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Mapping the relationship between genres and tasks: A study of undergraduate engineers J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Samuel Dodson, Luanne Sinnamon, Rick Kopak
This paper presents a study that explores the genres, tasks, and the relationship between them in the context of undergraduate engineering education. We build upon previous research on the information behaviors of engineers, by focusing on undergraduates' self‐reported information use in order to understand how they interact with genres and perform tasks. We compiled and validated genre and task repertoires
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Does disseminating scientific information on social media promote public health during the COVID‐19 pandemic? J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mingzhe Quan, Chenwei Zhang
Countries worldwide are transitioning their emergency response activities into long‐term management of COVID‐19. One promising strategy to mitigate the pandemic is combining the widespread use of social media with the potential impact of scientists on science education to create healthier information ecosystems. This study analyzed data from 189 online polls involving 1,391,706 participants who are
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To move or to be promoted: Examining the effect of promotions and academic mobility on professors' productivity and impact J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Chaojiang Wu, Erjia Yan, Chaoqun Ni, Jiangen He
Promotions and academic mobility are trajectory‐altering events in a researcher's career. This paper compiles a unique large data set and investigates publication and citation differences between two groups of researchers: the ones who are mobile and their counterparts who stay at a university with a promotion. This paper finds that mobile researchers often have a lesser productivity increase than
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How do life sciences cite social sciences? Characterizing the volume and trajectory of citations J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Hongyu Zhou, Beibei Sun, Raf Guns, Tim C. E. Engels, Ying Huang, Lin Zhang
Social sciences are increasingly recognized as significant for building a sustainable world since the social perspective can assist researchers in other fields in navigating public controversy and designing more responsible interaction mechanisms between the natural and social systems. However, the question arises: to what extent do natural sciences rely on social science research in their studies
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Empowering through digital skills: A case of alumni in the business services sector J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Marek Deja, Piotr Bobkowski, Isto Huvila, Anna Mierzecka
This quasi‐experiment examines the self‐assessment of psychological empowerment in the workplace among humanities and social science graduates who completed one of four digital literacy courses and were employed in the business services sector 6 months after graduation. The four courses—information literacy, data literacy, visual literacy, and communication and collaboration—were designed using information
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An empirical exploration of the subjectivity problem of information qualities J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Frans Van der Sluis, Julien Faure, Sofie Phutachard Homnual
Information qualities such as usefulness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness are to some extent subjective. Information resources have different meanings to different people and at different moments. This apparent subjectivity hinders indexing based on qualities for retrieval and filtering purposes. We conceptualize this as the subjectivity problem and address it through two studies. Study One explores
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Human‐centered explainable artificial intelligence: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Michael Ridley
Explainability is central to trust and accountability in artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The field of human‐centered explainable AI (HCXAI) arose as a response to mainstream explainable AI (XAI) which was focused on algorithmic perspectives and technical challenges, and less on the needs and contexts of the non‐expert, lay user. HCXAI is characterized by putting humans at the center of AI
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Exploring the factors and outcomes of collaborative information monitoring: Findings of a cross‐case analysis J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Vera Granikov, France Bouthillier, Pierre Pluye
Collaborative information monitoring (CIM) involves intentional information monitoring activities pursued by a group and could help researchers keep up to date. This paper reports findings of a cross‐case analysis aimed to explore the perceived factors and outcomes of CIM. Seven cases were included in the study, representing 11 members of patient‐oriented research communities (i.e., researchers, trainees
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Measuring the retrievability of digital library content using analytics data J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Hamed Jahani, Leif Azzopardi, Mark Sanderson
Digital libraries aim to provide value to users by housing content that is accessible and searchable. Often such access is afforded through external web search engines. In this article, we measure how easily digital library content can be retrieved (i.e., how retrievable) through a well‐known search engine (Google) using its analytics platforms. Using two measures of document retrievability, we contrast
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I'm the same, I'm the same, I'm trying to change: Investigating the role of human information behavior in view change J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Dana McKay, Stephann Makri, Marisela Gutierrez‐Lopez, Colin Porlezza, Andrew Macfarlane, Glenda Cooper, Sondess Missaoui
Information is powerful; it can influence peoples' views and, in turn, their behavior. Much recent research and discussion on the role information plays in view change has focused on filter bubbles, echo chambers and misinformation and how they might influence what people think and how they act. However, no prior work has focused specifically on understanding the human information behavior (HIB) that
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To preprint or not to preprint: A global researcher survey J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Rong Ni, Ludo Waltman
Open science is receiving widespread attention globally, and preprinting offers an important way to implement open science practices in scholarly publishing. To develop a systematic understanding of researchers' adoption of and attitudes toward preprinting, we conducted a survey of authors of research papers published in 2021 and early 2022. Our survey results show that the United States and Europe
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You are not alone: Characterizing users' relationship‐layer identities in online health communities J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Kejun Chen, Yuehua Zhao, Ningyuan Song, Yufei Han, Jiaer Peng, Jiaqing Wang
Online health communities (OHCs) function as significant platforms that people use to obtain information and emotional support. Despite many studies on user behavior and relationships, little attention has been paid to user identities and how different layers of identities are interwoven. To address this potential research gap, this study examined users' relationship‐layer identities and their evolution
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Exploring enigmas: Information seeking after exposure to virtual reality awe elicitors J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alex Urban, Jenny Simpson Bossaller
Because of awe's properties as a knowledge emotion, awe elicitors can increase awareness of knowledge gaps, boost scientific interest, and promote inquiry. However, the relationship between awe and exploratory behavior, such as information seeking, remains unclear. Using a multi‐method approach, this study asked how and to what extent awe fosters information seeking. This question was examined through
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Which international co‐authorships produce higher quality journal articles? J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Mike Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha, Mahshid Abdoli, Emma Stuart, Meiko Makita, Paul Wilson, Jonathan Levitt
International collaboration is sometimes encouraged in the belief that it generates higher quality research or is more capable of addressing societal problems. Nevertheless, while there is evidence that the journal articles of international teams tend to be more cited than average, perhaps from increased international audiences, there is no science‐wide direct academic evidence of a connection between
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From information access to production: New perspectives on addressing information inequity in our digital information ecosystem J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Chelsea Peterson‐Salahuddin
Changes in our informational environment have brought new challenges and opportunities to address systemic issues of information inequity. Thus, when addressing systemic issues of information inequity, it is important to address it not only from the perspective of information access, as it is often considered in information science, but also from the perspective of how information objects are constructed
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A roadmap to achieving a healthier information ecosystem through GDPR implementation and privacy compliance technologies J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Wilson Li, Bingqing Xiong, Chaofan Yang
Privacy protection has become a central issue in information science, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly impacting information ecosystems. Research gaps persist in understanding the causal relationship between GDPR implementation and websites' proactive changes, such as adopting privacy compliance technologies. This study aims to examine the influence of GDPR implementation
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How much freedom does an effectiveness metric really have? J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alistair Moffat, Joel Mackenzie
It is tempting to assume that because effectiveness metrics have free choice to assign scores to search engine result pages (SERPs) there must thus be a similar degree of freedom as to the relative order that SERP pairs can be put into. In fact that second freedom is, to a considerable degree, illusory. That is because if one SERP in a pair has been given a certain score by a metric, fundamental ordering
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Sense‐making, sensemaking and sense making—A systematic review and meta‐synthesis of literature in information science and education: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Christine Urquhart, Bonnie Cheuk, Louisa Lam, Dave Snowden
Sense‐making, sensemaking, and sense making are terms used in different disciplines. Similarities of usage seem unclear. (1) to examine the concepts used in different approaches to sense‐making/sensemaking/sense making; (2) to identify, classify and synthesize recent studies relevant to information science, as well as similar group on sensemaking in education research; (3) to reflect on future directions
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Understanding super-partnerships in scientific collaboration: Evidence from the field of economics J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Junwan Liu, Xiaofei Guo, Shuo Xu, Yi Bu, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Vincent Larivière, Yinglu Song, Honghao Zhou
Super-partnerships exist between scholars connected within densely-knit collaboration networks. Understanding how such relationships affect scholars' careers is of great importance. In this paper, focusing on the longitudinal aspects of scientific collaboration, we analyze collaboration profiles from the egocentric perspective and use analytic extreme value thresholds to identify super-partners. A
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Centering dialog and care in digital Indigenous knowledge stewardship: Of relationality, responsibility, and respect J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Chern Li Liew, Ailsa Lipscombe
The question of how to appropriately care for and share Indigenous knowledges is central to cultural heritage documentation and, contemporary archival praxes and discourses. Transforming the standards of Indigenous knowledge management (IKM) necessitates confronting the legacies of colonial control and Indigenous expurgation that settler colonial galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) have
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Semiotic scale for library software interfaces: Development and validation J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Manoj Kumar Verma, Vinit Kumar, Mayank Yuvaraj
This study presents a significant advancement in the realm of information science by exploring and validating a semiotic scale tailored for library software interfaces. Employing a design-based approach, the investigation identifies 14 crucial semiotic elements specific to library software interfaces, forming the cornerstone of its theoretical framework. The process of developing the semiotic scale
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Will sentiment analysis need subculture? A new data augmentation approach J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Zhenhua Wang, Simin He, Guang Xu, Ming Ren
Nowadays, the omnipresence of the Internet has fostered a subculture that congregates around the contemporary milieu. The subculture artfully articulates the intricacies of human feelings by ardently pursuing the allure of novelty, a fact that cannot be disregarded in the sentiment analysis. This paper aims to enrich data through the lens of subculture, to address the insufficient training data faced
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Information sculpting J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ian Ruthven
In this paper, I propose sculpting as an analogy for information use. I provide a background to the use of metaphors and analogies in Information Science, propose five analogical mappings between sculpting and information use, and then discuss the benefits to this analogy for thinking about how we use information.
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Information shaping J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ian Ruthven
In this article, I explore the relationships between how humans have evolved to interact with the material world and how we interact with our information worlds. I argue that shaping processes, exemplified by how early humans created stone tools, are core ways to interact with the world that are appropriated to interact with information to create information solutions. To test these claims, I examine
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What's in your PIE? Understanding the contents of personalized information environments with PIEGraph J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Deen Freelon, Meredith L. Pruden, Daniel Malmer, Qunfang Wu, Yiping Xia, Daniel Johnson, Emily Chen, Andrew Crist
Social media have long been studied from platform-centric perspectives, which entail sampling messages based on criteria such as keywords and specific accounts. In contrast, user-centric approaches attempt to reconstruct the personalized information environments users create for themselves. Most user-centric studies analyze what users have accessed directly through browsers (e.g., through clicks) rather
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Phenomenon-based classification: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Claudio Gnoli, Richard P. Smiraglia, Rick Szostak
While bibliographic classifications are traditionally based on disciplines, the logical alternative is phenomenon-based classification. Although not prevalent, this approach has been explored in the 20th century by J.D. Brown, the Classification Research Group, and others. Its principles have been stated in the León Manifesto (2007) and are currently represented by such general schemes as the Basic
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Socio-technical issues in the platform-mediated gig economy: A systematic literature review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Meredith Dedema, Howard Rosenbaum
The gig economy and gig work have grown quickly in recent years and have drawn much attention from researchers in different fields. Because the platform mediated gig economy is a relatively new phenomenon, studies have produced a range of interesting findings; of interest here are the socio-technical issues that this work has surfaced. This systematic literature review (SLR) provides a snapshot of
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“He looks very real”: Media, knowledge, and search-based strategies for deepfake identification J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Dion Hoe-Lian Goh
Deepfakes are a potential source of disinformation and the ability to detect them is imperative. While research focused on algorithmic detection methods, there is little work conducted on how people identify deepfakes. This research attempts to fill this gap. Using semi-structured interviews, participants were asked to identify real and deepfake videos and explain how their decisions were made. Three
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Alt-health influencers and the threat of social media deplatforming J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Melissa Zimdars
The threat of deplatforming as a content moderation strategy works to reduce harmful anti-vaccine content and health mis/disinformation on particular social media platforms. However, through an analysis of alt-health influencers, I show how the perpetual threat of being deplatformed allows them to strategically grow their audiences while funneling users to fringe platforms where the alt-health influencers
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Artificial intelligence in the information ecosystem: Affordances for everyday information seeking J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Noora Hirvonen, Ville Jylhä, Yucong Lao, Stefan Larsson
In this conceptual article, we argue that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are contributing to the generation of an environment of affordances for everyday information practices through which they exert influence on people and the planet in ways that often are left unrecognized. We illustrate our insights by focusing on the practices of information seeking in everyday life, suggesting that the
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Information science and the inevitable: A literature review at the intersection of death and information management: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Jesse David Dinneen, Maja Krtalić, Nilou Davoudi, Helene Hellmich, Catharina Ochsner, Paulina Bressel
Death is an inevitable part of life and highly relevant to information management: its approach often requires preparation, and its occurrence often demands a response. Many works in information science have acknowledged so much, and yet death is rarely a focused topic, appearing instead sporadically and disconnected across research. As a result there is no introduction to, overview of, or synthesis
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Types of domain and task-solving information in media scholars' data interaction J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Laura Korkeamäki, Heikki Keskustalo, Sanna Kumpulainen
The purpose of this study is to examine what types of domain and task-solving information media scholars need while interacting with research data to create new knowledge. The study is situated within information interaction research in information science. The approach is user-oriented and qualitative. The research data consist of interviews of 25 media scholars about their interactions with research
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Making the invisible visible: Critical discourse analysis as a tool for search engine research J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Renee Morrison
Like information science more broadly, search engine research has largely been fragmented into two factions: system-oriented and user-oriented studies. This limits our capacity for answering some fundamental questions surrounding an integral—often invisible—part of modern life. Given the “search-ification” of this life, given an oligopolous global market and an information-wealthy but attention-poor
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Understanding voice-based information uncertainty: A case study of health information seeking with voice assistants J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Robin Brewer
Evaluating information quality online is increasingly important for healthy decision-making. People assess information quality using visual interfaces (e.g., computers, smartphones) with visual cues like aesthetics. Yet, voice interfaces lack critical visual cues for evaluating information because there is often no visual display. Without ways to assess voice-based information quality, people may overly
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How “international” is international research collaboration? J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Abdullah Gök, Maria Karaulova
In the context of the increasing global connectivity in science, this article investigates the internal heterogeneity of international research collaborations (IRCs). We focus on the prevalence of shared heritage collaborations and the rise of multiple institutional affiliations as a collaboration mechanism. An analytical typology of IRCs based on the characteristics of collaborating researchers' location
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Searching for creativity: How people search to generate new ideas J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Catherine Chavula, Yujin Choi, Soo Young Rieh
Creativity is one of the critical skills for people in a variety of academic, work, and everyday life contexts. Searching for information is essential to the creative process. Despite the recent increased attention in research on information searching for creative tasks, there is still little understanding of how people search for information to generate novel and useful ideas. This study aims to address
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Challenges posed by hijacked journals in Scopus J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Anna Abalkina
This study presents and explains the phenomenon of indexjacking, which involves the systematic infiltration of hijacked journals into international indexing databases, with Scopus being one of the most infiltrated among these databases. Through an analysis of known lists of hijacked journals, the study identified at least 67 hijacked journals that have penetrated Scopus since 2013. Of these, 33 journals
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From academic to media capital: To what extent does the scientific reputation of universities translate into Wikipedia attention? J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado, Adrián A. Díaz-Faes, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Rodrigo Costas
Universities face increasing demands to improve their visibility, public outreach, and online presence. There is a broad consensus that scientific reputation significantly increases the attention universities receive. However, in most cases estimates of scientific reputation are based on composite or weighted indicators and absolute positions in university rankings. In this study, we adopt a more granular
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How technological knowledge management capability compliments knowledge-intensive human resource management practices to enhance team outcomes: A moderated mediation analysis J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Khuram Shahzad, Marco De Sisto, Shajara Ul-Durar, Wei Liu
Although research establishes a link between knowledge-intensive human resource (HR) practices (KIHRP) and knowledge-intensive team (KIT) performance, knowledge is limited about the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions that determine this relationship. This study integrates the ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) framework and theory of team adaptation into an information processing perspective
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The decrease in uncited articles and its effect on the concentration of citations J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Diego Kozlowski, Jens Peter Andersen, Vincent Larivière
Empirical evidence demonstrates that citations received by scholarly publications follow a pattern of preferential attachment, resulting in a power-law distribution. Such asymmetry has sparked significant debate regarding the use of citations for research evaluation. However, a consensus has yet to be established concerning the historical trends in citation concentration. Are citations becoming more
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Information practices in data analytics for supporting public health surveillance J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Dan Zhang, Loo G. Pee, Shan L. Pan, Jingyuan Wang
Public health surveillance based on data analytics plays a crucial role in detecting and responding to public health crises, such as infectious disease outbreaks. Previous information science research on the topic has focused on developing analytical algorithms and visualization tools. This study seeks to extend the research by investigating information practices in data analytics for public health
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The concept of cumulative deliberation: Linking systemic approaches to healthier normativity in assessing opinion formation in online discussions J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Svetlana S. Bodrunova
Online opinion formation has received much scholarly attention since the mass proliferation of social networks. Inter alia, online opinions have been viewed as a new part of public deliberation. However, the pre-Internet era's vision on deliberation imposes extremely high demands on users as deliberators. We argue that opinion formation online neither pursues the goals nor follows the rules of institutionalized
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Reviews and Reviewing: Approaches to Research Synthesis. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Linda C. Smith
Reviews have long been recognized as among the most important forms of scientific communication. The rapid growth of the primary literature has further increased the need for reviews to distill and interpret the literature. This review on Reviews and Reviewing: Approaches to Research Synthesis encompasses the evolution of the review literature, taxonomy of review literature, uses and users of reviews
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Structural elements and spheres of expertise: Creating a healthy ecosystem for cultural data initiatives J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Lisa M. Given, Sarah Polkinghorne, Joann Cattlin
While technology affords creation of digital collections, and promises access to all, the reality is that many cultural data collections exist in a precarious ecosystem, where erratic funding, fragmented support, and disconnected expertise threaten their continued existence. As a significant branch of the broader information ecosystem, cultural data collections range in size and scope, from national
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Varieties of diffusion in academic publishing: How status and legitimacy influence growth trajectories of new innovations J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Kyle Siler, Vincent Larivière
Open Access (OA) publishing has progressed from an initial fringe idea to a still-growing, major component of modern academic communication. The proliferation of OA publishing presents a context to examine how new innovations and institutions develop. Based on analyses of 1,296,304 articles published in 83 OA journals, we analyze changes in the institutional status, gender, age, citedness, and geographical
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Dissemination effect of data papers on scientific datasets J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Hong Jiao, Yuhong Qiu, Xiaowei Ma, Bo Yang
Open data as an integral part of the open science movement enhances the openness and sharing of scientific datasets. Nevertheless, the normative utilization of data journals, data papers, scientific datasets, and data citations necessitates further research. This study aims to investigate the citation practices associated with data papers and to explore the role of data papers in disseminating scientific
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Under whose wings? A conceptual model for incorporating historical sovereignty information in biodiversity data J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-05 Yi-Yun Cheng
Linking historical and contemporary geographic information in biodiversity data is a useful approach to approximate species population. However, one of the prominent factors that causes ambiguity in geographic information, and hinders the linking process, is the way sovereignty information is used. While historical biodiversity records often use sovereignties as proxies for geographic information about
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Monodisciplinary collaboration disrupts science more than multidisciplinary collaboration J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-05 Xin Liu, Yi Bu, Ming Li, Jiang Li
Collaboration across disciplines is a critical form of scientific collaboration to solve complex problems and make innovative contributions. This study focuses on the association between multidisciplinary collaboration measured by coauthorship in publications and the disruption of publications measured by the Disruption (D) index. We used authors' affiliations as a proxy of the disciplines to which
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A deep learning and clustering-based topic consistency modeling framework for matching health information supply and demand J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Dongxiao Gu, Hu Liu, Huimin Zhao, Xuejie Yang, Min Li, Changyong Liang
Improving health literacy through health information dissemination is one of the most economical and effective mechanisms for improving population health. This process needs to fully accommodate the thematic suitability of health information supply and demand and reduce the impact of information overload and supply–demand mismatch on the enthusiasm of health information acquisition. We propose a health
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A network coupling approach to detecting hierarchical linkages between science and technology J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Kai Meng, Zhichao Ba, Yaxue Ma, Gang Li
Detecting science–technology hierarchical linkages is beneficial for understanding deep interactions between science and technology (S&T). Previous studies have mainly focused on linear linkages between S&T but ignored their structural linkages. In this paper, we propose a network coupling approach to inspect hierarchical interactions of S&T by integrating their knowledge linkages and structural linkages
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Why are these publications missing? Uncovering the reasons behind the exclusion of documents in free-access scholarly databases J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Lorena Delgado-Quirós, Isidro F. Aguillo, Alberto Martín-Martín, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, Enrique Orduña-Malea, José Luis Ortega
This study analyses the coverage of seven free-access bibliographic databases (Crossref, Dimensions—non-subscription version, Google Scholar, Lens, Microsoft Academic, Scilit, and Semantic Scholar) to identify the potential reasons that might cause the exclusion of scholarly documents and how they could influence coverage. To do this, 116 k randomly selected bibliographic records from Crossref were
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Interaction with peers online: LGBTQIA+ individuals' information seeking and meaning-making during the life transitions of identity construction J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Romy Menghao Jia, Jia Tina Du, Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao
People search for information and experiences and seek meaning as a common reaction to new life challenges. There is little knowledge about the interactions through which experiential information is acquired, and how such interactions are meaningful to an information seeker. Through a qualitative content analysis of 992 posts in an online forum, this study investigated lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
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Knowledge inheritance in disciplines: Quantifying the successive and distant reuse of references J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Hongyu Zhou, Ke Dong, Yikun Xia
How the knowledge base of disciplines grows, renews, and decays informs their distinct characteristics and epistemology. Here we track the evolution of knowledge bases of 19 disciplines for over 45 years. We introduce the notation of knowledge inheritance as the overlap in the set of references between years. We discuss two modes of knowledge inheritance of disciplines—successive and distant. To quantify
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An approach to assess the quality of Jupyter projects published by GLAM institutions J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Gustavo Candela, Sally Chambers, Tim Sherratt
GLAM organizations have been digitizing their collections and making them available for the public for several decades. Recent methods for publishing digital collections such as “GLAM Labs” and “Collections as Data” provide guidelines for the application of computational methods to reuse the contents of cultural heritage institutions in innovative and creative ways. Jupyter Notebooks have become a
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Description: Its meaning, epistemology, and use with emphasis on information science J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Birger Hjørland
This study examines the concept of “description” and its theoretical foundations. The literature about it is surprisingly limited, and its usage is vague, sometimes even conflicting. Description should be considered in relation to other processes, such as representation, data capturing, and categorizing, which raises the question about what it means to describe something. Description is often used
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Towards improving user awareness of search engine biases: A participatory design approach J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol. (IF 3.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Monica Lestari Paramita, Maria Kasinidou, Styliani Kleanthous, Paolo Rosso, Tsvi Kuflik, Frank Hopfgartner
Bias in news search engines has been shown to influence users' perceptions of a news topic and contribute to the polarisation of society. As a result, there is a need for news search engines that increase user awareness of biases in the search results. While technical approaches have been developed to mitigate biases in search, very few studies have investigated user preferences in interface designs