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Scraping Google Scholar to Write your PhD Literature Chapter

Scraping Google Scholar to Write your PhD Literature Chapter

This post is about a prototype ‘network’ approach to finding papers using data from Google Scholar.

The Catalogue That Made Metrics, and Changed Science

The Catalogue That Made Metrics, and Changed Science

As new ways emerge to assess research, Alex Csiszar recalls how the first one transformed the practice and place of science in society.

Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations

Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations

Controversial policy means mainstream media are starting to rival rigorous academic publications in some universities in China.

Who's the Most Influential Biomedical Scientist? Computer Program Guided by Artificial Intelligence Says It Knows

Who's the Most Influential Biomedical Scientist? Computer Program Guided by Artificial Intelligence Says It Knows

Semantic Scholar search tool expands to include biomedical science literature.

The Emergence of a Field: A Network Analysis of Research on Peer Review

The Emergence of a Field: A Network Analysis of Research on Peer Review

This article provides a quantitative analysis of peer review as an emerging field of research by revealing patterns and connections between authors, fields and journals from 1950 to 2016.

Do ResearchGate Scores Create Ghost Academic Reputations?

Do ResearchGate Scores Create Ghost Academic Reputations?

The academic social network site ResearchGate (RG) has its own indicator, RG Score, for its members. The high profile nature of the site means that the RG Score may be used for recruitment, promotion

Are Predatory Journals Undermining the Credibility of Science? A Bibliometric Analysis of Citers

Are Predatory Journals Undermining the Credibility of Science? A Bibliometric Analysis of Citers

An analysis of potential predatory journals as well as potential poor scientific standards journals.

Putting Data Before the Carrot

Putting Data Before the Carrot

Self-citations and academic assessments: Including the s-index as an additional metric thus provides important context to guide decisions based on academic value.

The Case for Tracking Self-Citations

The Case for Tracking Self-Citations

As the h-index becomes the standard for measuring researcher impact, the risk for gaming the system grows.

Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database

Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database

No generalizable gold OA citation advantage at journal level.

Exploring Characteristics of Highly Cited Authors According to Citation Location and Content

Exploring Characteristics of Highly Cited Authors According to Citation Location and Content

Big Science and cross‐disciplinary collaborations have reshaped the intellectual structure of research areas. A number of works have tried to uncover this hidden intellectual structure.

Scientific Journals: Rename the Impact Factor

Scientific Journals: Rename the Impact Factor

Rather than repealing or replacing the impact factor, its producers should rename it to reflect its intended function more accurately.