From loet at leydesdorff.net Sun Oct 1 05:02:56 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 09:02:56 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] software reorganized at http://www.leydesdorff.net/software Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I began with a categorization of the software on my website. This software was generated during the last 30 years in the context of numerous research projects in quantitative science and technology studies. One can freely use it; http://www.leydesdorff.net/software/index.html . Specialized lists for WoS , Scopus + GS + MedLine , Texts , Patents , Utilities (TH) , Alphabetic Alternatively, use the Google search of this website. In some cases, the software may give an error message under current versions of Windows because it was compiled under Windows XP (or DOS) at the time. In that case, it is not much work for me to update. I intend to improve the categorization in the near future. Best, Loet ** apologies for cross-postings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loet Leydesdorff Professor, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ Associate Faculty, SPRU, University of Sussex; Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ. , Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC, Beijing; Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck , University of London; http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gohar.feroz at gmail.com Sun Oct 1 17:08:15 2017 From: gohar.feroz at gmail.com (Gohar F. Khan) Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:08:15 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] software reorganized at http://www.leydesdorff.net/software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Loet, A big thank you for creating these softwares. I (and I'm sure countless other researchers) have greatly benefited from your softwares. Regards, Khan On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 at 10:04 PM Loet Leydesdorff wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > I began with a categorization of the software on my website. This software > was generated during the last 30 years in the context of numerous research > projects in quantitative science and technology studies. One can freely use > it; http://www.leydesdorff.net/software/index.html . > > > > > > *Specialized lists for WoS > ,Scopus + GS + MedLine > , Texts > , Patents > , Utilities (TH) > , Alphabetic > * > > > > > Alternatively, use the Google search of this > > website. > > > > > In some cases, the software may give an error message under current > versions of Windows because it was compiled under Windows XP (or DOS) at > the time. In that case, it is not much work for me to update. > > I intend to improve the categorization in the near future. > > Best, > Loet > > ** apologies for cross-postings > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > Loet > > Leydesdorff > > > > > Professor, > > University of Amsterdam > > > Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) > > > > > loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ > > > Associate Faculty, SPRU, University of > Sussex; > > > > > Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ. , > Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC, > Beijing; > > > > > Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck , > > University of London; > > > > > http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SIGMETRICS mailing list > > SIGMETRICS at mail.asis.org > > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmetrics > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Oxford Dictionary?s selection of the term ?Post-truth? as the word of the year in 2016 puts forward the need of questioning the accuracy of the information. Post-truth is defined as ?relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief? and can be effective in information dissemination processes, information seeking behaviors of individuals, production and use of information. Information management discipline has a very important function in terms of raising awareness of individuals for distinguishing the fake information and facts. For this reason, it is extremely important that the concept of ?Post-truth? and its influences be discussed within the framework of the Information Management discipline and by its professionals. CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions can be theoretical as well as technical and practical. Informative case studies are also welcome. Contributions are not limited with the main theme: all types of papers, posters and presentations on information management in general are also welcome. The audience will be information professionals, data librarians, data curators, data managers, knowledge managers, researchers, information scientists, data scientists and computer engineers, among others. We accept extended abstracts (no less than 750 words) for full papers; short communications, Research in Progress reports, and posters on all aspects of Post-truth and also information management. Extended abstracts for student papers and posters are also welcome. Extended abstracts of PhD students to present the interim findings of their ongoing research will also be considered. Please use the template available on the Symposium web site soon to prepare your contributions and send them to us using the Conference Management Software (openconf) by 15 December, 2017. We also encourage session proposals. The coordinator of a special session will be responsible for the selection of papers (4-6 papers) and will chair the session. For session coordinators, registration fee will be waived. Accepted extended abstracts and proposals will appear in the ?Book of Abstracts? to be published prior to the Symposium. Accepted extended abstracts may be developed as full papers. A short list of papers will be selected so that the revised and extended versions of these papers and posters will appear in the proceedings book. MAIN TOPICS Main topics of the Symposium are as follows but all types of papers, posters and presentations on information management in general are also welcome: - Post-truth and Information Management - Recent Developments in Information Management and Innovative Services - Records and Archive Management - Organization of Information and Description of Sources - Information Management Training - User Studies - Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Digitization - Enterprise Content Management - Management of Information Centers - Information Management in Museums - Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy and other Literacies - Data Management - Open Data, Open Science - Open Access and Institutional Repositories - Theoritical Perspectives in Information Management - Professional Ethics - Information Law - Information Privacy - Information Policy - Information Economy - Information Society - Consortiums in Information Management - New Technologies in Information Management - E-government Applications - Digital Divide - Green Libraries and Sustainability - Scholarly Communication - Bibliometrics - Data Mining - Data Visualization - Information Systems - Databases - Electronic Records Management Practices/Applications - Information Retrieval - Information Architecture - Human-computer Interaction and Usability - User Experience - Geographical Information Systems - Interoperability - Interdisciplinary Studies IMPORTANT DATES - First Call: July 2017 - Second Call: September 2017 - Third Call: October 2017 - Last date to send all types of extended abstracts and proposals: December 2017 - Authors notification: March, 2018 - Submission of extended abstracts in final form: April 2018 - Registration starts: April 2018 - Submission of full papers (if desired): July 2018 - Notification of acceptance of full papers: November 2018 - Submission of full papers in final form: December 2018 - Symposium: November 1-3, 2018 All suggestions and comments are welcome. Please send us your ideas about possible invited speakers at imcwconf at gmail.com. B?lent Y?lmaz and ?zg?r K?lc?, General Co-chairs Hacettepe University Department of Information Management 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 297 82 00 <(0312)%20297%2082%2000> Fax: +90 312 299 20 14 <(0312)%20299%2020%2014> E-mail: byilmaz at hacettepe.edu.tr, kulcu at hacettepe.edu.tr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From loet at leydesdorff.net Sat Oct 14 13:53:19 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:53:19 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Algorithmic retrieval of landmark patents; prprint version Message-ID: Patent Citation Spectroscopy (PCS): Algorithmic retrieval of landmark patents Jordan A. Comins[1] <#_ftn1>,*,?, Stephanie A. Carmack[2] <#_ftn2>, and Loet Leydesdorff[3] <#_ftn3> htttp://www.leydesdorff.net/comins/pcs https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03349 Abstract One essential component in the construction of patent landscapes in biomedical research and development (R&D) is identifying the most seminal patents. Hitherto, the identification of seminal patents required subject matter experts within biomedical areas. In this brief communication, we report an analytical method and tool, Patent Citation Spectroscopy (PCS), for rapidly identifying landmark patents in user-specified areas of biomedical innovation. PCS mines the cited references within large sets of patents and provides an estimate of the most historically impactful prior work. The efficacy of PCS is shown in two case studies of biomedical innovation with clinical relevance: (1) RNA interference and (2) cholesterol. PCS mined and analyzed 4,065 cited references related to patents on RNA interference and correctly identified the foundational patent of this technology, as independently reported by subject matter experts on RNAi intellectual property. Secondly, PCS was applied to a broad set of patents dealing with cholesterol ? a case study chosen to reflect a more general, as opposed to expert, patent search query. PCS mined through 11,326 cited references and identified the seminal patent as that for Lipitor, the groundbreaking medication for treating high cholesterol as well as the pair of patents underlying Repatha. These cases suggest that PCS provides a useful method for identifying seminal patents in areas of biomedical innovation and therapeutics. The interactive tool is free-to-use at: www.leydesdorff.net/comins/pcs/ . 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URL: From loet at leydesdorff.net Sun Oct 15 04:22:39 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 08:22:39 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] The continuation of "the decline of UK science" Message-ID: In his comments on the debate between Butler (2003) and van den Besselaar, Heyman, & Sandstr?m (2017), Martin (2017, at p. 937) describes an earlier debate between his group and me in the 1980s about ?the decline of British science? as an example of disagreement which, in his opinion, is inherent to the social sciences. A working party is said to have concluded ?that Leydesdorff?s use of ?whole counting? failed to take account of the fact that, with this particular indicator, virtually all countries? shares were increasing (because of the growing international collaboration) [?].? At the time, I was not informed about this party or its report. However, my argument was that using fractional counting, ?a simple increase in international co-authorships could ceteris paribus cause a decline in national performance? (Leydesdorff, 1988, pp. 150f.). Internationalization had thus led to what appeared to be a decline of British science. This effect was, moreover, reinforced by the use of a fixed (1973) journal set by my opponents (Narin, 1976). The innovativeness of British science?in terms of both internationalization and the exploration of new developments?was not sufficiently appreciated using these methods. I advocated the use of the online Science Citation Index, which includes new journals, albeit with a delay. In this dynamic dataset, the UK was not losing ground during the period under discussion (Braun, Gl?nzel, & Schubert, 1991; Kealey, 1991; Leydesdorff, 1991, p. 365; cf. Martin, 1991). In my opinion, ?the decline of British science? was a scientometric artifact based on these two erroneous assumptions: (i) using fractional counting, internationalization was counted negatively and (ii) using a fixed journal set, new developments were not sufficiently appreciated. At that time, however, the decline-argument could be used in a science-policy context (e.g., Irvine & Martin, 1986). Leydesdorff, L. (2017). The positive side of discursive disagreements in the social sciences. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 1043. See also: Martin, B. R. (2017). When Social Scientists Disagree: Comments on the Butler-van den Besselaar Debate. Journal of Informetrics 11(3), 937-940. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loet Leydesdorff Professor, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ Associate Faculty, SPRU, University of Sussex; Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ. , Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC, Beijing; Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck , University of London; http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isidro.aguillo at cchs.csic.es Mon Oct 23 04:53:20 2017 From: isidro.aguillo at cchs.csic.es (Isidro F. Aguillo) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:53:20 +0200 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> Dear all, In spite of the large number of papers (and declarations) against the misuse and abuse of the IF, this indicator still appears frequently in the "bibliometric" sections of the reports of many academic and research institutions. But to my surprise I just discovered that most of Spanish health-related institutions, including several of the most prestigious ones, are using derived indicators like Impact Factor Global (adding all the IF values of the papers) or Average Impact Factor (usually per paper, but also per author) that are gross mathematical aberrations. The reason for making public these "indicators" is because the funding agencies are asking for them, including local and national govts, private foundations and ... EC (!!??). I do not know if it is possible some action of ISSI or even from Clarivate to stop the use of these pseudo-indicators. Thanks in advance, -- ************************************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo Dr. Honoris Causa Universitas Indonesia Dr. Honoris Causa National Research Nuclear University Moscow Editor Rankings Web Cybermetrics Lab - Scimago Group, IPP-CSIC Madrid. SPAIN isidro.aguillo at csic.es ORCID 0000-0001-8927-4873 ResearcherID: A-7280-2008 Scholar Citations SaCSbeoAAAAJ Twitter @isidroaguillo Rankings webometrics.info *************************************************************** From notsjb at lsu.edu Mon Oct 23 15:52:42 2017 From: notsjb at lsu.edu (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:52:42 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors In-Reply-To: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> References: , <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> Message-ID: Isidro, As usual you have put your figure on key problem This is being done as I figured it would be done, and it betrays a complete theoretical misunderstanding of the impact factor as developed by Garfield. Between this and Elsevier's Scopus assault, makes the impact factor an arbitrary mathematical number without any meaning. Stephen J. Bensman ________________________________ From: SIGMETRICS on behalf of Isidro F. Aguillo Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 3:53 AM To: sigmetrics at mail.asis.org; Scientometrics, Informetrics and Cybermetrics Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors Dear all, In spite of the large number of papers (and declarations) against the misuse and abuse of the IF, this indicator still appears frequently in the "bibliometric" sections of the reports of many academic and research institutions. But to my surprise I just discovered that most of Spanish health-related institutions, including several of the most prestigious ones, are using derived indicators like Impact Factor Global (adding all the IF values of the papers) or Average Impact Factor (usually per paper, but also per author) that are gross mathematical aberrations. The reason for making public these "indicators" is because the funding agencies are asking for them, including local and national govts, private foundations and ... EC (!!??). I do not know if it is possible some action of ISSI or even from Clarivate to stop the use of these pseudo-indicators. Thanks in advance, -- ************************************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo Dr. Honoris Causa Universitas Indonesia Dr. Honoris Causa National Research Nuclear University Moscow Editor Rankings Web Cybermetrics Lab - Scimago Group, IPP-CSIC Madrid. SPAIN isidro.aguillo at csic.es ORCID 0000-0001-8927-4873 ResearcherID: A-7280-2008 Scholar Citations SaCSbeoAAAAJ Twitter @isidroaguillo Rankings webometrics.info *************************************************************** _______________________________________________ SIGMETRICS mailing list SIGMETRICS at mail.asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmetrics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Aguillo) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:33:52 +0200 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors In-Reply-To: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> References: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> Message-ID: Dear all, After sending this message I received private emails focusing on the IF related problems. But I think there is a misunderstanding. I am not criticizing the use of IF, although I am of course against its uniformed use and abuse and I know their limitations. In fact my comment is even unrelated with Clarivate (WoS/JCR). The point is that in Spain "somebody" in one or several funding agencies thinks that it is correct to sum averages or calculate average of averages. Almost all the Annual Reports of the most important and prestigious Spanish biomedical research centers are publishing these two indicators in headlines (because is requested by the agencies): - "Global Impact Factor"= the sum of all the IF of the papers they produced (without any normalization) - "Average Impact Factor" = the average of IF per paper (or per author) This is not a part of debate about the IF, this is an horrendous mathematical error (I learned this is an error in primary school!).? And we need a strong answer from ISSI and bibliometrics community. Best, El 23/10/2017 a las 10:53, Isidro F. Aguillo escribi?: > Dear all, > > In spite of the large number of papers (and declarations) against the > misuse and abuse of the IF, this indicator still appears frequently in > the "bibliometric" sections of the reports of many academic and > research institutions. But to my surprise I just discovered that most > of Spanish health-related institutions, including several of the most > prestigious ones, are using derived indicators like Impact Factor > Global (adding all the IF values of the papers) or Average Impact > Factor (usually per paper, but also per author) that are gross > mathematical aberrations. The reason for making public these > "indicators" is because the funding agencies are asking for them, > including local and national govts, private foundations and ... EC > (!!??). > > I do not know if it is possible some action of ISSI or even from > Clarivate to stop the use of these pseudo-indicators. > > Thanks in advance, > -- ************************************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo Dr. Honoris Causa Universitas Indonesia Dr. Honoris Causa National Research Nuclear University Moscow Editor Rankings Web Cybermetrics Lab - Scimago Group, IPP-CSIC Madrid. SPAIN isidro.aguillo at csic.es ORCID 0000-0001-8927-4873 ResearcherID: A-7280-2008 Scholar Citations SaCSbeoAAAAJ Twitter @isidroaguillo Rankings webometrics.info *************************************************************** From loet at leydesdorff.net Tue Oct 24 04:00:53 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:00:53 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors In-Reply-To: References: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> Message-ID: Dear Isidro: >- "Global Impact Factor"= the sum of all the IF of the papers they >produced (without any normalization) >- "Average Impact Factor" = the average of IF per paper (or per author) > 1. I assume that you meant with "IF of the papers" the IFs of the journals in which the papers were published. This is a first source of error. The lack of normalization a second. 2. Please, explain why averaging these numbers would be "an horrendous mathematical error". Perhaps, in terms of formulas? I can see that it is not a very smart indicator. :-) Best, Loet > >This is not a part of debate about the IF, this is an horrendous >mathematical error (I learned this is an error in primary school!). >And we need a strong answer from ISSI and bibliometrics community. > >Best, > >El 23/10/2017 a las 10:53, Isidro F. Aguillo escribi?: >>Dear all, >> >>In spite of the large number of papers (and declarations) against the >>misuse and abuse of the IF, this indicator still appears frequently in >>the "bibliometric" sections of the reports of many academic and >>research institutions. But to my surprise I just discovered that most >>of Spanish health-related institutions, including several of the most >>prestigious ones, are using derived indicators like Impact Factor >>Global (adding all the IF values of the papers) or Average Impact >>Factor (usually per paper, but also per author) that are gross >>mathematical aberrations. The reason for making public these >>"indicators" is because the funding agencies are asking for them, >>including local and national govts, private foundations and ... EC >>(!!??). >> >>I do not know if it is possible some action of ISSI or even from >>Clarivate to stop the use of these pseudo-indicators. >> >>Thanks in advance, >> > >-- >************************************************************** >Isidro F. Aguillo >Dr. Honoris Causa Universitas Indonesia >Dr. Honoris Causa National Research Nuclear University Moscow >Editor Rankings Web >Cybermetrics Lab - Scimago Group, IPP-CSIC >Madrid. SPAIN > >isidro.aguillo at csic.es >ORCID 0000-0001-8927-4873 >ResearcherID: A-7280-2008 >Scholar Citations SaCSbeoAAAAJ >Twitter @isidroaguillo >Rankings webometrics.info >*************************************************************** > >_______________________________________________ >SIGMETRICS mailing list >SIGMETRICS at mail.asis.org >http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmetrics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From notsjb at lsu.edu Tue Oct 24 12:21:21 2017 From: notsjb at lsu.edu (Stephen J Bensman) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:21:21 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors In-Reply-To: References: <85643f7b-4261-d743-ccfd-5de5a7982bfe@cchs.csic.es> , Message-ID: What Isidro has revealed here is that the impact factor as theoretically developed by Garfield has become fundamentally misunderstood. Garfield's impact factor was based on the theory that structure of science was based on the important role played by the review article and journal. What Isidro has shown here is that impact factor is now just mathematical games based on the mean and not the skew. In other words Garfield is now theoretically dead, having lived too long. He is not incorporated but dead in all senses of the word. This probably won't go through because this listserv distrusts me for some reason. Stephen J. Bensman Louisiana State University. ________________________________ From: SIGMETRICS on behalf of Loet Leydesdorff Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 3:00 AM To: Isidro F. Aguillo; SIGMetrics Subject: Re: [Sigmetrics] Global and average Impact Factors Dear Isidro: - "Global Impact Factor"= the sum of all the IF of the papers they produced (without any normalization) - "Average Impact Factor" = the average of IF per paper (or per author) 1. I assume that you meant with "IF of the papers" the IFs of the journals in which the papers were published. This is a first source of error. The lack of normalization a second. 2. Please, explain why averaging these numbers would be "an horrendous mathematical error". Perhaps, in terms of formulas? I can see that it is not a very smart indicator. :-) Best, Loet This is not a part of debate about the IF, this is an horrendous mathematical error (I learned this is an error in primary school!). And we need a strong answer from ISSI and bibliometrics community. Best, El 23/10/2017 a las 10:53, Isidro F. Aguillo escribi?: Dear all, In spite of the large number of papers (and declarations) against the misuse and abuse of the IF, this indicator still appears frequently in the "bibliometric" sections of the reports of many academic and research institutions. But to my surprise I just discovered that most of Spanish health-related institutions, including several of the most prestigious ones, are using derived indicators like Impact Factor Global (adding all the IF values of the papers) or Average Impact Factor (usually per paper, but also per author) that are gross mathematical aberrations. The reason for making public these "indicators" is because the funding agencies are asking for them, including local and national govts, private foundations and ... EC (!!??). I do not know if it is possible some action of ISSI or even from Clarivate to stop the use of these pseudo-indicators. Thanks in advance, -- ************************************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo Dr. Honoris Causa Universitas Indonesia Dr. Honoris Causa National Research Nuclear University Moscow Editor Rankings Web Cybermetrics Lab - Scimago Group, IPP-CSIC Madrid. SPAIN isidro.aguillo at csic.es ORCID 0000-0001-8927-4873 ResearcherID: A-7280-2008 Scholar Citations SaCSbeoAAAAJ Twitter @isidroaguillo Rankings webometrics.info *************************************************************** _______________________________________________ SIGMETRICS mailing list SIGMETRICS at mail.asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmetrics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katy at indiana.edu Wed Oct 25 06:08:58 2017 From: katy at indiana.edu (Borner, Katy) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:08:58 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] NSF-NRT PhD Fellowships in Complex Networks and Systems at Indiana University Message-ID: <4d7e2a1b696547c4a11ead0e86d63378@IN-CCI-EX03.ads.iu.edu> Dear all, Please encourage your best students to apply for this prestigious PhD Fellowship Opportunity. See research areas and program benefits below. 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Tara Holbrook, Project Coordinator Research Themes Complex networks and systems Network neuroscience Social network science Health & health care Science of science Finance and economy networks Biological and chemical networks Many others Program Benefits $34,000 stipend on prestigious NSF Fellowship Tuition and health insurance Develop dual proficiency Interdisciplinary training Early integration in research via Indiana University Network Science Institute (IUNI) National and international internships Academic and industrial professional development including travel support Diverse, collaborative cohorts Interaction with world-renowned external board members and speakers NSF fellow must be US citizens residents. IU fellowships and NRT affiliates available for international students. Academics Dual PhD program in CNS and another domain such as Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Economics, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Physics, etc. Hands-on training in general-purpose methodologies of CNS, computational and data science, as well domain-specific methodologies of a chosen natural, behavioral, or social science. -- Katy Borner Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science Director, CI for Network Science Center, http://cns.iu.edu Curator, Mapping Science exhibit, http://scimaps.org ISE and ILS, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Wells Library 021, 1320 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Phone: (812) 855-3256 Fax: -6166 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sathomp3 at Central.UH.EDU Tue Oct 3 17:29:13 2017 From: sathomp3 at Central.UH.EDU (Thompson, Santi A) Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:29:13 -0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Reminder: Participate in IMLS Funded Survey on Digital Library Content Reuse Message-ID: Greetings: You are being invited to participate in a research study conducted by members of a sub-working group of the DLF Assessment Interest Group[1]: Santi Thompson from the University of Houston Libraries, Elizabeth Kelly from Loyola University New Orleans, Genya O'Gara from the Virtual Library of Virginia, Caroline Muglia from the University of Southern California, Ayla Stein from the University of Illinois University Library, and Liz Woolcott from Utah State University. This project is funded by a grant (LG-73-17-0002-17) from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The project team is conducting a community needs assessment, focused on developing the use cases and functional requirements for a freely available, collaboratively-developed digital library assessment toolkit, D-CRAFT. We are administering a survey that will ask respondents to identify how cultural heritage organizations currently assess digital library reuse. The survey will consist of several questions asking participants to identify barriers for reuse and to prioritize potential solutions and next steps. The results of this study may be published in professional journals. They may also be used for educational purposes or for professional presentations. However, no individual subject or identifying information will be shared. Those who meet any of the following criteria are eligible for participation in this survey: * those with demonstrated experience, such as direct work experience, and/or research that involves building, preserving, and/or assessing digital library collections; * self-identified individuals from underrepresented groups based on factors including but not limited to race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender identity, sexual orientation, ableness, veteran's status, and/or socio-economic status; * representatives from organizations with diverse and inclusive collections; * self-identified representatives from cultural heritage organization types that might not be represented in the research team membership. If you meet the inclusion criteria, we would appreciate your participation in this survey. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Respondents will only take this survey once. The first 50 participants will be eligible to receive a $25 Amazon gift card for completing the survey. You can access the survey here: http://uhlibrary.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bKNLEtMwORvQmJD This survey closes in one week (5:00 p.m. EDT on October 11, 2017) If you have any questions, you may contact any member of the project team: * Santi Thompson at 713-743-9685 or sathompson3 at uh.edu * Ayla Stein at 217-300-2598 or astein at illinois.edu * Elizabeth Kelly at 504-864-7047 or ejkelly at loyno.edu * Genya O'Gara at 703-993-4654 or gogara at gmu.edu * Caroline Muglia at 213-821-0756 or muglia at usc.edu * Liz Woolcott at 435-797-9458 or liz.woolcott at usu.edu We look forward to seeing your responses and sharing the results of our research. ________________________________ [1] https://wiki.diglib.org/Assessment:User/Reuse Santi Thompson, Head of Digital Research Services University Libraries University of Houston A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university 713-743-9685 sathompson3 at uh.edu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-6439 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sti2018 at CWTS.leidenuniv.nl Wed Oct 25 08:44:10 2017 From: sti2018 at CWTS.leidenuniv.nl (CWTS - Sti2018) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:44:10 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Science and Technology Indicators conference. Leiden, 12-14 September 2018 Message-ID: <60BAC10D57B68146B4AE7D5CB5BA03F81BD87A93@SPMXM07.VUW.leidenuniv.nl> The 2018 Science and Technology Indicators conference will be held 12-14 September 2018 in Leiden (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the European Network of Indicator Developers (ENID), and will be hosted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. This edition will have a special focus on the discussion of "indicators in transition" as a driving force for more comprehensive, broader and socially oriented forms of Science, Technology and Innovation indicators and evaluations. The website of the conference is already available (http://sti2018.cwts.nl) and it will be regularly updated with new information about the conference. We invite you to submit proposals for thematic tracks (abstracts of 250 words) before January 15th 2018. We welcome proposals for tracks dedicated to established or emerging topics, such as bibliometrics and/in social sciences and humanities, open science, responsible metrics, altmetrics and social media studies. We especially welcome transdisciplinary streams and international collaborations. Selected tracks will be included in the call for papers and track organizers are asked to take place in the scientific committee of STI 2018 and assist in the peer review process of contributions submitted to their track. Thematic tracks might take a multitude of forms. Ranging from (one or more) paper sessions, roundtables, short provocations or other means of engagement. Thematic tracks will typically try to achieve more coherence throughout the track than the average paper session can provide. For questions about possible thematic tracks and submissions of special tracks email us at sti2018 at cwts.leidenuniv.nl. Do you want to receive updates in your e-mail regarding the next STI2018? (e.g. call for papers, etc.), then send us an e-mail to sti2018 at cwts.leidenuniv.nl with the subject 'Updates STI2018'. Rodrigo Costas, Thomas Franssen and Alfredo Yegros. STI2018 organising committee Centre for Science & Technology Studies (CWTS) University Leiden PO Box 905 2300 AX LEIDEN Visiting Address Willem Einthoven Building Kolffpad 1 2333 BN Leiden The Netherlands e. STI2018 at cwts.leidenuniv.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.yegros at cwts.leidenuniv.nl Wed Oct 25 17:14:27 2017 From: a.yegros at cwts.leidenuniv.nl (Yegros, A.) 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URL: From ehenneken at cfa.harvard.edu Sat Oct 28 11:42:42 2017 From: ehenneken at cfa.harvard.edu (Henneken, Edwin) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:42:42 -0400 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Metrics 2017 workshop - presentation - figshare Message-ID: Hi Tim Please find attached the PDF file with my presentation to put in Figshare Best wishes --Edwin -- ============================================================= Edwin Henneken ehenneken at cfa.harvard.edu NASA Astrophysics Data System IT Specialist Harvard - Smithsonian http:// adslabs.org Center for Astrophysics http://ads.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. MS 83, Cambridge, MA 02138 Room P-129 ORCID 0000-0003-4264-2450 ============================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We encourage contributions on theoretical findings, practical methods, technologies on the processing of scientific corpora involving full text processing, semantic analysis, text mining, citation classification and related topics. We also encourage surveys and evaluations of state-of-the-art methods, as well as more exploratory papers to identify novel challenges and pave the way to future theoretical frameworks. See more details under Submission Deadlines: 10 December 2017 - Abstract 30 January 2018 - Manuscript Please circulate to interested colleagues. Here [2] is a tweet about the research topic. Best, Philipp Mayr [1] https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/research-metrics-and-analytics# [2] https://twitter.com/FrontResMetrics/status/918409028098777088 -- Dr. Philipp Mayr Team Leader GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, D-50667 K?ln, Germany Tel: + 49 (0) 221 / 476 94 -533 Email: philipp.mayr at gesis.org Web: http://www.gesis.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From loet at leydesdorff.net Tue Oct 31 03:22:33 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:22:33 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] Statistical Significance and Effect Sizes of Differences among Research Universities; preprint Message-ID: Statistical Significance and Effect Sizes of Differences among Research Universities at the Level of Nations and Worldwide based on the Leiden Rankings Loet Leydesdorff, Lutz Bornmann, John Mingers >One can use the Leiden Rankings for grouping research universities by >considering universities which are not significantly different as a >homogeneous set. Such groupings reduce the complexity of the rankings >without losing information. We pursue this classification using both >statistical significance and effect sizes of differences among 902 >universities in 54 countries, we focus on the UK, Germany, and Brazil >as national examples. Although the groupings remain largely the same >using different statistical significance levels, the resulting >classifications are uncorrelated with the ones based on effect sizes >(Cramer's V < .3). Effect sizes for the differences between >universities are small (w <.2). The results based on >statistical-significance testing can be understood intuitively. >However, the results based on effect sizes suggest a division between a >North-Atlantic and an Asian-Pacific group. The more detailed analysis >of universities at the country level suggests that distinctions between >more than three groups of universities (high, middle, low) are not >meaningful. 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URL: From loet at leydesdorff.net Tue Oct 31 03:31:04 2017 From: loet at leydesdorff.net (Loet Leydesdorff) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:31:04 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] preprint "Synergy in the Knowledge Base of U.S. Innovation Systems at National, State, and Regional Levels" Message-ID: Synergy in the Knowledge Base of U.S. Innovation Systems at National, State, and Regional Levels: The Contributions of High-Tech Manufacturing and Knowledge-Intensive Services >Loet Leydesdorff, Caroline S. Wagner, Igone Porto-Gomez, Jordan A. >Comins, Fred Phillips >Synergies among technological opportunities, market perspectives, and >geographical endowments can be considered as indicators of systemness. >Using information theory, we propose a measure of synergy among >size-classes, zip-codes, and NACE-codes for 8.5 million American firms. >The synergy at the national level is decomposed at the level of states >and Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) as regions. Thereafter, we zoom >in to the state of California and in even more detail to Silicon >Valley. Our results do not support the assumption of a national system >of innovations in the U.S.A. Innovation systems appear to operate at >the level of the states, the CBSA regions are too small, so that >systemness spills across their borders. Decomposition of the sample in >terms of high-tech manufacturing (HTM), medium-high-tech manufacturing >(MHTM), knowledge-intensive services (KIS), and high-tech services >(HTKIS) does not change this pattern, but refines it. The East >Coast--New Jersey, Boston, and New York--and California are the major >players, with Texas a third one in the case of HTKIS. At the regional >level, Chicago and industrial centers in the Midwest also contribute >synergy. Within California, Los Angeles and its environment contribute >synergy in the sectors of manufacturing, the San Francisco area in KIS, >and Silicon Valley in both, but with synergy mainly generated by >manufacturing. Knowledge-intensive services in Silicon Valley spillover >to other regions and even globally. Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11017 ** apologies for cross-postings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loet Leydesdorff Professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) loet at leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ Associate Faculty, SPRU, University of Sussex; Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ. , Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC, Beijing; Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck , University of London; http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Patrick.Hung at uoit.ca Sun Oct 29 19:49:51 2017 From: Patrick.Hung at uoit.ca (Patrick Hung) Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 23:49:51 +0000 Subject: [Sigmetrics] CFP: 2018 IEEE World Congress on Services In-Reply-To: <1509320862197.28779@uoit.ca> References: <1509316274348.40376@uoit.ca>, <1509316793640.84627@uoit.ca>, <1509320862197.28779@uoit.ca> Message-ID: <1509320991729.38934@uoit.ca> ???Apology for cross-postings. Please send it to interested colleagues and students. Thanks! ***** Call For Papers ***** 2018 IEEE World Congress on Services (BIGDATA CONGRESS/CLOUD/EDGE/ICCC/ICIOT/ICWS/SCC) ====================================================================================== JULY 2 - 7, 2018, SAN FRANCISCO, USA Website: http://conferences.computer.org/services/2018/ 2018 IEEE World Congress on Services (IEEE SERVICES 2018) will be held on July 2-7, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco, California, USA. The scope of the Congress will cover all aspects of innovative services computing and applications, current and emerging. It involves various systems and networking aspects, such as cloud, edge, and Internet-of-Things (IoT), as well as other research and technologies, such as intelligent computing, learning techniques, and big data, including quality factors, such as high performance, security, privacy, dependability, trustworthiness, and cost-effectiveness. The Congress with the following seven conferences/congresses is solely sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society under the auspice of the Technical Committee on Services Computing (TCSVC). Original manuscripts are invited to submit to these conferences/congresses considered with most suitable from the technical point of view. IEEE International Congress on Big Data (BigDataCongress) --------------------------------------------------------- General chair: Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada; co-chair: Francisco Henrrera, University of Granada, Spain; Program chair: Shadi Ibrabim, INRIA Rennes, France; co-chair: Isaac Triguero, Nottingham University, UK IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD) -------------------------------------------------------- General chair: Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, USA; co-chair: Daniel Reed, University of Iowa, USA; Program chair: Ian Foster, University of Chicago, USA; co-chair: Jia Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE) ------------------------------------------------------ General chair: Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia; co-chair: Dennis Gannon, Indiana University, USA; Program chair: Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK; co-chair: Shangguang Wang, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, China IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC) ----------------------------------------------------------- General chair: Jeffrey Tsai, Asia University, Taiwan; co-chair: Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy; Program chair: Xiaoqing Frank Liu, University of Arkansas, USA; co-chair: Incheon Paik, University of Aizu, Japan IEEE International Congress on Internet of Things (ICIOT) --------------------------------------------------------- General chair: Rong N. Chang, IBM Research, USA; co-chair: Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA; Program chair: Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; co-chair: Zihin Zheng, Sun Yat-Sen University, China IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) ---------------------------------------------------- General chair: Peter Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; co-chair: Nimish Radia, Ericsson Research, USA; Program chair: Bhavani Thuraisingham, University of Texas Dallas, USA; co-chair: Yushun Fan, Tsinghua University, China IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) --------------------------------------------------------- General chair: Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; co-chair: Michael Goul, Arizona State University, USA; Program chair: Ilkey Altintas, University of California, San Diego, USA; co-chair: Yan Wang, Macquarie University, Australia *** Manuscript Guidelines and Submission Information *** Language: English. Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style. Page limit: Up to 8 pages for peer review. Abstract length: Approximately 1500 characters. File format: Limit the size of a single PDF file to be 6 MB. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Accepted papers with confirmed presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Each conference/congress will publicly announce the winners of its Best Paper Award, and Best Student Paper Award. The authors of selected papers will be encouraged to submit extended and enhanced versions of their papers to the IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) and other suitable journals. *** Key Dates *** Paper submission (for peer review) due: January 10, 2018. Notification to authors on the decisions on papers: March 15, 2018. Camera-ready papers due: April 6, 2018. Congress date: July 2 ? 7, 2018. SERVICES Congress General Chair: Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Steering Committee: Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA (Chair) Rong N. Chang, IBM Research, USA Peter Chen, Carnegie Mellon University. USA Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy Ian Foster, University of Chicago, USA Dennis Gannon, Indiana University, USA Michael Goul, Arizona State University, USA Hong Mei, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Publicity Team: Patrick C. K. Hung, University of Ontario Institiute of Technology, Canada Eleanna Kafeza, Zayed University, UAE Hamad Binsalleeh, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia Jorge Roa, National Technological University, Santa Fe Regional Faculty, Argentina Young Poon, Hongik University, Korea Radha Krishna Pisipati, Infosys, India Uwe Breitenb?cher, University of Stuttgart, Germany Andrei V. Kopylov, Tula State University, Russia Matogoro Jabera, University of Dodoma, Tanzania? Send inquiries to ieeecs.services at gmail.com ?