Human-information interactions tend to be studied as isolated events. In reality, most human interactions, including those associated with information behaviors, are informed by individuals’ association/connection with their communities. A person’s community or communities inform their identity, belonging, behavior, and knowledge.
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Measuring scientific breakthroughs enables tracking and forecasting of emerging areas in science and assists stakeholders in making more informed decisions on funding allocation, employment, and scientific awards. Therefore, it has garnered widespread interest from a variety of disciplines to probe into scientific breakthroughs.
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In the thesis by publication (TBP) model, academic research gets published through a commercial publisher, mostly as a journal article or a book chapter which the university considers as the fulfillment of the academic program.
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In the field of Scientometrics (or Science of Science), whether novel ideas experience more difficulties in dissemination and adoption is of particular interest. Evidence has been found that highly novel papers and grant proposals often suffer from stricter scrutiny and are more likely to be negatively evaluated.
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The transition from secondary education to higher education could be challenging for most freshmen due to a completely unknown environment and autonomous learning style, which leads to the emergence of the maladaptation phenomenon.
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For more inclusive studies, researchers should go beyond minimum mandated ethical assessments in research design. Here I share examples of ethical tensions from my work with teens. I then argue for examining research using the lens of infrastructure and identify opportunities to increase justice and inclusiveness in research processes, including incorporating microaffections.
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Sensemaking, the process of forming meaningful representations of a task or problem’s information space, is the starting point of intelligent information use.
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Drawing the genealogy of knowledge service innovation research can provide reference for the research direction, research issue and work practice of knowledge service innovation in Information Science.
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Academic social network sites (ASNS) have become a new form of academic service for educators, researchers and students in the social media age.
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What are the characteristics of information dissemination during public events? How can the information be leveraged to better respond to public events? Nowadays, social media provides convenient platforms where people can express their opinions and emotions. The public events which threaten the safety of people’s lives and property are likely to trigger a tsunami of opinions with much information disclosed at the same time.
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