Abstract. This micro-level study explores the extent that citation analysis provides an accurate and representative assessment of the use and impact of bioinformatics e-research infrastructure. The bioinformatic e-research infrastructure studied offers common tools used by life scientists to analyse and interpret genetic and protein sequence information. These e-resources therefore provide an…
October 2014
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![Guerrero-Bote V.P. & Moya-Anegón F.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/scientometrics_3.jpg?itok=RaxpGJaQ)
Abstract. Download indicators are of major potential interest because the great quantity of readily available download data means that any statistical inferences drawn from them will be of robust significance. We study the relationship between citation and downloads at the journal and paper levels, and the influence of language on that relationship. The data used were taken from the Scopus (…
September 2014
![Mas-Bleda A., Thelwall M., Kousha K. & Aguillo I.F.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/scientometrics_5.jpg?itok=hKKDk2rL)
Abstract. Academics can now use the web and the social websites to disseminate scholarly information in a variety of different ways. Although some scholars have taken advantage of these new online opportunities, it is not clear how widespread their uptake is or how much impact they can have. This study assesses the extent to which successful scientists have social web presences, focusing on one…
![Maraut S. & Martínez C.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/scientometrics_2.jpg?itok=VVyQKEMh)
Abstract. The purpose of this paper is twofold: methodological and empirical. Methodologically, we describe a matching and disambiguation procedure for the identification of author–inventors (researchers who publish and patent) located in the same country. Our methodology aims to maximize precision and recall rates by taking into account national name writing customs and country-specific…
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Abstract. This paper analyses public support for government spending on science and technology (S&T) and its determinants. It constructs hypotheses based on previous findings from two streams of research: public preferences for government spending and public understanding of science. Using data from a large national survey in Spain, it develops multivariate models to test the relevance of…
August 2014
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Abstract. The aim of this paper is to propose the main elements of a theoretical and methodological framework for the assessment of the success of complex policy mixes, to highlight the conflicts between individual instruments and other elements within those mixes and to propose policy recommendations in order to mitigate them. Some criteria are defined, and different levels of analysis are…
July 2014
![Lepori B., Aguillo I.F. & Seeber M.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/scientometrics_0.jpg?itok=tHgsD1wg)
Abstract.The aim of this paper is to empirically test whether interlinking patterns between higher education institutions (HEIs) conform to a document model, where links are motivated by webpage content, or a social relationship model, where they are markers of underlying social relationships between HEIs. To this aim, we analyzed a sample of approximately 400 European HEIs, using the number of…
June 2014
![Calzada I., Goméz-Garrido M., Moreno L. & Moreno-Fuentes F.J. (2014) It is not Only About Equality. A Study on the (Other) Values That Ground Attitudes to the Welfare State. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 26(2): 178-201 Calzada I., Goméz-Garrido M., Moreno L. & Moreno-Fuentes F.J.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/international_journal_of_public_opinion_research.jpg?itok=tFi9JHGr)
Abstract. Literature on welfare attitudes has reached a stylized scheme in which egalitarian values and self-interest concerns are the two main determinants of welfare attitudes. We aim to bring forward existing research by identifying additional values that people draw on to elaborate opinions on welfare issues. Using data from the European Social Survey 2008 and 26 countries, we find that…
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Abstract. This article analyses the gender differences in political knowledge in a rarely studied area: Europe. The results are obtained via two-level hierarchical linear models using the 2009 European Election Studies, Voter Study (EES) and show that men provide more correct answers and less “Don’t Know” (DK) answers than women, whereas gender differences in providing incorrect answers are not…
![Bornmann L., Stefaner M., Moya-Anegon F. & Mutz R. (2014) What is the effect of country-specific characteristics on the research performance of scientific institutions?..... Journal of Informetrics 8(3): 581-59 Bornmann L., Stefaner M., Moya-Anegon F. & Mutz R.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/journal_of_informetrics_0.jpg?itok=j7JBfkb0)
Abstract. Bornmann, Stefaner, de Moya Anegón, and Mutz (2014) have introduced a web application (…