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- Dehdarirad, Tahereh, 1984, et al.
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Use of positive terms and certainty language in retracted and non-retracted articles: The case of biochemistry
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Information Science. - 0165-5515 .- 1741-6485. ; In Press
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aimed to compare retracted (due to misconduct) and non-retracted articles in biochemistry, in terms of proportion of positive terms, certainty score and different certainty aspects. The data set of this study composed of 662 retracted and non-retracted articles published in the time period of 2018-2020 and indexed in Scopus. These 662 articles accounted for 331 non-retracted and 331 retracted articles, which were matched using matching and covariate balancing analysis. The analysis in this article was done using several regression models. Regarding the use of positive terms, the findings showed that retracted articles were 16% less probable to use positive terms in abstracts, titles and findings presented in conclusion and discussion compared with non-retracted articles. In addition, the results regarding the analysis of certainty language, showed that retracted articles were 15% less probable to use certain language, measured by certainty score, in presenting their scientific findings. Finally, regarding the certainty aspects, the results of regression models showed that retracted articles had 11% less likelihood to present their research findings using certain probability aspect.
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- Dehdarirad, Tahereh, 1984, et al.
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Use of social media sites and readership diversity: A case study at Chalmers University of Technology
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Social media has provided new opportunities for academics to disseminate their research results. They allow users to upload academic papers and links to published papers, track demand for their published articles, and engage in professional discussions with other users (Meishar-Tal and Efrat Pieterse, 2017). This paper aimed to study the use of academic and non-academic profiling sites and platforms amongst scholars at Chalmers University of Technology.We were also interested in the purpose that scholars had for using these platforms. Furthermore, using data about people who register in Mendeley as readers of papers, this article explored diverse types of users of scientific papers by scholars at Chalmers. These gave us insight into the different social media platforms being used, the purpose of use, the readers’ status and their topics of interest at Chalmers. Furthermore, this helped us to provide statistics on how scholarly publications at Chalmers are used for scientific, educational, or other professional purposes.
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- Johansson, Christina, 1965, et al.
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Information Needs and Behaviour of PhD students at Chalmers University of Technology: A Survey
- 2016
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Ingår i: The Fourth European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) October 10th-13th, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic: Abstracts. - 9788027005307 ; , s. 166-
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This PechaKucha presents the initial findings of a research project which attempts to map PhD students’ information needs and behaviour at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The outcome of the project will help us redesign and update our Information Literacy course in collaboration with the Innovation Office on campus. The library has a long tradition in offering Information Literacy courses for its PhD students and has done so since the early 1990s. However, as the course is now part of a Generic Transferable Skills course package which is offered to all PhD students, an update of the course to fit the new context is necessary. The basis for our presentation is an online survey (Dilek-Kayaoglu, 2014; Rafique and Mahmood, 2015) targeting all currently enrolled PhD students. The method used for the data analysis is the compiling and comparison of descriptive statistics involving variables relevant for this target group. More specifically, the survey questions concerned information behaviour (Wilson, 2000) in connection to: (a) literature reviews/thesis writing; (b) resources and information-seeking methods such as databases, books and e-books, web search engines, patents, data visualisations, informal channels, text mining; (c) bibliometrics, strategic publishing and open access; (d) reference managing; (e) library use; (f) information ethics and copyright; (g) scholarly information needs for the profession.In our PechaKucha we will present the most significant outcomes from the questionnaire with the aid of animations, table and graphs. The statistical significance of variables such as research areas, years of study, previous attendance at our information literacy course and at the research utilisation course has also been taken into account in the data analysis (Heinström, 2002). Based on the initial survey, we will proceed later on in 2016 with the second part of this research project, a qualitative study with focus groups involving 10-12 PhD students. From the semi-structured interviews with the focus groups we will create personas, which will guide the design and development for our course as well as keep the needs of the doctoral students at the forefront.
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- Johansson, Christina, 1965, et al.
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Information Needs, Information behaviour, and Scholarly Information Literacy amongst PhD Students: An Interview-Based Study
- 2017
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This Pecha Kucha presents the results of the second part of a research project mapping PhD students’ information needs and behaviour at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The study also covers the topic of scholarly information literacy defined as the information-related skills, abilities and competences needed to achieve the PhD degree and develop as a researcher (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). The findings from the first part of this project were presented at ECIL 2016 (Johansson & Schirone, 2016). The basis for this presentation is one pilot and nine semi-structured interviews.The interviews were conducted with doctoral students from the departments of Computer Science, Chemistry, Technology Management, Architecture, Applied Physics and Applied Mechanics and were 45 minutes long. Amongst the respondents was also an industrial PhD student (i.e., employed at a private company) who provided useful insights on the subject of information literacy in the workplace. The questions in the interview guide were semi-structured and mirrored the online survey conducted for part one of this project. The different sections in the interview covered topics such as demographics, library use, how to review the literature, publishing, Open Science, how to stay up-to-date and patents as an information source. The interviews were fully transcribed using speech-to-text converter software and imported in the qualitative analysis software NVivo for coding. We clustered the most recurring codes into main themes for the subsequent text analysis (Sundin, 2008; Pilerot, 2015; Pilerot and Limberg 2011).Our presentation will be a visual interpretation of the central themes which emerged from the data analysis. Dominant findings from the interviews include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) PhD students regard personal contacts with peer researchers and supervisors as highly important; (b) conferences are valuable information-sharing venues; (c) young researchers are affected by information overload which results in current awareness tools and services being unsubscribed; and (d) PhD students would benefit from additional research data literacy instructions.ReferencesAssociation of College and Research Libraries. (2016). Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframeworkJohansson, C., & Schirone, M. (2016). Information Needs and Behaviour of PhD students at Chalmers University of Technology: A Survey. Pecha-Kucha presented at the The European Conference on Information Literacy 2016, October 10-13, Prague.Pilerot, O. (2015). Information sharing in the field of design research. In Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Leeds, 2-5 September, 2014: Part 2, (paper isic26). Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/20-1/isic2/isic26.html Pilerot, O., & Limberg, L. (2011). Information sharing as a means to reach collective understanding A study of design scholars' information practices. Journal of Documentation, 67(2), 312-333. doi:10.1108/00220411111109494Sundin, O. (2008). Negotiations on information-seeking expertise - A study of web-based tutorials for information literacy. Journal of Documentation, 64(1), 24-44. doi:10.1108/00220410810844141
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- Phillips, Margaret L, et al.
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Workplace Information Needs of Engineering and Technology Graduates: A Case Study on Two Continents
- 2020
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Ingår i: Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE. - 1539-4565. ; 2020-October
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this research category, work-in-progress study, the authors conducted eleven semi-structured interviews of employers (five from the United States and six from Sweden), in order to determine the information literacy skills and habits needed by engineering and technology graduates. The authors found similar information needs at both the Swedish and American corporations. They found that, while the core information literacy principles of identifying an information need, locating, accessing, evaluating, integrating, and documenting are valuable skills for students to have, they need to be translated to accommodate the socially constructed information landscapes of each corporation and the more fluid and subtle requirements of workplace information problems. Librarians and engineering educators need to construct more authentic information environments in their courses and design projects, so students will be better prepared to navigate corporate information spaces and culture.
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- Rahman, Jakaria, 1977, et al.
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Can the National Repository of Sweden Be Utilized for In-Depth Bibliometric Analysis: Unlocking Insights into Swedish Research
- 2024
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Investigating national repositories is crucial as they play a pivotal role in shaping the accessibility and interconnectedness of global research. This investigation aims to offer insights into the impact and effectiveness of SwePub, Sweden's national bibliographic database. Through bibliometric exploration spanning 8-years (2015-2022), this study employs SwePub's data to unveil publication trends in open access, shedding light on the preferences of Sweden-affiliated researchers in disseminating their research through non-open access, gold open access, and green open access channels. This paper advocates for a more distinct classification of open access beyond a binary categorization, providing a detailed representation of Sweden's contributions to various forms of open access, such as gold and green open access, and their impact on disseminating academic knowledge. The findings on international and national collaboration stress the importance of global and national networks in collaborative research. However, data retrieval requires integrating citation data from databases like Open Alex to enhance in-depth bibliometric analysis. This paper concludes by proposing the transformation of SwePub into a more comprehensive resource, elevating its utility for institutional or national-level bibliometric analysis. The results contain insightful information for academic institutions, policymakers, and the scholarly community.
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- Rahman, Jakaria, 1977, et al.
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Workshop report: 28th Nordic workshop on bibliometrics and research policy, October 11-13, 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: Information Research an International Electronic Journal. - 1368-1613. ; 29:1, s. 147-157
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Nordic workshop on bibliometrics and research policy has been an annual eventfor almost three decades, rotating between the Nordic countries. It is a forum forthe bibliometrics community to discuss contemporary research practices andpolicies. The 28th edition of the workshop took place in Gothenburg, Sweden.Featuring 27 oral and 15 poster presentations authored by 104 individuals, this eventattracted 119 attendees from 19 countries. The event helped the participants toenhance their knowledge and engage with their peers. This workshop report offersinsights into the pre-workshop sessions and provides an overview of the oralpresentations across eight thematic sessions, keynote speeches, panel discussions,and poster sessions. Additionally, it includes references with links to presentations,posters, the book of abstracts, recording of keynote speeches and panel discussion.
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975
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A Comparative Study of Information-Seeking Behavior and Digital Information Needs of Farmers in Turkey and Sweden
- 2016
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Ingår i: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF eBUSINESS AND eGOVERNMENT STUDIES. - 2146-0744. ; 8:1, s. 18-33
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- Individuals use information as and manage information which make them evolve as part of the globalization process in today’s global and virtual world (Marchionini, 1995). Information is a practical tool facilitating the life flow of individuals. This tool is used by individuals in order to resolve the problems, uncertainties and chaotic situations in their life. A series of attitudes in target- oriented resolution process is called information seeking behavior (Singh & Satija, 2007). Information seeking behavior and information are interwoven tools creating a circulation serving the target of various information user groups. Farmers are one of the sub-groups using information to contribute to the constitution of a green world. The information they seek in their occupational life will facilitate the daily running of their occupation and certain digital information from different resources are also increasingly becoming available for their use.In our study, information seeking behavior and information needs of the farmers in Fethiye, a county in Turkey as a developing country, and Gothenburg in Sweden as a developed country, were analyzed. 60 farmers in Turkey and 60 farmers in Sweden were included within the scope of our study. What kind of information they seek and what kind of searching tools (internet, journals, books, asking people, applying to the reference desks in the public libraries) they use will be analyzed further in our study, where a descriptive method was used. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Our target group was chosen randomly among the farmers in Fethiye and Gothenburg. It is a comparative study in which findings acquired in two different countries shall be handled taking the country development criteria into consideration. In accordance with the country development criteria, findings will be compared and recommendations are provided. Based upon the acquired findings, recommendations are given about the development of information literacy services and programs for the farmers.
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975, et al.
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Brainstorming on data literacy: Bringing out the best practices by mind mapping
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Research data related issues are incoming trends, and there is a globally increasing interest in data management and sharing. Research data literacy involves all dimensions of information literacy that are required for the creation, management, and reuse of research data. Generally, there is an urge to develop and deploy new initiatives, collaboration, services and resources to meet the scholarly needs at various stages of the research process (Koltay 2017). As an introduction to the workshop, the actions and practices on data literacy and management addressed at the Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) will be presented. An online survey was sent to all researchers at Chalmers in November 2017 and responses were collected during November and December 2017 (N ≈ 3170). The topics covered were data management issues, the extent of researchers’ data literacy skills and their attitudes towards sharing research data. A significant finding from the survey—which became a source of inspiration for this workshop—was the respondents’ positive stance towards receiving research data training. Findings from the Swedish survey will be both presented and compared with previous studies in other countries (see Chowdhury, Boustany, Kurbanoğlu, Ünal, and Walton, 2017). UEF Library has actively focused on research data management services during the past two years. The research support team of the library offers training for graduate students e.g. as a part of the Research Information Retrieval and Management course. The study material of the module-built course is openly available for everyone and the research data module is executed online by the flipped classroom method. In addition, the UEF metadata repository for research data is under development. The main goal of this workshop is to share ideas and experiences about data literacy and management conducted in different countries and organisations. This means defining the concept, discussions, revealing the organisational policies and strategies, as well as considering the possibilities, challenges, and potential risks related to it. The interactive teamwork will be conducted using a collaborative mind map tool (e.g. Canva, Padlet). The outputs will be rounded up and shared, and the best practices are hoped to be widely spread. This workshop will be aimed at all interested in working with research data. References Chowdhury, G., Boustany, J., Kurbanoğlu, S., Ünal, Y., & Walton, G. (2017) Preparedness for Research Data Sharing: A Study of University Researchers in Three European Countries. In Choemprayong S., Crestani F., & Cunningham S. (Eds). Digital Libraries: Data, Information, and Knowledge for Digital Lives. ICADL 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10647. Springer, Cham, pp. 104-116. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70232-2_9 Koltay, T. (2017). Data literacy for researchers and data librarians. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 49(1), 3–14.
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975
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Chokepoint capitalism [Brief Reviews of Books and Products]
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. - : Iowa State University. - 2162-3309. ; 11:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This is a book review of: Giblin, R., & Doctorow, C. (2022). Chokepoint Capitalism. Beacon Press. 312 pp., ISBN 978-080700706-8, 26.95 USD (hardcover); ISBN 9780807007075 (ebook).
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Information-seeking Behavior and Information Needs of Farmers in Turkey and Sweden: A Comparative Study
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Ingår i: European Conference on Information Literacy, October 19-22, 2015, Tallinn, Estonia: Abstracts. - 9789949292417 ; , s. 83-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In today’s world, individuals use information as “information workers” and manage information which make them evolve as partof the globalization process (Marchionini, 1995). Information is a practical tool facilitating the life flow of individuals. This toolis used by individuals in order to resolve the problems, uncertainties and chaotic situations in their life. A series of attitudes intarget-oriented resolution process is called information seeking behavior (Singh & Satija, 2007). Information seeking behavior andinformation are interwoven tools creating a circulation serving the target of various information user groups. Farmers are one of thesub-groups using information to contribute to the constitution of a green world. The information they seek in their occupationallife will facilitate the daily running of their occupation and serve the green society with fertile products, beneficial and resultorientedsolutions. In our study, information seeking behavior and information needs of the farmers in Fethiye, a county in Turkeyas a developing country, and Gothenburg in Sweden as a developed country, were analyzed. 60 farmers in Turkey and 60 farmersin Sweden were included within the scope of our study. What kind of information they seek and what kind of searching tools(internet, journals, books, asking people, applying to the reference desks in the public libraries) they use will be analyzed furtherin our study. Our target group was chosen randomly among the farmers in Fethiye and Gothenburg. It is a comparative study inwhich findings acquired in two different countries shall be handled taking the country development criteria into consideration. Inaccordance with the country development criteria, findings will be compared and recommendations will be given. Based upon theacquired findings, recommendations shall be given about the development of information literacy services and programs for thefarmers. In our study, a descriptive method was used. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool.
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The formation of a field: sustainability science and its leading journals
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Ingår i: Scientometrics. - 0138-9130 .- 1588-2861. ; 129, s. 401-429
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- This study investigates the scholarly field of sustainability science between 2001 and 2021 from the perspective of 18 frequently cited journals. For this purpose, the article employs the concept of the “scientific field” developed by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the associated methodology of Geometric Data Analysis (GDA). Thus, two GDA approaches, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), as well as analyses of co-citation and co-authorship relations, were used to identify the positions of these journals in the field. One key finding is the historical shift from an earlier dominance of chemistry-related journals to publications more broadly concerned with sustainability research. The MCA analyses show that the selection of research topics is in line with a “weak” rather than “strong” interpretation of the concept “sustainability.” Networks based on co-authorship relations reveal an overall increment in this type of collaboration, both at the level of organizations and countries. Since 2008, Chinese universities have notably increased their presence in the output of the journals examined in the study. Three strategies in shaping the field through its journals are discernable: publications strongly characterized by a systems theory perspective, notably Sustainability Science; generalist journals committed to sustainability research in a broader meaning; and publications that address sustainability issues mainly within a specific discipline.
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975
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The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in the Field of Bibliometrics: A Mixed- Methods Approach
- 2020
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Pierre Bourdieu was undoubtedly one of the leading sociologists of science, yet his influence of the quantitative studies of science has largely gone unnoticed. The present study is the first step in a PhD project aimed at developing new bibliometric analytical approaches from his sociology. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. Bourdieu’s influence was studied using publication and citation data of the bibliometrics literature that cites his works, descriptive statistics, and clustering techniques (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017). Subsequently, qualitative methods were applied. Central concepts in Bourdieu’s analytical framework constituted the classification scheme that was used in the deductive coding of the citing documents’ full texts in NVivo. At a later stage, the close reading of all texts with high occurrence of codes, variation across the coding scheme, or both, yielded the preliminary results to be presented at the workshop. The following is noteworthy: (a) there is a limited in-depth engagement with Bourdieu’s sociology within bibliometrics (b) the concepts of ‘field’, ‘symbolic capital’, and ‘social capital’ being the most occurring; (c) the presence, although far sparser, of a broader array of concepts from his sociology, such as economic capital, cultural capital, habitus, social class, illusio, and power (Bourdieu, 2000). In the oral presentation, findings from both the bibliometric analyses and the qualitative approach are compared and problematized.
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975
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The Social Space of Sustainability Science: A Bibliometric Study of Leading Journals (1990-2021)
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Keywords: Sustainability Science, Bibliometrics, Quantitative Science Studies Aim A bibliometric study of a scientific field’s core journals reveals central characteristics of the conceptual and social organization of the field, e.g., the most researched topics or the most prolific authors. Following this approach, this paper aims to analyze the organization of the growing field of sustainability science. The theoretical framework is derived from the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of scientific fields as social spaces characterized by capital available in different forms (such as the capital of the types social, cultural, economic, and symbolic). Methodology The most cited journals are elite publication subsets that can be conceived as places of competition for prestige (Vinkler, 2019) or—from a Bourdieusian perspective—symbolic capital (Chipidza & Tripp, 2021). The present study utilizes Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Impact Factor (JIF) to assess the journal’s prestige. Through this indicator, 18 journals and more than 94,000 documents were identified. The methods used to analyze this literature set are bibliometrics applied to these leading journals’ publication data. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses were employed to operationalize the distribution of the different forms of capital in the field. Key results/conclusions Based on Bourdieu’s theorization of scientific fields as social spaces and gauged through the number of co-authored publications, the data reveal a high degree of international collaboration in the field. The more recent presence of researchers and research organizations from China in this field’s social space is also a noteworthy finding, which the paper discusses in light of recent traits of the global publishing ecosystem. Moreover, although environmental sustainability is still a significant concern of the research output of these journals, the data show an increasing number of authors concerned with economic and social sustainability issues. This trend corresponds to the growth of social science research published in these leading journals (although to a different extent). References Chipidza, W., & Tripp, J. (2021). Symbolic capital and the basket of 8: What changed after the creation of the basket? Decision Support Systems, 149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2021.113623 Vinkler, P. (2019). Core journals and elite subsets in scientometrics. Scientometrics, 121(1), 241-259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03199-5
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- Schirone, Marco, 1975
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The Social Space of Sustainability Science: A Bibliometric Study of Leading Journals (2001-2021)
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A bibliometric study of a scientific field’s core journals reveals key characteristics of the history of the field, and its conceptual and social organisation, e.g., the most researched topics or the most prolific authors. The number of bibliometric studies concerning the emerging field of sustainability science is still limited. Nevertheless, detailed analyses of the field’s history and organisation are urged by several factors, such as the different conceptualisations of “sustainability,” the contributions of several research domains to its theories and methods, and the origin of the topic in the domain of policy. Moreover, the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu (2004), although it has inspired valuable bibliometric research (see e.g., Katchanov & Markova, 2017), has not been fully utilised in this field. Therefore, the present work-in-progress paper analyses the history and organisation of sustainability science through the Bourdieusian perspective of research fields as “social spaces." The paper's bibliometric approach also includes Geometric Data Analysis (GDA)—the statistical methodology employed by Bourdieu, and later developed by his collaborators. For this purpose, a dataset of more than 90,000 documents published between 1990 and 2021 in 18 leading journals in the field was imported from the database Web of Science into the R environment and analysed with the science mapping package bibliometrix (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017) and other R packages developed for GDA. The resulting findings are discussed in light of current bibliometric research, Bourdieu’s sociology of science, and the historical development of the sustainability science field, including its recent trends. References Aria, M., & Cuccurullo, C. (2017). bibliometrix: An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 959-975. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007 Bourdieu, P. (2004). Science of science and reflexivity. University of Chicago Press. Katchanov, Y. L., & Markova, Y. V. (2017). The “space of physics journals”: topological structure and the Journal Impact Factor. Scientometrics, 113(1), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2471-2
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Workshop for Developing the Skills of Farmers in the Green Society
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Ingår i: European Conference on Information Literacy, October 19-22, 2015, Tallinn, Estonia: Abstracts. - 9789949292417 ; , s. 200-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Satisfying the information needs of the farmers and enabling the farmers to have the required information literacy skills is of great significance and utmost preference in the green society where public have raised awareness about farming and organic food. Farmers are among the key vocational groups contributing to the agricultural development of the countries. Their efforts raise the quality in the animal feeding and fertile products. Maintenance of high-quality in the agricultural activities depend on their information level and information literacy skills. When their information needs are satisfied and their information literacy skills are supported, they will know how to deal with the agricultural issues. In this workshop, our aim is to put forward the information needs of the farmers in Turkey and Sweden, basing upon the findings to be acquired from the farmers in both Turkey and Sweden with the given questionnaires. Within the frame of the workshop, we will put forward our recommendations about how to improve the information literacy skills of the farmers. Our unique aim is to develop general suggestions framework with the contributions of the workshop participants and put forward our suggestions about municipalities should or can do with the purpose of enabling the farmers to develop their information literacy skills. Our workshop will be in a reflective atmosphere based upon mutually shared ideas. This workshop is promising in that it may be transformed in to EU project aiming to better the information services for the farmers and enabling the development of the information literacy skills of the farmers. Aim: We aim to provide the public librarians and academics with the findings that we collected with the questionnaires applied in Turkey and Sweden. We will inform them about the current needs and information seeking behavior of the farmers in the agricultural fields. Following this phase, we will enable them to develop lifelong learning projects, courses and seminars that will include the farmers in the lifelong learning process and that will foster them to gain and develop information literacy skills. Method; Workshop will be carried out with non-formal educational methods. It will be a participant-focused applied workshop which requires the intensive interest and mental and physical participation of the participants. They will put forward their valuable contributions. They will work in groups and each group will develop a key tool. This tool will be related with gaining one skill, more than one skills and tools developed throughout workshop may be used in the public libraries following the workshop. Workshop will be future oriented. As the instructors of the workshop, we aim to disseminate the workshop outputs and enable them to be sustainable.Target group: Our target groups is the academicians and public librarians, people who work in Green ICT field who will have the key role in guiding farmers.Required Materials: Circle type sitting system, boardmarks, board, laptop and poster papers
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