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Mapping the Canadian library and information science research landscape
This work-in-progress paper aims to map the scholarship produced by the eight Canadian Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. …
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The burden of article processing charges on Canadian universities
The question about the cost of access to scholarly resources is usually answered by focusing on subscription cost. This study …
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The intersection of shark research, policy and the public: a bibliometric and altmetric view
Sharks have traditionally been portrayed as dangerous animals by modern media, contributing to a negative perception in the public eye. …
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Collection development in the era of big deals
Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyzes journal usage patterns across 28 …
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Large-scale comparison of authorship, citations, and tweets of Web of Science authors
Social media platforms are increasingly part of the academic workflow. However, there is a lack of research that examines these …
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On the institutional and intellectual division of labor in epigenetics research: A scientometric analysis
While numerous qualitative social scientific analyses of (environmental) epigenetics have been published, we still lack a macro-level, …
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Getting to the bottom of research funding: Acknowledging the complexity of funding dynamics
Research funding is an important factor for public science. Funding may affect which research topics get addressed, and what research …
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Large-scale identification and characterization of scholars on Twitter
This paper presents a new method for identifying scholars who have a Twitter account from bibliometric data from Web of Science (WoS) …
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Who are the acknowledgees? An analysis of gender and academic status
Acknowledgements found in scholarly papers allow for credit attribution of nonauthor contributors. As such, they are associated with a …
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On the topicality and research impact of special issues
The publication of special issues constitute an important yet underinvestigated phenomenon of scholarly communication. In an attempt to …
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