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Plagiarism is a commonly cited problem in higher education, especially in scientific writing and assignments for science courses. Students may not intentionally plagiarize, but may instead be confused about what proper source attribution entails. Much of this confusion likely stems from high school, either from lack of or inconsistent instruction across classes. To determine the extent of plagiarism issues in middle and high school student science papers, the authors surveyed student research reports to evaluate their use of in-text and reference page citations. While most of the students had a reference page, fewer than 35% of high school students properly used in-text citations. Furthermore, 12th grade students did not perform any better than 9th grade students in providing proper citations. A survey of college science faculty showed that they do not feel that students are receiving adequate training in source citation in high school. While proper source citation, including the use of in-text citations, is clearly indicated in state education standards, students may not be receiving consistent instruction for a variety of reasons. At a minimum, teachers and officials who supervise student research projects should ensure that students give proper attribution to their sources. This will avoid the development of bad habits that may be troublesome in college. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A report from the Indian Institute for Technology in Goa, India discusses a study on the influence of retracted papers on the quality of psychology journals. The study used bibliometric parameters to analyze the relationship between the number of retracted papers and journal evaluation indicators. The results showed a positive correlation between the number of retractions and impact factor, h-index, total citation counts, and Journal Citation Reports (JCR). However, there was a minimal correlation with the Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR) and Journal Impact Factor (IF). The researchers concluded that journal publishers should implement retraction policies to enhance their reputation. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an analysis of the extent to which standard bibliographic services fail to capture significant quantities of published work by computer scientists. The results indicate that more than half of the average computer scientist's work is not accounted for in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WoS) indexing service. This is said to be significantly higher than the percentage of un-indexed work by mathematics and physics researchers. The sub-disciplines of artificial intelligence, architecture and systems are said to be especially under-represented in WoS. This is attributed in part to the common computer science practice of publishing in conference proceedings rather than journals.

Editorial. Explores whether citation indices measure the effectiveness of government-sponsored research in the United States. Citation rates of scientific journals; Citation analysis; Comparison between citation and scientific communication; Destructiveness of citation indices; Science education.

The article discusses the rate of progress in computer science research, noting that it is commonly thought to be more rapid than it actually is. Bibliographic citation rates for various scientific disciplines are compared, using the concept of cited half-life and the Price index, developed by Derek J. de Solla Price, as measures of the rapidity with which research becomes obsolete. It is shown that computer science research becomes obsolete more quickly than research in mathematics or the social sciences, but more slowly than research on immunology or clinical medicine.

The article presents an update on higher education in the U.S. as of May 2004. Giving to colleges and universities was flat in the 2003 fiscal year, for the second consecutive year, according to an annual survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Education. Estimated private contributions to higher education totaled $23.9 billion, down from $24.2 billion in the year ending in June 2001. Median salaries for midlevel college and university administrators grew by only 2.1 percent in the 2003-2004 academic year, according to an annual survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The survey found that salary increases were greater at private institutions than at public ones, but all increases were less for midlevel managers than in the previous three years. A new database will track citations of online scholarship. The company that compiles highly influential databases on the use of scholarly papers in print has decided to gather similar information on scholarly works that are disseminated solely online, often without peer review. The tool could prove a boon to the distribution of scholarship in cyberspace. The Web Citation Index database will list which scholarly works have cited particular papers published online and it will track citations of traditionally published works by online papers.

The article offers news briefs related to the computer industry. The First International Conference on computer programming was held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on April 15-16, 1965. Bunker Ramo Corp. has decided to discontinue the development of its control computer line after facing losses. The Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has developed an Automatic Subject Citation Alert (ASCA) after research on a retrieval system called citation indexing.

For more information on this research see: Zygomatic Implants: A 20-Year Bibliometric Analysis of Science Citation Index Expanded Publications (2001-2021). Keywords: Health Sciences; Health and Medicine EN Health Sciences Health and Medicine 6770 6770 1 07/10/23 20230714 NES 230714 2023 JUL 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Data detailed on health sciences have been presented. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on research carried out by Cody Weinberger and her team on citations of research articles. According to the report, articles with longer abstracts and greater use of adjectives and adverbs attract more citations. Other aspects related to cited articles such as tenses and scientists reading preferences are alos discussed.

Many published studies examine the effectiveness of Google Scholar (Scholar) as an index for scholarly articles. This paper analyzes the value of Scholar in finding and labeling online full text of articles using titles from the citations of engineering faculty publications. For the fields of engineering and the engineering colleges in the study, Scholar identified online access for 25% of the chemical engineering and 13% of the mechanical engineering citations. During the study the format that Scholar (which is in beta version) used to present the result set changed. This change now makes discovery of online access to full text of an article readily apparent when it occurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news briefs related to science and technology. Dialog extends chemical structure searching functionality to its Alerts system. eMolecules, Inc. announces the launch of Chmoogle.com, an open access chemistry search engine. Thomson Scientific announces the launch of Web Citation Index, the multidisciplinary citation index of scholarly content from institutional and subject-based repositories. Thomson Scientific and Thomson ResearchSoft developed EndNote Web, a bibliographic tool for managing and citing scientific references.

The article presents an interview with Keith MacGregor, executive vice president of the Academic and Government Strategic Business Unit of Thomson Scientific and James Testa, senior director, editorial development and publisher relations for Thomson Scientific. MacGregor talks about the evolving changes with the company. He mentions the growing market for citation products. Testa discusses their relationship with publishers.

The article provides information on the new databases in citation searching. PsycINFO is the premiere database for psychology and behavioral sciences and, with more than 2 million records, is among the largest of all subject databases. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), it is available directly from the APA as well as from several vendors. The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is the premier database of education literature in the world. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching more than a million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, users can access full-text sources at no charge.