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Michael Gusenbauer – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Citation indices providing information on backward citation (BWC) and forward citation (FWC) links are essential for literature discovery, bibliographic analysis, and knowledge synthesis, especially when language barriers impede document identification. However, the suitability of citation indices varies. While some have been analyzed, the…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Information Retrieval, Databases, Web Sites
Smyrnova-Trybulska, Eugenia; Morze, Nataliia; Kuzminska, Olena; Kommers, Piet – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
The authors of the article describe the popular trends and methods as well as ICT tools used for the mapping and visualization of scientific domains as a research methodology which is attracting more and more interest from scientific information and science studies professionals. The researchers analysed Pajek, one of the programs used for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bibliometrics, Concept Mapping, Sciences
Lorenzo, G.; Santagueda, M. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The current evaluation and comparison system of scientific production by impact factor has been criticised from different perspectives in recent years, and has ensured that publishing in high-impact journals does not necessarily imply that works are quality works. Many of these jobs are mostly not cited or, in the best of cases, only a very small…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Public Colleges
Chan, Chitat; Holosko, Michael J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: Information and communications technology (ICT) has impacted almost all human service disciplines and currently is evolving in social work. This study provides a systematic review of ICT-enhanced social work interventions, with particular reference to their intervention fidelity (IF), validity, and the role of ICT in the helping…
Descriptors: Social Work, Information Technology, Intervention, Journal Articles
Mitchell, Jerry T.; Brysch, Carmen P.; Collins, Larianne – Journal of Geography, 2015
The "Journal of Geography" has used key words since 1990 to help readers and researchers seek out work of particular interest. Key words generally supplement article titles and are hopefully chosen with care. The focus of this article is the "Journal of Geography" key word, its presence, timing, and frequency. Using a…
Descriptors: Geography, Indexes, Educational Trends, Educational Change
Aydin, Selami – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
It is evident that technology plays an important role in the foreign language teaching and learning processes, whereas foreign language anxiety (FLA) is one of the considerable affective variables that influence adversely the aforementioned processes. However, how the use of technology affects FLA levels has not been drawn attention among…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Long, Haiying; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Yu, Qi; Ding, Ying; Kaufman, James C. – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
A bibliometric approach was employed to analyze the research productivity and performance of creativity studies between 1965 and 2012. A dataset was constructed using all publications and citations retrieved from four key journals that publish creativity research: "Journal of Creative Behavior" ("JCB"), "Gifted Child…
Descriptors: Creativity, Productivity, Journal Articles, Research
Xia, Tian; Shumin, Zhang; Yifeng, Wu – Chinese Education & Society, 2016
We utilized cross tabulation statistics, word frequency counts, and content analysis of research output to conduct a bibliometric study, and used CiteSpace software to depict a knowledge map for research on entrepreneurship education in China from 2004 to 2013. The study shows that, in this duration, the study of Chinese entrepreneurship education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Educational Research
Van Ullen, Mary; Kessler, Jane – Public Services Quarterly, 2012
In 2005, the authors reviewed citation help in databases and found an error rate of 4.4 errors per citation. This article describes a follow-up study that revealed a modest improvement in the error rate to 3.4 errors per citation, still unacceptably high. The most problematic area was retrieval statements. The authors conclude that librarians…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Databases, Followup Studies, Citation Analysis
Buchanan, Robert A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
Citation attributes were found to be strongly associated with the omission of citations from the cited article lists in 603 "SCIE" records from six chemistry journals. By requiring well-documented citations and by making it easier to identify where one citation ends and the next one begins, journals can help minimize the number of omitted…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Chemistry, Citation Indexes, Journal Articles
Scott, James Calvert; Blaszczynski, Carol; Green, Diana J.; Fagerheim, Britt Anna – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2008
Problem: The business education literature isn't accessible. Research Questions: Which business education periodicals do vital business educators perceive to be more useful? In which databases and/or indices are they found? How much literature is fugitive? What strategies might increase literature accessibility? Research Method: Delphi technique.…
Descriptors: Business Education, Periodicals, Business Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Brusco, Michael J. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2007
The study of human performance on discrete optimization problems has a considerable history that spans various disciplines. The two most widely studied problems are the Euclidean traveling salesperson problem and the quadratic assignment problem. The purpose of this paper is to outline a program of study for the measurement of human performance on…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Performance, Measurement, Criticism

Sperr, Inez L. – Online Review, 1983
Survey to determine impact of online availability on subscriptions to printed publications found 2-5 percent annual attrition in subscriptions to printed publications over past five years is not related solely or primarily to availability of online databases, and evolution of online databases and printed publications as separate entities is…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Databases, Indexes, Information Services

Browne, Glenda – Online Review, 1992
Reports on a study that examined scope notes added to subject headings in the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) Online User Manual. Types of messages conveyed by scope notes and word patterns within the notes are identified, and comparisons between the 1982 and 1987 editions of the manual are made. (16 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexes, Subject Index Terms

Lixun, Wang – Language Learning & Technology, 2001
Investigates the value of computer technology as a medium for the delivery of parallel texts in English and Chinese for language learning. A English-Chinese parallel corpus was created for use in parallel concordancing--a technique that has been developed to respond to the desire to study language in its natural contexts of use. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, English