Anchor text plays a special important role in improving the performance of general Web search, due to the fact that it is relatively objective description for a Web page by potentially a large number of other Web pages. Academic Search provides indexing and search functionality for academic articles. It may be desirable to utilize anchor text in academic search as well to improve the search res...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the multiple collaboration types, quantitatively evaluate the publication trends and review the performance of institutions or countries (regions) across the world in COPD research. MATERIALS AND METHODS Scientometric methods and social network analysis were used to survey the development of publication trends and understand current collaboration in the...

BACKGROUND Journal editors have exercised their control over submitted papers having a high similarity index. Despite widespread suspicion of possible plagiarism on a high similarity index, our study focused on the real effect of the similarity index on the value of a scientific paper. METHODS This research examined the percent values of the similarity index from 978 submitted (420 published)...

We introduce a novel methodology for mapping academic institutions based on their journal publication profiles. We consider that journals in which researchers from academic institutions publish their works can be considered as useful identifiers for representing the relationships between these institutions and establishing comparisons. But, when academic journals are used for research output re...

The email that is indicated on an academic paper usually reflects of the corresponding author (CA). In some cases, there may be more than one CA, and thus emails. It stands to reason email, especially if its institutional should obligatorily match CA’s affiliation. This report highlights 47 papers, all in Wiley (Hindawi) open access journals, which address suffix does not or correspond stated a...

(2013) What people study when they study Twitter: classifying Twitter related academic papers. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from the work. All outputs in CentAUR are protected by Intellectual Property Rights law, including copyright law. Copyright and IPR is retained by the creators or other copyright holders. Terms and conditions for use of this mat...

How are scholars ranked for promotion, tenure and honors? How can we improve the quantitative tools available for decision makers when making such decisions? Can we predict the academic impact of scholars and papers at early stages using quantitative tools? Current academic decisions (hiring, tenure, prizes) are mostly very subjective. In the era of “Big Data,” a solid quantitative set of measu...

Hydropower has superior storage capacity and speedy response to meet sudden fluctuations in electricity demand. According to a recent estimate by International Energy Agency (IEA), its generation capacity could double by 2050. Nevertheless, no great picture of academic knowledge exists in relation to hydropower. This study was undertaken to reveal the academic landscape in this field by analysi...

As the number of academic papers and new technologies soars, it has been increasingly difficult for researchers, especially beginners, to enter a new research field. Researchers often need to study a promising paper in depth to keep up with the forefront of technology. Traditional Query-Oriented study method is time-consuming and even tedious. For a given paper, existent academic search engines...