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A Siberian reality check on open source information

Yates, Athol; Zvegintzovi, Nicholas - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 6, pp. 175-186

’ understanding of the target country‘s history, politics and society. A research project on the BAM (Baikal‐Amur Mainline) Railway in …’s research was underway, it became clear that much of the English language published material was ill‐informed and contradictory …

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Information retrieval techniques for evaluating search engines: a critical overview

Landoni, Monica; Bell, Steven - In: Aslib Proceedings 52 (2000) 3, pp. 124-129

The objective of this paper is to highlight the importance of a scientifically sounded approach to search engine evaluation. Nowadays there is a flourishing literature which describes various attempts at conducting such evaluation by following all sort of approaches, but very often only the...

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Comment When did peer review become anonymous?

Madden, A.D. - In: Aslib Proceedings 52 (2000) 8, pp. 273-276

Anonymous peer review is an important part of the process by which academic information is evaluated. Some of the problems associated with the process are discussed below. Although the history of peer review is well documented, there appears to be no record of when it became anonymous. Since...

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Enhancing knowledge exchange through Communities of Practice at the Inter‐American Development Bank

Moreno, Alfredo - In: Aslib Proceedings 53 (2001) 8, pp. 296-308

A relatively new and spontaneous organisational form, simply referred to as Bank Networks or Communities of Practice (CoPs)(informal groups of professional workers who share similar interests and goals), have emerged in the past few years at the Inter‐American Development Bank (IDB). They are...

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Journal diffusion factors: a new approach to measuring research influence

Rowlands, Ian - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 2, pp. 77-84

bibliometric indicators commonly used to measure the quality of research (journal impact factor, immediacy index and cited half … factor describes a neglected dynamic of citation reception and is intended as a complementary partial indicator for research …

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Knowledge production, consumption and impact: policy indicators for a changing world

Rowlands, Ian - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 1/2, pp. 5-12

This paper provides a high‐level overview of some of the main research themes and preoccupations that are reported in … this special ciber issue of Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives. The research activities of ciber are drawn …, research evaluation, scholarly communication, user studies, publishing strategies and policy analysis. The transparency that …

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Beyond outputs: new measures of biomedical research impact

Lewison, Grant - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 1/2, pp. 32-42

Biomedical research evaluation has traditionally been based on analysis of outputs and their citations by other papers …. However we should try to map the routes by which research actually improves patient care and reduces illness, and develop … through approved guidelines. Each of these will depend on a body of research evidence. We must also evaluate the effects of …

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Modelling the diffusion of specialised knowledge

Warner, Julian - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 1/2, pp. 75-83

This paper reviews developments from a study of the reception of the Research Assessment Exercise 1996. Research …

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The publication of cancer research papers in high impact journals

Lewison, Grant - In: Aslib Proceedings 55 (2003) 5/6, pp. 379-387

Examines a set of over 27,000 UK papers in cancer research in order to identify the individual factors that influence … independent variables that have a positive effect are the numbers of authors and funding bodies, the research level (from clinical … partnerships usually involve more authors and funding for the research that they are perceived to lead to higher impact work. There …

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Demonstrating a multi‐faceted magpie approach to researching searchable digital text

Levitt, Jonathan M. - In: Aslib Proceedings 56 (2004) 5, pp. 315-320

This article demonstrates a lateral approach to conducting research on searchable text presented in digital format and … the potential impact of the networking of knowledge on research methods by investigating knowledge and insight on … theoretical basis for the use of this approach as a research methodology. Finally, it examines briefly the extent of overlap of …

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