Translation - Information Matters

The scientific community is currently grappling with a reproducibility crisis, marked by an alarming increase in the number of published articles that have been retracted due to errors or fraudulent practices. This crisis can be attributed to various factors, including the intense pressure to publish, insufficient training in research methods, and flaws in the peer review process.

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July 13, 2023 Anuoluwa Akinsola

Behavioral Economics in the Epoch of Technology: Decision-Making Processes

In the digital age, understanding decision-making processes has become increasingly vital. It is germane for individuals, businesses and managers to understand the complexities of overloaded data to navigate the information era properly and make intelligent decisions. The availability of information and the quick speed of technological improvements have substantially altered how decisions are made.

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July 10, 2023 Güleda Doğan

Breaking Down Barriers: An Analysis of Inclusivity Challenges at Scientific Conferences

Academic conferences are incredibly valuable opportunities for researchers. They offer a chance to share research and preliminary findings, receive feedback, and improve an ongoing work. Regrettably, the ability for researchers from many countries to attend academic conferences is increasingly becoming a challenge due to the resulting economic hardships that the Covid-19 pandemic (among other factors) has caused. These issues, which are being felt globally, have had an especially significant impact on (semi)peripheral regions.

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July 8, 2023 Irfan Ullah

On the Current State of Query Formulation for Book Search

Formulating a well-defined search query is one of the prominent success factors in getting relevant search results on any search system. However, no latest review or survey exists in the literature that studies query formulation from the perspective of book retrieval. The authors fill this literary gap by studying query formulation in light of research publications from 2007-22.

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July 5, 2023 Tom Mason

Times New Plural – The Multiple Temporalities of Contemporary Life and the Infosphere

We might illustrate the infosphere by picturing a person walking down a street in the weather of the day (rain, sun, wind, etc), negotiating traffic, other people, obstacles, using services, all the while with their smartphone; messaging, listening to a podcast, on a video call, checking bus times, etc. This example highlights everyday plural temporalities; as the various activities occurring here include the general time, work time and ‘free’ time, the temporalities of the online network their device is operating within, the device’s battery life, the time of whoever else is being communicated to via messaging or video call, the time(s) of other people around.

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June 22, 2023 Boris Menin

Maximizing Mass-Energy and Information-Energy Equivalences

The concept that information possesses mass carries significant implications for our understanding of the universe. It suggests that the universe is even more enriched with information than previously believed, as the energy required to store information is directly proportional to its mass. This realization expands our perspective on the nature of information and its role in shaping the fabric of reality. Moreover, it has practical implications for future technologies, particularly in the domain of quantum computing.

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June 21, 2023 Kate McDowell

Future Applications for Data Storytelling Toolkits

When it comes to translating data as evidence into compelling and memorable arguments, many people need some guidance about how to approach crafting a story. There is great potential for toolkits that would provide such guidance, giving advocates and data analysts tools for communicating data in story form. Data Storytelling is an emerging area in the information sciences, and the term as used here means any form of communication of data that uses narrative strategies or story structures.