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Aslib Journal of Information Management 

About: Aslib Journal of Information Management is an academic conference. The conference publishes majorly in the area(s): Social media & Information seeking. Over the lifetime, 401 publications have been published by the conference receiving 6325 citations.


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01 Aug 2014
TL;DR: The authors argue that the type of data used for, as well as the methods encoded in, computational systems have epistemological repercussions for research, and introduce the Digital Methods Initiative Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce Digital Methods Initiative Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset, a toolset for capturing and analyzing Twitter data. Instead of just presenting a technical paper detailing the system, however, the authors argue that the type of data used for, as well as the methods encoded in, computational systems have epistemological repercussions for research. The authors thus aim at situating the development of the toolset in relation to methodological debates in the social sciences and humanities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors review the possibilities and limitations of existing approaches to capture and analyze Twitter data in order to address the various ways in which computational systems frame research. The authors then introduce the open-source toolset and put forward an approach that embraces methodological diversity and epistemological plurality. Findings – The authors find that design decisions and more general methodological reasoning can and sh...

206 citations

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01 Aug 2014
TL;DR: The analysis of over 380 scholarly publications utilizing Twitter data reveals noteworthy trends related to the growth of Twitter-based research overall and the methods of acquiring Twitter data for analysis, and emerging ethical considerations of such research.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to engage in a systematic analysis of academic research that relies on the collection and use of Twitter data, creating topology of Twitter research that details the disciplines and methods of analysis, amount of tweets and users under analysis, the methods used to collect Twitter data, and accounts of ethical considerations related to these projects. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis of 382 academic publications from 2006 to 2012 that used Twitter as their primary platform for data collection and analysis. Findings – The analysis of over 380 scholarly publications utilizing Twitter data reveals noteworthy trends related to the growth of Twitter-based research overall, the disciplines engaged in such research, the methods of acquiring Twitter data for analysis, and emerging ethical considerations of such research. Research limitations/implications – The findings provide a benchmark analysis that must be updated with the continued growth of Twitter-based ...

197 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
28 Oct 2014

183 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
27 Oct 2017
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper presented the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China and revealed its trend since the late 1990s, based on the analysis of 168 university documents regarding the CPP reward policy at 100 Chinese universities.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study is to present the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China and reveal its trend since the late 1990s. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on the analysis of 168 university documents regarding the cash-per-publication reward policy at 100 Chinese universities. Findings Chinese universities offer cash rewards from 30 to 165,000 USD for papers published in journals indexed by Web of Science (WoS), and the average reward amount has been increasing for the past 10 years. Originality/value The cash-per-publication reward policy in China has never been systematically studied and investigated before except for in some case studies. This is the first paper that reveals the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China.

178 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
14 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A review of the growing literature on co-authorship networks and the research gaps that may be investigated for future studies in this field to provide one of the first comprehensive reviews of network-based studies on co -authorship.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to provide a review of the growing literature on co-authorship networks and the research gaps that may be investigated for future studies in this field. Design/methodology/approach – The existing literature on co-authorship networks was identified, evaluated and interpreted. Narrative review style was followed. Findings – Co-authorship, a proxy of research collaboration, is a key mechanism that links different sets of talent to produce a research output. Co-authorship could also be seen from the perspective of social networks. An in-depth analysis of such knowledge networks provides an opportunity to investigate its structure. Patterns of these relationships could reveal, for example, the mechanism that shapes our scientific community. The study provides a review of the expanding literature on co-authorship networks. Originality/value – This is one of the first comprehensive reviews of network-based studies on co-authorship. The field is fast evolving, ope...

122 citations

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No. of papers from the Conference in previous years
YearPapers
20231
202228
202149
202054
201958
201838