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2. Knowledge generation and diffusion in science & technology: an empirical study of SiC-MOSFET based on scientific papers and patents.
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Pan, Weiwei, Jian, Lirong, and Liu, Tao
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TECHNOLOGY transfer , *CITATION networks , *PATENTS , *EMPIRICAL research , *METAL oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors , *FIELD-effect transistors , *PATH analysis (Statistics) - Abstract
Scientific papers and patents are reliable sources of knowledge carriers for measuring science and technology advances, predicting technological trends, and formulating technology strategies. Although the idea of entirely using the two knowledge carriers is rapidly emerging in academic discussion, a theoretical framing of the comparisons is still not present in literature. This study conducts bibliometrics on 2986 patent families and 4755 scientific papers related to silicon carbide metal–oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (SiC-MOSFET) to identify its technological trends and compare the similarities and differences in knowledge generation and diffusion in science and technology. Our methodological framework consists of a combination of geographic distribution (identifying the research developments and distribution), cooperation networks (analyzing organisation collaboration and individual research cooperation), noun phrase co-occurrence clusters (discovering hot research topics), and the global main path analyses of citation networks (tracking the trajectory of knowledge flows). Ultimately, our results contribute to recent bibliometric paradigms beyond discovering the role of scientific papers and patents in promoting science and technology integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. PROBLEMS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN CHINESE EMPIRICAL LEGAL RESEARCH: THE EXAMPLE OF PAPERS INVOLVING JUDGMENT DOCUMENTS.
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Zeyang Yu and Mengyao Yu
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EMPIRICAL research ,LEGAL research - Abstract
Chinese empirical legal research has undergone three stages of development, with the present stage being characterised by a proliferation of statistical and quantitative research following the inception of the online platform for judgment documents of the Supeme People's Court in 2014. Despite these advancements, empirical legal resem-ch based on judgment documents continues to grapple with a multitude of challenges and limitations. Three primary issues pervade the majority of such studies: (1) judgment documents themselves may not be reliable sources of legal materials; (2) the selection methods and research designs employed in empirical legal Tesearch may be overly simplistic or subjective, leading to biased or invalid results; and (3) there is a trade-of between accuracy and genemlisability. This article posits that empilical legal research ought to achieve the three progressively advancing functions of verification, falsification and innovation, striving to eradicate ambiguity in legislation and bolster legislative technology involving data and statistics. Furthermore, empirical legal research should be aware of its own limitations and avoid excessive extremism in its development. It is also important to consider the influence of advanced technology and maintain an open exploratory attitude towards other possible approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
4. Secondary use of empirical research data in medical ethics papers on gamete donation: forms of use and pitfalls.
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Provoost V
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- Humans, Empirical Research, Ethics, Medical, Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous ethics, Oocyte Donation ethics
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This paper aims to provide a description of how authors publishing in medical ethics journals have made use of empirical research data in papers on the topic of gamete or embryo donation by means of references to studies conducted by others (secondary use). Rather than making a direct contribution to the theoretical methodological literature about the role empirical research data could play or should play in ethics studies, the focus is on the particular uses of these data and the problems that can be encountered with this use. In the selection of papers examined, apart from being used to describe the context, empirical evidence was mainly used to recount problems that needed solving. Few of the authors looked critically at the quality of the studies they quoted, and several instances were found of empirical data being used poorly or inappropriately. This study provides some initial baseline evidence that shows empirical data, in the form of references to studies, are sometimes being used in inappropriate ways. This suggests that medical ethicists should be more concerned about the quality of the empirical data selected, the appropriateness of the choice for a particular type of data (from a particular type of study) and the correct integration of this evidence in sound argumentation. Given that empirical data can be misused also when merely cited instead of reported, it may be worthwhile to explore good practice requirements for this type of use of empirical data in medical ethics.
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- 2015
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5. Concepts and Reasoning: a Conceptual Review and Analysis of Logical Issues in Empirical Social Science Research.
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Yao Q
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- Concept Formation, Logic, Empirical Research, Social Sciences
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A substantial number of social science studies have shown a lack of conceptual clarity, inadequate understanding of the nature of the empirical research approaches, and undue preference for deduction, which have caused much confusion, created paradigmatic incommensurability, and impeded scientific advancement. This study, through conceptual review and analysis of canonical discussions of concepts and the reasoning approaches of deduction and induction and their applications in social science theorization by philosophers and social scientists, is purported to unveil the logical nature of empirical research and examine the legitimacy of the preference of deduction among social scientists. The findings note that conceptual clarity as the foundation of social science research, exchange, and replication can be achieved through interdisciplinary stress of conceptual analyses to establish universal measurements and that the primacy of deduction in social sciences needs to concede to or be balanced with induction for new knowledge, more discoveries, and scientific advancement. The study recommends that institutions and researchers of social sciences invest more in conceptual analysis and inductive research through collaboration and separate efforts., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2024
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6. Pioneering role of the Production and Operations Management in promoting empirical research in operations management.
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Roth, Aleda M. and Singhal, Vinod R.
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PRODUCTION management (Manufacturing) ,OPERATIONS management ,EMPIRICAL research ,SUPPLY chain management - Abstract
We describe the pioneering role of the Production and Operations Management (POM) in promoting empirical research in innovation, operations, and supply chain management. We also review and discuss the most influential empirical papers published in POM based on each paper's Google Scholar citation counts. We selected the top 200 cited papers from the 2085 papers published or forthcoming in POM to identify the most influential empirical papers. We classify these 200 papers into three categories: (a) review and conceptual development, (b) analytical, and (c) empirical papers, and then compare these papers across the categories in terms of citation counts. Next we analyze the 75 empirical papers from the top 200 cited papers published in POM by covered topics, data sources, and data analysis methods. Focusing the analysis on empirical papers among the top 200 cited papers can underrepresent emerging themes among the more recently published empirical papers. Therefore, we also analyze 19 more recent empirical papers from 2016 to 2021 that are not covered in the top 200 cited papers but have been impactful given the brief time since their publication. We conclude by offering our thoughts on how editors, reviewers, and authors can work together to further enhance and ensure the quality and influence of future operations management (OM) empirical science research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. Investigating the Process of Process Modeling with Eye Movement Analysis : (Full Paper)
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Pinggera, Jakob, Furtner, Marco, Martini, Markus, Sachse, Pierre, Reiter, Katharina, Zugal, Stefan, Weber, Barbara, van der Aalst, Wil, editor, Mylopoulos, John, editor, Rosemann, Michael, editor, Shaw, Michael J., editor, Szyperski, Clemens, editor, La Rosa, Marcello, editor, and Soffer, Pnina, editor
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- 2013
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8. Editors' Introduction: Best Papers from the 19th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling.
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Stewart, Terrence C. and de Jong, Joost
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *EMPIRICAL research , *CAFFEINE - Abstract
The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling brings together researchers from around the world whose main goal is to build computational systems that reflect the internal processes of the mind. In this issue, we present the five best representative papers on this work from our 19th meeting, ICCM 2021, which was held virtually from July 3 to July 9, 2021. Three of these papers provide new techniques for refining computational models, giving better methods for taking empirical data and producing accurate computational models of the cognitive systems that produce them. The other two papers focus on explanation: using models to elucidate the underlying processes affecting cognition in such diverse domains as logical reasoning and the effects of caffeine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. Examining the effects of technology–organization–environment framework on operational performance through supply chain integration of the firm
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Chatha, Kamran Ali, Jajja, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq, Gillani, Fatima, and Farooq, Sami
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- 2024
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10. Drivers of the Adoption of Eco-Innovations in the Pulp, Paper, and Paper Products Industry in Brazil.
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Maçaneiro, MarleteBeatriz, da Cunha, SieglindeKindl, and Balbinot, Zandra
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INNOVATIONS in business , *PAPER products industry , *BUSINESS literature , *EMPIRICAL research , *BUSINESS development - Abstract
This study analyzes the production of knowledge in the field of eco-innovation, checking its state of the art in order to discuss topics of future research. Specifically, it assesses the pulp, paper, and paper products industry in Brazil in order to examine the drivers of the adoption of eco-innovation strategies. The study is essentially a review of the literature, with a methodology based on exploratory research, and using the documental and bibliographical qualitative method. The empirical research was based on a quantitative approach using the strategy of a cross-sectional survey by means of a self-administered online questionnaire. It was verified that the studies related to eco-innovation are still preliminary and that the subject lacks specific research with empirical data from survey and in-depth case studies. The following topics were checked for studies on innovation in environmental issues on conceptual and theoretical discussion; models and indicators for evaluating the eco-innovation; types; and political arguments for their development, with the proposition of research lines within this context. The results of the empirical research allow us to conclude that factors such as environmental regulation, the use of environmental incentives and innovation, reputation effects, top management support, technological expertise, and environmental formalization in the context of domestic enterprises are crucial to the adoption of eco-innovation. Further, the higher the extent to which companies embrace an environmental and innovative culture, the greater the internalization of eco-innovative practices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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11. Disciplinarity of software papers: A preliminary analysis.
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Li, Kai, Chen, Pei‐Ying, and Fang, Zhichao
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SCIENTIFIC software ,SCIENTOMETRICS ,EMPIRICAL research ,CITATION analysis ,COMPUTER software development - Abstract
The present study investigates the disciplinarity of papers describing scientific software (i.e., "software papers") as the first step to gain a deeper understanding of how science is operated in its material and practice bases. The preliminary analysis mapped 768 software papers in the Journal of Statistical Software and about 57,000 papers that cited them to the five knowledge domains in the CWTS classification system and traced how these papers are cited within and across disciplinary boundaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. Quantitative Analysis of Ageing Condition of Insulating Paper Using Infrared Spectroscopy.
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Saldivar-Guerrero, R., Cabrera Álvarez, E. N., Leon-Silva, U., Lopez-Gonzalez, F. A., Delgado Arroyo, F., Lara-Covarrubias, H., and Montes-Fernandez, R.
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INSULATING paper , *FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy , *EMPIRICAL research , *POLYMERIZATION , *QUANTITATIVE research - Abstract
Transformers are very expensive apparatuses and are vital to make the whole power system run normally. The failures in such apparatuses could leave them out of service, causing severe economic losses. The life of a transformer can be effectively determined by the life of the insulating paper. In the present work, we show an alternative diagnostic technique to determine the ageing condition of transformer paper by the use of FTIR spectroscopy and an empirical model. This method has the advantage of using a microsample that could be extracted from the transformer on-site. The proposed technique offers an approximation quantitative evaluation of the degree of polymerization of dielectric papers and could be used for transformer diagnosis and remaining life estimation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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13. Exploring the Questionable Academic Practice of Conference Paper Double Dipping.
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LEWELLYN, KRISTA B., JUDGE, WILLIAM Q., and SMITH, ADAM
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EMPIRICAL research ,SCHOLARS ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,CONFERENCE papers ,ACADEMIC discourse ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) - Abstract
We develop a conceptual framework and provide empirical evidence that helps to explain why management scholars submit the same paper to more than one scholarly conference, a practice referred to as "double dipping." Drawing from general strain theory, we find that certain features of the social and national institutional context in which these scholars are embedded provides motivation for and facilitates rationalization of engagement in the double-dipping practice. Specifically, our results show that the incidence of conference paper double dipping is greater for junior scholars and for those currently affiliated with research-intensive universities. We also find that authors who received their highest educational degree in countries with higher levels of corruption are more likely to engage in double dipping. The study provides a better theoretical understanding of contextual factors that may lead individuals to engage in questionable academic practices. We hope our findings will raise this issue to fuller scrutinywithin the Academy, and motivate some potential remedies to reduce the frequency of this questionable behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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14. Standing on shoulders or feet? An extended study on the usage of the MSR data papers.
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Kotti, Zoe, Kravvaritis, Konstantinos, Dritsa, Konstantina, and Spinellis, Diomidis
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EMPIRICAL research ,DATA transformations (Statistics) ,SOFTWARE engineering ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,SURVEYS - Abstract
The establishment of the Mining Software Repositories (MSR) data showcase conference track has encouraged researchers to provide data sets as a basis for further empirical studies. The objective of this study is to examine the usage of data papers published in the MSR proceedings in terms of use frequency, users, and use purpose. Data track papers were collected from the MSR data showcase track and through the manual inspection of older MSR proceedings. The use of data papers was established through manual citation searching followed by reading the citing studies and dividing them into strong and weak citations. Contrary to weak, strong citations truly use the data set of a data paper. Data papers were then manually clustered based on their content, whereas their strong citations were classified by hand according to the knowledge areas of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. A survey study on 108 authors and users of data papers provided further insights regarding motivation and effort in data paper production, encouraging and discouraging factors in data set use, and future desired direction regarding data papers. We found that 65% of the data papers have been used in other studies, with a long-tail distribution in the number of strong citations. Weak citations to data papers usually refer to them as an example. MSR data papers are cited in total less than other MSR papers. A considerable number of the strong citations stem from the teams that authored the data papers. Publications providing Version Control System (VCS) primary and derived data are the most frequent data papers and the most often strongly cited ones. Enhanced developer data papers are the least common ones, and the second least frequently strongly cited. Data paper authors tend to gather data in the context of other research. Users of data sets appreciate high data quality and are discouraged by lack of replicability of data set construction. Data related to machine learning or derived from the manufacturing sector are two suggestions of the respondents for future data papers. Overall, data papers have provided the foundation for a significant number of studies, but there is room for improvement in their utilization. This can be done by setting a higher bar for their publication, by encouraging their use, by promoting open science initiatives, and by providing incentives for the enrichment of existing data collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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15. Working principle of agile capabilities for emergency response during cyclones and floods
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John, Joshin and Eappen, Neetha J.
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- 2024
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16. DOING SEMINAR READING: WAYS AND DETOURS OF READING/NOT-READING SEMINAR TEXTS AND PAPERS AS ACTORS.
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KÜNZLER, SIBYLLE
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SEMINARS ,READING ,PARTICIPANT observation ,ACTORS ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Reading scholarly articles is a core practice in academic seminars, which proceed under the assumption that seminar participants have read assigned texts and will incorporate the knowledge acquired from these texts into seminar discussions and train reading techniques. However, this seemingly self-evident situation perhaps only represents an ideal rather than actual seminar practices. This Science and Technology Studies-oriented contribution based on qualitative empirical research (participant observation, self-study, short interviews, forum theater experiments) will show how, where, when, and why students and lecturers do read texts, and what tactics they use when they have not read the texts 'properly,' 'fully,' or at all. How do they perform reading/not-reading; how does reading/not-reading bias knowledge circulation? In this hybrid process of collective and individual reading, reading and discussing seem to be intertwined, and texts become effective as actors, for example as digital scans or piles of paper. Reading and text-based discussions are material knowledge practices that entangle and are entangled in hegemonial arrangements. My aim is to make visible and negotiable an often self-evidently accomplished performativity of collective and individual reading, in its concrete and diverse practices, in order to work productively with the epistemological and didactic consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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17. Group concept mapping – bridging the gap between conceptual papers and empirical research.
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Homer, Stephen T.
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CONCEPT mapping ,EMPIRICAL research ,MULTIDIMENSIONAL scaling ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) - Abstract
With growing internationalism, there is a shift in research patterns in developing countries, especially China and India, generating vital and contemporary research areas that are beginning to challenge the existing Western‐dominated research literature in social sciences. Yet, many of the new ideas within conceptual papers by the social sciences are not empirically validated, let alone operationalized. This is where the group concept mapping method can play a role in bridging the gap between phenomenal conceptualization and having an empirically valid model that can then be operationalized. The group concept mapping process involves five steps: create statements, sort statements, run multidimensional scaling (MDS) of sorted units, run cluster analysis, and label the clusters. This approach allows for the collective thoughts of a pre‐defined group to be collected and organized into a tangible output with academic rigor. This paper offers an overview of the group concept mapping methodology, discussing the processes of the method, how the method can be utilized fully within the business and broader social science context, and the strengths, weaknesses, and practical implications of group concept mapping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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18. How to improve the outcome of performance evaluations in terms of percentiles for citation frequencies of my papers.
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Schreiber, Michael
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PERFORMANCE evaluation ,PAPER research ,CITATION analysis ,EMPIRICAL research ,DATA analysis ,PUBLISHING - Abstract
Using empirical data I demonstrate that the result of performance evaluations by percentiles can be drastically influenced by the proper choice of the journal in which a manuscript is published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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19. Scientific Paper Recommendation: A Survey
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Zhuo Yang, Feng Xia, Xiaomei Bai, Ivan Lee, Xiangjie Kong, Mengyang Wang, Bai, Xiaomei, Wang, Mengyang, Lee, Ivan, Yang, Zhuo, Kong, Xiangjie, and Xia, Feng
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FOS: Computer and information sciences ,General Computer Science ,scientific paper recommendation ,Computer science ,02 engineering and technology ,Recommender system ,Computer Science - Information Retrieval ,Search engine ,Empirical research ,Cold start ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Collaborative filtering ,Recommender systems ,General Materials Science ,recommendation algorithms ,Serendipity ,05 social sciences ,General Engineering ,Data science ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,recommender systems ,0509 other social sciences ,050904 information & library sciences ,lcsh:TK1-9971 ,Information Retrieval (cs.IR) - Abstract
Globally, the recommendation services have become important due to the fact that they support e-commerce applications and different research communities. Recommender systems have a large number of applications in many fields, including economic, education, and scientific research. Different empirical studies have shown that the recommender systems are more effective and reliable than the keyword-based search engines for extracting useful knowledge from massive amounts of data. The problem of recommending similar scientific articles in scientific community is called scientific paper recommendation. Scientific paper recommendation aims to recommend new articles or classical articles that match researchers' interests. It has become an attractive area of study since the number of scholarly papers increases exponentially. In this paper, we first introduce the importance and advantages of the paper recommender systems. Second, we review the recommendation algorithms and methods, such as Content-based, collaborative filtering, graph-based, and hybrid methods. Then, we introduce the evaluation methods of different recommender systems. Finally, we summarize the open issues in the paper recommender systems, including cold start, sparsity, scalability, privacy, serendipity, and unified scholarly data standards. The purpose of this survey is to provide comprehensive reviews on the scholarly paper recommendation. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
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- 2020
20. Palliative Care Implementation in Long-Term Care Facilities: European Association for Palliative Care White Paper
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Katherine A. Froggatt, Danni Collingridge Moore, Lieve Van den Block, Julie Ling, Sheila A. Payne, Borja Arrue, Ilona Baranska, Luc Deliens, Yvonne Engels, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Katherine Froggatt, Giovanni Gambassi, Elisabeth Honincx, Viola Kijowska, Maud ten Koppel, Marika Kylanen, Federica Mammarella, Rose Miranda, Tinne Smets, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug, Roeline Pasman, Sheila Payne, Ruth Piers, Lara Pivodic, Jenny van der Steen, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Hein van Hout, Anne Wichmann, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, General practice, Public and occupational health, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, Clinical sciences, Family Medicine and Chronic Care, and End-of-life Care Research Group
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Palliative care ,Quality management ,Alzheimer`s disease Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 1] ,Psychological intervention ,nursing homes ,long-term care facilities ,quality improvement ,Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18] ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Empirical research ,White paper ,Nursing ,Intervention (counseling) ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,PROGRAM ,Medicine ,QUALITY ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,OLDER-PEOPLE ,implementation ,interventions ,General Nursing ,Pace ,Aged ,HOMES ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Palliative Care ,General Medicine ,Long-Term Care ,Europe ,Long-term care ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,END ,OF-LIFE CARE ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Switzerland - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 225338.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) OBJECTIVES: The number of older people dying in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is increasing globally, but care quality may be variable. A framework was developed drawing on empirical research findings from the Palliative Care for Older People (PACE) study and a scoping review of literature on the implementation of palliative care interventions in LTCFs. The PACE study mapped palliative care in LTCFs in Europe, evaluated quality of end-of-life care and quality of dying in a cross-sectional study of deceased residents of LTCFs in 6 countries, and undertook a cluster-randomized control trial that evaluated the impact of the PACE Steps to Success intervention in 7 countries. Working with the European Association for Palliative Care, a white paper was written that outlined recommendations for the implementation of interventions to improve palliative and end-of-life care for all older adults with serious illness, regardless of diagnosis, living in LTCFs. The goal of the article is to present these key domains and recommendations. DESIGN: Transparent expert consultation. SETTING: International experts in LTCFs. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen (of 20 invited) international experts from 15 countries participated in a 1-day face-to-face Transparent Expert Consultation (TEC) workshop in Bern, Switzerland, and 21 (of 28 invited) completed a follow-up online survey. METHODS: The TEC study used (1) a face-to-face workshop to discuss a scoping review and initial recommendations and (2) an online survey. RESULTS: Thirty recommendations about implementing palliative care for older people in LTCFs were refined during the TEC workshop and, of these, 20 were selected following the survey. These 20 recommendations cover domains at micro (within organizations), meso (across organizations), and macro (at national or regional) levels addressed in 3 phases: establishing conditions for action, embedding in everyday practice, and sustaining ongoing change. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: We developed a framework of 20 recommendations to guide implementation of improvements in palliative care in LTCFs.
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- 2020
21. WHEN I WRITE MY MASTERPIECE: THOUGHTS ON WHAT MAKES A PAPER INTERESTING.
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Barley, Stephen R.
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ACADEMIC discourse -- Study & teaching ,AUDIENCES ,INTEREST (Psychology) ,SCHOLARLY publishing ,SCHOLARLY communication ,ESSAYS ,GRADUATE education ,EMPIRICAL research ,STUDY & teaching of research ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This article reflects on academic papers and what makes them interesting. The author believes academic papers are like rock and roll bands: whether an audience finds them interesting is a matter of perspective, if not taste. Subject matter is important and he finds that several kinds pique his interest in paper. The author believes that papers in graduate classes are too often celebrated for their methods but some papers are interesting because their methods are so different from the ubiquitous secondary data sets, attitude surveys, and interviews of top managers that provide most of the grist in the field. He finds methods that get close enough to behavior to show how people wittingly or unwittingly build and maintain their social worlds of particular interest.
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22. How scientific papers mention grey literature: a scientometric study based on Scopus data.
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Schöpfel, Joachim and Prost, Hélène
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GREY literature , *SCIENTOMETRICS , *DIGITAL libraries , *EMPIRICAL research , *DATABASES - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical insight into the use of the term and concept of grey literature in recent scientific papers. Design/methodology/approach: The author conducted a scientometric analysis with Scopus data on 1,606 papers mentioning grey (or gray) literature published in 2018. Additionally, the author analysed the evolution between 1999 and 2018, and performed a content analysis on a random subsample of 70 papers in open access. Findings: The percentage of papers that mention grey literature is low (0.05%) but steadily rising. They are from over 100 countries and a long tail of institutions, covering, namely, medical and health sciences and related topics. The dominant document type is systematic reviews, defining grey literature generally thought of as "unpublished", "not peer reviewed" and "not in databases" and meaning, most of the time, all kinds of reports and conference papers. A large variety of sources and options on how to retrieve grey literature is mentioned, including Google and Google Scholar, specialised digital libraries, relevant websites, handsearching in bibliographic references and contact with experts in the field. Research limitations/implications: The study is limited to papers indexed in the Scopus database, mainly journals, written in English, with a bias in favour of medical and life sciences. Originality/value: There is no recent study on the real usage of the term of grey literature in a large sample of academic papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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23. Modifying h-index by allocating credit of multi-authored papers whose author names rank based on contribution.
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Liu, Xuan Zhen and Fang, Hui
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H-index (Citation analysis) ,PAPER ,AUTHORS ,DATA analysis ,CREDIT control ,STATISTICAL correlation ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Abstract: In the present work we introduce a modification of the h-index for multi-authored papers with contribution based author name ranking. The modified h-index is denoted by h
mc -index. It employs the framework of the hm -index, which in turn is a straightforward modification of the Hirsch index, proposed by Schreiber. To retain the merit of requiring no additional rearrangement of papers in the hm -index and in order to overcome its shortage of benefiting secondary authors at the expense of primary authors, hmc -index uses combined credit allocation (CCA) to replace fractionalized counting in the hm -index. The hm -index is a special form of hmc -index and fits for papers with equally important authors or alphabetically ordered authorship. There is a possibility of an author of lower contribution to the whole scientific community obtaining a higher hmc -index. Rational hmc -index, denoted by hmcr -index, can avoid it. A fictitious example as a model case and two empirical cases are analyzed. The correlations of the hmcr -index with the h-index and its several variants considering multiple co-authorship are inspected with 30 researchers’ citation data. The results show that the hmcr -index is more reasonable for authors with different contributions. A researcher playing more important roles in significant work will obtain higher hmcr -index. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]- Published
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24. Trends in the sample size, statistics, and contributions to the BrainMap database of activation likelihood estimation meta‐analyses: An empirical study of 10‐year data.
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Yeung, Andy Wai Kan, Robertson, Michaela, Uecker, Angela, Fox, Peter T., and Eickhoff, Simon B.
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DATABASES ,SAMPLE size (Statistics) ,EMPIRICAL research ,FLOW charts ,INFORMATION sharing - Abstract
The literature of neuroimaging meta‐analysis has been thriving for over a decade. A majority of them were coordinate‐based meta‐analyses, particularly the activation likelihood estimation (ALE) approach. A meta‐evaluation of these meta‐analyses was performed to qualitatively evaluate their design and reporting standards. The publications listed from the BrainMap website were screened. Six hundred and three ALE papers published during 2010–2019 were included and analysed. For reporting standards, most of the ALE papers reported their total number of Papers involved and mentioned the inclusion/exclusion criteria on Paper selection. However, most papers did not describe how data redundancy was avoided when multiple related Experiments were reported within one paper. The most prevalent repeated‐measures correction methods were voxel‐level FDR (54.4%) and cluster‐level FWE (33.8%), with the latter quickly replacing the former since 2016. For study characteristics, sample size in terms of number of Papers included per ALE paper and number of Experiments per analysis seemed to be stable over the decade. One‐fifth of the surveyed ALE papers failed to meet the recommendation of having >17 Experiments per analysis. For data sharing, most of them did not provide input and output data. In conclusion, the field has matured well in terms of rising dominance of cluster‐level FWE correction, and slightly improved reporting on elimination of data redundancy and providing input data. The provision of Data and Code availability statements and flow chart of literature screening process, as well as data submission to BrainMap, should be more encouraged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. Environmental knowledge level and consumer behavior regarding green fashion: a moderated mediation model
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Zhang, Gaopeng, Wang, Linfan, and Meng, Hu
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- 2024
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26. Frontier hotspots and trend evolution of cultural and creative design in China—an empirical research on CNKI-based bibliometrics
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Feng, Xin, Yu, Lei, Kong, Weixin, and Wang, Jingya
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- 2024
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27. Rhetorical Move Structure in High-Tech Marketing White Papers.
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Campbell, Kim Sydow and Naidoo, Jefrey S.
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EMPIRICAL research ,QUALITATIVE research ,LITERARY form ,MARKETING ,EDUCATION - Abstract
White papers are commonly produced by for-profit organizations to market high-tech products and services and are often created by technical writers. But writers of this genre have little evidence-based research to guide them. To fill this void, the authors tested a rhetorical move structure with a sample of 20 top-rated marketing white papers and found that, despite the lack of industry standards for white papers, those written for marketing purposes display similar rhetorical moves: introducing the business problem, occupying the business solution niche, prompting action, establishing credibility, and providing disclaimers or legal considerations. Based on the results of this study, the authors advance guidelines for writers of this genre and suggest areas for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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28. Defining ranges for certainty ratings of diagnostic accuracy: a GRADE concept paper
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Kelly Estrada-Orozco, Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Jasvinder A. Singh, Karen R Steingart, Reem A. Mustafa, Mohammed T. Ansari, Ariel Izcovich, Anne W S Rutjes, Mariska M.G. Leeflang, Gordon H. Guyatt, Miranda W. Langendam, Airton Tetelbom Stein, Valery Lavergne, Holger J. Schünemann, Nigar Sekercioglu, Lee Yee Chong, Monica Hultcrantz, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Rebecca L. Morgan, Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Methodology, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Mental Health, and APH - Quality of Care
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Test strategy ,Technology Assessment, Biomedical ,Epidemiology ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Decision Making ,610 Medicine & health ,Guidelines ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Empirical research ,Brainstorming ,360 Social problems & social services ,Certainty of evidence ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Grading (education) ,Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures ,media_common ,Operationalization ,Health technology ,Systematic reviews ,Certainty ,Test accuracy ,bf023de6 ,Systematic review ,GRADE ,Health technology assessments ,Risk analysis (engineering) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Systematic Reviews as Topic - Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study was to clarify how the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) concept of certainty of evidence applies to certainty ratings of test accuracy. Study Design and Setting: After initial brainstorming with GRADE Working Group members, we iteratively refined and clarified the approaches for defining ranges when assessing the certainty of evidence for test accuracy within a systematic review, health technology assessment, or guideline. Results: Ranges can be defined both for single test accuracy and for comparative accuracy of multiple tests. For systematic reviews and health technology assessments, approaches for defining ranges include some that do not require value judgments regarding downstream health outcomes. Key challenges arise in the context of a guideline that requires ranges for sensitivity and specificity that are set considering possible effects on all critical outcomes. We illustrate possible approaches and provide an example from a systematic review of a direct comparison between two test strategies. Conclusions: This GRADE concept paper provides a framework for assessing, presenting, and making decisions based on the certainty of evidence for test accuracy. More empirical research is needed to support future GRADE guidance on how to best operationalize the candidate approaches.
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- 2020
29. How to tackle the conundrum of quality appraisal in systematic reviews of normative literature/information? Analysing the problems of three possible strategies (translation of a German paper)
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Marcel Mertz
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Health (social science) ,Debate ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Context (language use) ,Medical ethics ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Ethics, Research ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Empirical research ,Germany ,Humans ,Quality (business) ,Normative information ,030212 general & internal medicine ,media_common ,Normative literature ,lcsh:R723-726 ,Management science ,Health Policy ,Evidence-based ethics ,Methodology ,06 humanities and the arts ,Bioethics ,Data Accuracy ,Issues, ethics and legal aspects ,Systematic review ,Philosophy of medicine ,Quality appraisal ,Normative ,060301 applied ethics ,Periodicals as Topic ,Psychology ,lcsh:Medical philosophy. Medical ethics ,Systematic Reviews as Topic - Abstract
Background In the last years, there has been an increase in publication of systematic reviews of normative (“argument-based”) literature or of normative information (such as ethical issues) in bioethics. The aim of a systematic review is to search, select, analyse and synthesise literature in a transparent and systematic way in order to provide a comprehensive and unbiased overview of the information sought, predominantly as a basis for informed decision-making in health care. Traditionally, one part of the procedure when conducting a systematic review is an appraisal of the quality of the literature that could be included. Main text However, while there are established methods and standards for appraising e.g. clinical studies or other empirical research, quality appraisal of normative literature (or normative information) in the context of a systematic review is still rather a conundrum – not only is it unclear how it could or should be done, but also the question whether it necessarily must be done is not settled yet. Based on a pragmatic definition of “normative literature” as well as on a typology of different types of systematic reviews of normative literature/information, this paper identifies and critically discusses three possible strategies of conducting quality appraisal. Conclusions The paper will argue that none of the three strategies is able to provide a general and satisfying solution to the problems associated with quality appraisal of normative literature/information. Still, the discussion of the three strategies allows outlining minimal conditions that elaborated strategies have to meet in future, and facilitates sketching a theoretically and practically promising strategy.
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- 2019
30. Standing on Shoulders or Feet? An Extended Study on the Usage of the MSR Data Papers
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Konstantina Dritsa, Konstantinos Kravvaritis, Diomidis Spinellis, and Zoe Kotti
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FOS: Computer and information sciences ,Open science ,Information retrieval ,Computer science ,020207 software engineering ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Bibliometrics ,Data set ,Software Engineering Body of Knowledge ,Software Engineering (cs.SE) ,Computer Science - Software Engineering ,Empirical research ,Data quality ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Citation ,Software - Abstract
Context: The establishment of the Mining Software Repositories (MSR) data showcase conference track has encouraged researchers to provide data sets as a basis for further empirical studies. Objective: Examine the usage of data papers published in the MSR proceedings in terms of use frequency, users, and use purpose. Method: Data track papers were collected from the MSR data showcase track and through the manual inspection of older MSR proceedings. The use of data papers was established through manual citation searching followed by reading the citing studies and dividing them into strong and weak citations. Contrary to weak, strong citations truly use the data set of a data paper. Data papers were then manually clustered based on their content, whereas their strong citations were classified by hand according to the knowledge areas of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. A survey study on 108 authors and users of data papers provided further insights regarding motivation and effort in data paper production, encouraging and discouraging factors in data set use, and future desired direction regarding data papers. Results: We found that 65% of the data papers have been used in other studies, with a long-tail distribution in the number of strong citations. Weak citations to data papers usually refer to them as an example. MSR data papers are cited in total less than other MSR papers. A considerable number of the strong citations stem from the teams that authored the data papers. Publications providing Version Control System (VCS) primary and derived data are the most frequent data papers and the most often strongly cited ones. Enhanced developer data papers are the least common ones, and the second least frequently strongly cited. Data paper authors tend to gather data in the context of other research. [...], journal article, 35 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables
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- 2021
31. Replication Research Series-Paper 2: Empirical research must be replicated before its findings can be trusted
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Gerben ter Riet, Lex M. Bouter, Cardiology, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Personalized Medicine, Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Methodology, and Research integrity
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Series (mathematics) ,Epidemiology ,MEDLINE ,Research integrity ,Reproducibility of Results ,Replication ,Responsible research practices ,Empirical Research ,Research waste ,Data science ,Reproducibility ,Empirical research ,Replication (statistics) ,Humans ,Psychology - Published
- 2021
32. Antecedents and consequences of effective customer participation: the role of customer education and service modularity
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Shah, Syed Aamir Ali, Jajja, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq, and Chatha, Kamran Ali
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- 2023
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33. Theory usage in empirical research in ISIC conference papers (1996-2020).
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VanScoy, Amy, Julien, Heidi, Buckley, Annette, and Goodell, Jon
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INFORMATION science conferences ,EMPIRICAL research ,INFORMATION-seeking behavior ,INFORMATION-seeking strategies ,INFORMATION needs ,INFORMATION theory - Abstract
The article explores the use of theory in empirical papers presented at the ISIC: The Information Behavior Conference, from 1996 to 2020. The study examines the inclusion or lack of theory, the level of theory use, the specific theories used, and the disciplines from which these theories originated. The results indicate that most papers include theory, with many using theory substantially, but there is a significant decrease in theory use between the early and recent years of the conference.
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- 2022
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34. AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON COMPUTER AND PAPER BASED RESOURCES: ARE THEY COMPETITIVE OR COMPLIMENTARY MEANS?
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Isaias, Pedro, Miranda, Paula, and Pifano, Sara
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ELECTRONIC books ,BOOKS ,READING materials ,PSYCHOLOGY of students ,INTEREST (Psychology) ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
The evolution and integration of Information and Communication Technologies in all sectors of society has resulted in a transformation of people's behaviour towards the conventional pen and paper tools. The adoption of technology has enhanced work and learning performance by adding swiftness in task completion, organisation of working materials and capacity of storage. Despite its popularity and value, technology, is still surpassed, in some domains, by pen and paper. This research aims to explore the advantages and disadvantages of using both computer and paper for reading and writing. The development of an online questionnaire that was administered to university students intended to examine their preferences and behaviours in terms of computer and paper based resources. Through the content analysis of the questionnaires it was possible to establish patterns of use, personal preferences and to establish a connection between computer and paper use that mirrors both competitiveness and complementarity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
35. Adult education in mathematics and numeracy: a scoping review of recent research.
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Gal, Iddo
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ADULT education ,MATHEMATICS education ,NUMERACY ,EVIDENCE gaps ,MATHEMATICS ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
The paper responds to the need for understanding trends and gaps in extant research related to adult education in mathematics and numeracy, given changing skill demands and skill gaps regarding adults, and related policy, theorizing, and practice trends. This paper presents the results of a scoping review of recent empirical research related to adult education in mathematics and numeracy, published in 22 selected journals from 2019 to 2022, including 15 journals in adult education and seven in mathematics education. The results show that only 39 relevant empirical studies were found among over 2300 research papers reviewed, and that few of those focus on practice-related of adult education in mathematics and numeracy. The results provide quantitative evidence suggesting that the field of adult numeracy education is under-researched, and help to identify gaps in empirical research involving adult numeracy, including on emerging topics such as on modeling and critical interpretation. The results also point to research opportunities that can strengthen theorizing and practice in both mathematics education and adult numeracy education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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36. Antecedents and mediators of experiential retailing consumer behavior
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Meng, Hu, Sun, Yangyang, Liu, Xinxin, Li, Yujia, and Yang, Yingjie
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- 2023
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37. Quantifying scientific breakthroughs by a novel disruption indicator based on knowledge entities.
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Wang, Shiyun, Ma, Yaxue, Mao, Jin, Bai, Yun, Liang, Zhentao, and Li, Gang
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KNOWLEDGE management ,RESEARCH ,SUBJECT headings ,BIBLIOGRAPHIC databases ,REGRESSION analysis ,CITATION analysis ,INFORMATION science ,RESEARCH funding ,MEDLINE ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Compared to previous studies that generally detect scientific breakthroughs based on citation patterns, this article proposes a knowledge entity‐based disruption indicator by quantifying the change of knowledge directly created and inspired by scientific breakthroughs to their evolutionary trajectories. Two groups of analytic units, including MeSH terms and their co‐occurrences, are employed independently by the indicator to measure the change of knowledge. The effectiveness of the proposed indicators was evaluated against the four datasets of scientific breakthroughs derived from four recognition trials. In terms of identifying scientific breakthroughs, the proposed disruption indicator based on MeSH co‐occurrences outperforms that based on MeSH terms and three earlier citation‐based disruption indicators. It is also shown that in our indicator, measuring the change of knowledge inspired by the focal paper in its evolutionary trajectory is a larger contributor than measuring the change created by the focal paper. Our study not only offers empirical insights into conceptual understanding of scientific breakthroughs but also provides practical disruption indicator for scientists and science management agencies searching for valuable research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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38. Regularity in the time-dependent distribution of the percentage of never-cited papers: An empirical pilot study based on the six journals.
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Hu, Zewen and Wu, Yishan
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CITATION networks ,EMPIRICAL research ,CITATION analysis ,DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory) ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
Abstract: The non-citation rate refers to the proportion of papers that do not attract any citation over a period of time following their publication. After reviewing all the related papers in Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scopus database, we find the current literature on citation distribution gives more focus on the distribution of the percentages and citations of papers receiving at least one citation, while there are fewer studies on the time-dependent patterns of the percentage of never-cited papers, on what distribution model can fit their time-dependent patterns, as well as on the factors influencing the non-citation rate. Here, we perform an empirical pilot analysis to the time-dependent distribution of the percentages of never-cited papers in a series of different, consecutive citation time windows following their publication in our selected six sample journals, and study the influence of paper length on the chance of papers’ getting cited. Through the above analysis, the following general conclusions are drawn: (1) a three-parameter negative exponential model can well fit time-dependent distribution curve of the percentages of never-cited papers; (2) in the initial citation time window, the percentage of never-cited papers in each journal is very high. However, as the citation time window becomes wider and wider, the percentage of never-cited papers begins to drop rapidly at first, and then drop more slowly, and the total degree of decline for most of journals is very large; (3) when applying the wider citation time windows, the percentage of never-cited papers for each journal begins to approach a stable value, and after that value, there will be very few changes in these stable percentages, unless we meet a large amount of “Sleeping Beauties” type papers; (4) the length of an paper has a great influence on whether it will be cited or not. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2014
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39. An Integrated Slacks-Based Measure of Super-Efficiency with Input Saving and Output Surplus Scaling Factors and its Application in Paper Chemical Mills
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Dong Guo and Zheng-Qun Cai
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Mathematical optimization ,021103 operations research ,Article Subject ,Chemistry ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Nonparametric statistics ,Efficient frontier ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Function (mathematics) ,Measure (mathematics) ,Empirical research ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Data envelopment analysis ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Projection (set theory) ,Scaling ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a nonparametric programming approach has been widely extended and applied in many areas. Conventional DEA models can well measure the efficiency of inefficient decision-making units (DMUs) but cannot further discriminate the efficient DMUs. A lot of methods are proposed to address this problem. One of the most important methods is the slacks-based measure of super-efficiency model (S-SBM model) developed by Tone in 2002. However, the projection for a DMU on the efficient frontier identified by S-SBM model may not be strongly Pareto-efficient that makes the super-efficiency score misestimated. This paper revises the usual slacks-based measure of super-efficiency by incorporating input saving and output surplus scaling factors into the objection function for measuring DMUs. We integrate SBM model and S-SBM model effectively and yield input saving and output surplus scaling factors as well as input and output slacks under only one integrated model. According to the study, the projection reference point identified by our method is strongly Pareto-efficient. Meanwhile, how each decision variable influences the efficiency score for a specific DMU is revealed and illustrated through two numerical examples and an empirical study in paper chemical mills.
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- 2020
40. Peer Reviewing Interdisciplinary Papers.
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Pautasso, Marco and Pautasso, Cesare
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INTERDISCIPLINARY research ,EMPIRICAL research ,INTERDISCIPLINARY education ,RESEARCH papers (Students) ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,INFLUENCE - Abstract
Interdisciplinary research is becoming more frequent because many contemporary issues can only be successfully addressed by integrating different perspectives. One general feature of the various scientific fields is peer review, i.e. the assessment and improvement of submissions to journals, conferences and workshops. Whilst there exist guidelines for the peer review of monodisciplinary articles and empirical studies of how interdisciplinary research proposals are assessed, there is still a need for a summary of issues specific to the peer review of interdisciplinary research papers. This article provides an overview of relevant questions such as whether reviewers are competent to assess interdisciplinary papers even if unfamiliar with all the involved fields. We discuss the assessment of the interdisciplinarity, soundness, novelty, influence and general interest of interdisciplinary manuscripts. Further issues include the appropriateness of interdisciplinary submissions for journals, keeping the vocabulary of new interdisciplinary fields understandable to the reader and balancing the references across various fields. Constructive interdisciplinary reviewers are likely to be just as open-minded as interdisciplinary scientists and should be rewarded more than they currently are. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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41. Reading Titles of Empirical Research Papers.
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Labassi, Tahar
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READING (Higher education) ,TITLES of publications ,EMPIRICAL research ,ENGLISH as a foreign language ,GRADUATE students - Abstract
The restricted time allocated to courses and the immediate need to read literature in English necessitates the teaching of selective reading in many English as a foreign language contexts. This paper reports on one element of an expeditious (quick, effective, efficient and selective) reading course for learners in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) context. It details how postgraduate students of chemistry in a Tunisian university are taught to read titles of empirical research papers, as this becomes as important as reading abstracts for fast-tracking relevant data. Analysis of the literature in the field of technical writing identifies four types of titles. Based on this classification, the course component aims at raising the learners' awareness of the linguistic exponents that typify titles, and making them appreciate the importance of titles and their classification. The paper details how this single strategy fits into an expeditious approach to the teaching of reading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
42. An exploratory study on intercultural communication research contents and methods: A survey based on the international and domestic journal papers published from 2001 to 2005.
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Hu, Yanhong and Fan, Weiwei
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CROSS-cultural communication ,SURVEYS ,GLOBALIZATION ,PERIODICAL articles ,ADAPTABILITY (Personality) ,CULTURAL relations ,EMPIRICAL research ,QUANTITATIVE research - Abstract
Abstract: With the progressive acceleration of globalization in the world, the study of intercultural communication is accordingly flourishing day by day on both domestic and international levels. In order to discern the current trends of intercultural communication research in China and abroad and furthermore provide suggestions for future research, the present study has made an analysis of 368 intercultural communication articles published between 2001 and 2005 in 11 major international and domestic academic journals, among which 203 articles are from 10 major domestic academic journals and 165 ones from the American journal entitled International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Each article is analyzed from two perspectives: the research contents and research methods. The results indicate that intercultural communication research in China is sharply different from research abroad with regards to research contents and methods. The main concern of researchers abroad is intercultural adaptation and intercultural training while the Chinese researchers are mainly concerned with cross-cultural pragmatics. As far as research methods are concerned, most studies abroad are conducted using empirical research methods, the majority of which adopt the quantitative research method. On the contrary, most studies in China are non-empirical research. Of the small number of empirical studies, considerable attention is paid to the mixed use of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. At the end of the paper, constructive suggestions are made for future research. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2011
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43. Enhancing supply chain competences through supply chain digital embeddedness: an institutional view
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López-Morales, Beatriz, Gutierrez, Leopoldo, Llorens-Montes, Francisco Javier, and Rojo-Gallego-Burin, Araceli
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- 2023
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44. Does the Internet Help Health Campaigns? A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Internet Supplemented Health Campaigns on Behavior Change in the United States Student-Led Paper.
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MEDICAL communication ,BEHAVIOR modification ,HEALTH behavior ,META-analysis ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
This meta-analysis examines the overall effectiveness of Internet supplemented health campaigns on behavior change in the United States. Results show that Internet supplemented health campaigns have significant but relatively small effects (d = 0.23) on behavior change. Moreover, further meta-regression analysis shows that campaign effect size was moderated by campaign topic, presence of audience segmentation, target behavior, behavior type, presence of theoretical foundation, and delivery channel. Aligns with the findings of previous meta-analyses, theorygrounded health campaigns were more effective (d = 0.30) than campaigns with no theoretical foundation (d = 0.16). Campaigns targeting adoption of new behaviors (d = 0.26) were more effective than those targeting cessation of undesirable behaviors (d = 0.10), while campaigns targeting addictive behaviors (d = 0.13) were less effective than those targeting non-addictive ones (d = 0.27). More importantly, the results of the meta-regression analysis shows supplementing the Internet as a delivery channel improves health campaign effectiveness. The results show empirical evidences that Internet can be an effective and cost-effective tool for health communication campaigns, and should be considered as an important supplement for campaigns in the digital era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
45. IRT-Related Factor Analytic Procedures for Testing the Equivalence of Paper-and-Pencil and Internet-Administered Questionnaires.
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Ferrando, Pere J. and Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano
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ITEM response theory ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,FACTOR analysis ,INTERNET ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
This article describes a general item response theory-based factor analytic procedure that allows assessment of the equivalence between 2 administrative modes of a questionnaire: paper and pencil, and Internet based. The theoretical relations between the present procedure and other methods used in previous empirical research are shown, and the advantages of the procedure are discussed. An empirical application based on 2 personality questionnaires is given, and the results are compared with the results of using traditional procedures for assessing equivalence. The substantive implications of the results, as well as suggestions for further research and methodology, are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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46. Do altmetrics correlate with the quality of papers? A large-scale empirical study based on F1000Prime data.
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Bornmann, Lutz and Haunschild, Robin
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MULTIPLE correspondence analysis (Statistics) , *ALTMETRICS , *CITATION analysis , *BIBLIOMETRICS , *EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
In this study, we address the question whether (and to what extent, respectively) altmetrics are related to the scientific quality of papers (as measured by peer assessments). Only a few studies have previously investigated the relationship between altmetrics and assessments by peers. In the first step, we analyse the underlying dimensions of measurement for traditional metrics (citation counts) and altmetrics–by using principal component analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (FA). In the second step, we test the relationship between the dimensions and quality of papers (as measured by the post-publication peer-review system of F1000Prime assessments)–using regression analysis. The results of the PCA and FA show that altmetrics operate along different dimensions, whereas Mendeley counts are related to citation counts, and tweets form a separate dimension. The results of the regression analysis indicate that citation-based metrics and readership counts are significantly more related to quality, than tweets. This result on the one hand questions the use of Twitter counts for research evaluation purposes and on the other hand indicates potential use of Mendeley reader counts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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47. What do patient values and preferences mean? A taxonomy based on a systematic review of qualitative papers
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Jan A. Hazelzet, Carla M. Bastemeijer, Johannes P. van Ewijk, Lennard Voogt, Public Health, University of Humanistic Studies, Citizenship and Humanisation of the Public Sector, and A just and caring society
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Value (ethics) ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Applied psychology ,artikel tijdschrift ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Empirical research ,Nursing ,Taxonomy (general) ,Patient-Centered Care ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Qualitative Research ,media_common ,Physician-Patient Relations ,Conceptualization ,030503 health policy & services ,Patient Values ,Patient preferences ,Patient Preference ,General Medicine ,Patient Outcome Assessment ,Critical appraisal ,Content analysis ,Patient Satisfaction ,Patient centered ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology ,Autonomy ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Objective In order to deliver good healthcare quality, it should explicitly be taken into account what patients value in healthcare. This study reviews qualitative studies in which patients express what they value. Based on this body of literature a preliminary taxonomy is designed. Methods A systematic review of qualitative papers on what patients’ value. Results 22 studies out of a total of 3259 met the inclusion criteria. After critical appraisal, data extraction was carried out by two researchers independently and revealed values related to 1) the individual patient; 2) the expected behavior of professionals and 3) the interaction between patients and professionals. Seven key elements were recognized on the bases of content analysis; 1) uniqueness, 2) autonomy, 3) compassion, 4) professionalism, 5) responsiveness, 6) partnership and 7) empowerment. Conclusion This study gives a rich insight into what patients value in various contexts and provides a promising taxonomy in line with patient centered based theories. The taxonomy needs further empirical research for a deeper insight and clarifaction in its elements. Practice implications This review and preliminary taxonomy contribute to the conceptualization of patient values as a bases for guidelines, policy and daily practice. **Postprint archived**
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- 2016
48. The German Federal Courts Dataset 1950–2019. From Paper Archives to Linked Open Data
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Hanjo Hamann
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business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Judicial opinion ,Accounting ,ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING ,Linked data ,language.human_language ,0506 political science ,Education ,German ,Scarcity ,Documentation ,Empirical research ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,050602 political science & public administration ,language ,050207 economics ,Empirical legal studies ,business ,Law ,media_common ,Adjudication - Abstract
Various reasons explain why Europe lags behind the United States in empirical legal studies. One of them is a scarcity of available data on judicial decision making, even at the highest levels of adjudication. By institutional design, civil‐law judges have lower personal profiles than their common‐law counterparts. Hence very few empirical data are available on how courts are composed and how that composition changes over time. The present project remedies that by easing access to such data and lowering the threshold for empirical studies on judicial behavior. This paper introduces the German Federal Courts Dataset (GFCD) as a resource for empirical legal scholars, with the objective of inspiring more European lawyers to engage with empirical aspects of civil‐law adjudication. To that end, several thousand pages of German court documentation were digitized, transcribed into machine‐readable tables (ready to be imported into statistics software), and published online (www.richter-im-internet.de). To simultaneously explore innovative ways of sharing public‐domain datasets, the data were modeled as linked open data and imported into the Wikidata repository for use in any computational application.
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- 2019
49. What Determines Environmental Performance at Paper Mills? The Roles of Abatement Spending, Regulation, and Efficiency.
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Shadbegian, Ronald J. and Gray, Wayne B.
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DETERMINANTS (Mathematics) ,PAPER mills ,AIR pollution ,EMISSIONS (Air pollution) ,CAPITAL stock ,INDUSTRIAL productivity ,ENVIRONMENTAL quality ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
This paper examines the determinants of environmental performance at paper mills, measured by air pollution emissions per unit of output. We consider differences across plants in air pollution abatement expenditures, local regulatory stringency, and productive efficiency. Emissions are significantly lower in plants with a larger air pollution abatement capital stock: a 10 percent increase in abatement capital stock appears to reduce emissions by 6.9 percent. This translates into a sizable social return: one dollar of abatement capital stock is estimated to provide an annual social return of about 75 cents in pollution reduction benefits. Local regulatory stringency and productive efficiency also matter: plants in non-attainment counties have 43 percent lower emissions and plants with 10 percent higher productivity have 2.5 percent lower emissions. For pollution abatement operating costs we find (puzzlingly) positive, but always insignificant, coefficients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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50. CAN THE OLD WORLD STILL NOT PUBLISH EMPIRICAL PAPERS? A LITERATURE ANALYSIS OF EMPIRICAL METHODS USE IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH COMMUNITY.
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Winkler, Nane, Schwinghammer, Ronja, and Hess, Thomas
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INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,SCIENTIFIC community ,RESEARCH methodology ,EMPIRICAL research ,PUBLICATIONS - Abstract
There is an ongoing debate in information systems (IS) about the different research paradigms among regional IS research communities (ISRCs). The Anglo-American ISRC tends to be more behaviorist, while the European, and especially the German-speaking, ISRC tends to be more constructivist. This results in marked disparities in use of research methodologies. Especially in empirical methods, the Germanspeaking ISRC seems to be not broadly enough positioned. However, empirical methods play a significant role when it comes to publications in high-ranking IS journals and are thus of particular importance. This study examines how the use of empirical methods in the German-speaking ISRC developed between 2010 and 2020 and to what extent this differs from the international ISRC. In this study, we conducted a literature analysis of journal articles of the German-speaking ISRC. We manually classified the used methodology and descriptively analyzed the results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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