact of the NASA Astrophysics Data System Digital Library
By combining data from the text, citation, and reference databases with data
from the ADS readership logs we have been able to create Second Order
Bibliometric Operators, a customizable class of collaborative filters which
permits substantially improved accuracy in literature queries.
Using the ADS usage logs along with membership statistics from the
International Astronomical Union and data on the population and gross domestic
product (GDP) we develop an accurate model for world-wide basic research where
the number of scientists in a country is proportional to the GDP of that
country, and the amount of basic research done by a country is proportional to
the number of scientists in that country times that country's per capita GDP.
We introduce the concept of utility time to measure the impact of the
ADS/URANIA and the electronic astronomical library on astronomical research. We
find that in 2002 it amounted to the equivalent of 736 FTE researchers, or $250
Million, or the astronomical research done in France.
Subject headings: digital libraries; bibliometrics; sociology of science;
information retrievalComment: ADS bibcode: 2005JASIS..56...36K This is a portion (The bibliometric
properties of article readership information is the other part) of the
article: The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Sociology, bibliometrics and
impact, which went on-line in the summer of 200
Empathy in the field: Towards a taxonomy of empathic communication in information gathering interviews with suspected sex offenders
Research suggests that those suspected of sexual offending might be more willing to reveal informa- tion about their crimes if interviewers display empathic behaviour. However, the literature concerning investigative empathy is in its infancy, and so as yet is not well understood. This study explores empathy in a sample of real-life interviews conducted by police officers in England with suspected sex offen- ders. Using qualitative methodology, the presence and type of empathic verbal behaviours displayed was examined. Resulting categories were quantitatively analysed to investigate their occurrence overall, and across interviewer gender. We identified four distinct types of empathy, some of which were used sig- nificantly more often than others. Female interviewers displayed more empathic behaviour per se by a considerable margin