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MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Scholarly Communication and Publishing Lunch and Learn Talk #11: The ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund
No full textAt the May 2014 talk, you will learn about the ULS Open Access Author Fee Fund--what it is, why we do it, how it works, and how the program is going so far
Theodore and Marian Martin Utah Presbyterian Church history papers
No full textCorrespondence; Manuscripts for publication; TypescriptsThis collection consists of a typescript manuscript for publication of the book Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969 written by Theodore and Marian Martin, and the correspondence relating to its writing and planned publication. The book was intended as the Centennial history of the Presbyterian Church in Utah.; This collection consists of a typescript manuscript for publication of the book Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969 written by Theodore and Marian Martin, and the correspondence relating to its writing and planned publication. The book was intended as the Centennial history of the Presbyterian Church in Utah. There is also an abridgment of the book typescript.; Arranged alphabetically into functional categories. Correspondence is first arranged chronologically with the abridgment following second. Typescript copies of the book are in individual folders in book order with their divisions marked. The second box contains a photocopy made to allow researchers its use while protecting the condition of the original.; Biographical Note; Theodore Day Martin, 1885-1979 : Theodore Day Martin was born in Manti, Utah on August 24, 1885. He was the son of prominent Presbyterian missionary George W. Martin and Matilda Peebles Work Martin. His early education was at the Presbyterian mission school in Manti (1891-1900) and the public school in Manti (1900-1901). In 1901, Theodore entered the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute, graduating in 1905. He attended summer school at the University of Utah in 1905 and 1906, and began teaching elementary school in rural Utah in 1906. He later earned his B.A. degree from Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y. in 1912, where he was nicknamed "Ted" and "Mormon" Martin; he was a debater and member of Phi Beta Kappa. He attended the Union Theological Seminary (1912-1915) graduating in 1915, and earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1931. Martin worked as a teacher and social worker in New York State and served two years in the military in France during World War I.; In 1919, Martin returned to Utah teaching in Richfield High School, later serving as its principal and president of the Sevier District Teachers Association, 1920-1922. In 1925 he served as the first executive secretary of the Utah Education Association. Martin left the following year and joined the National Education Association, Washington, D.C., serving as director of the Department of Records and Membership from 1925-1950. He retired in 1950 and devoted the rest of his life to substitute teaching, preaching, and writing. Theodore Martin died January 7, 1979 in Newton, N.J.; Marian Welling Edsall Martin, 1894- : Marian Welling Edsall was born 1894 in Warwick, New York. She married Theodore Day Martin in 1919 in Utah. The couple had 4 children: Maurice Theodore Martin, born November 2, 1922, Richfield, Utah; Mary Carolyn Martin (later Mrs. Carolyn Simank), born September 12, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died November 2, 2015; Margaret Edsall "Peggy" Martin (later Mrs. Warren McPherson), born January 6, 1930 in Chevy Chase, MD, and died January 9, 2016 in Fredonia, NY; and Marian W. "Polly" Martin (later Mrs. Derek Hawver). In 1939 the family of 6 made a cross-country trip touring 27 states, 7 national parks, and 2 World\u27s Fairs. By the 1957, Marian and Theodore Martin resided in the Edsall ancestral home in Warwick, N.Y. and had two grandsons and three granddaughters. They made an 8,000-mile road trip to Utah and the West in the fall of 1960.; Sources for the Martins\u27 biographical note: Marian W. Edsall entry on Ancestry.com, viewed online February 2, 2016. Theodore Day Martin entry on Ancestry.com, viewed online February 2, 2016. Descendants of William Black, Generation No. 6 entry on the Family Tree Maker website, viewed online April 10, 2012. Half-century Annalists letters, Class of 1911 letter by Clarence Burton Day, delivered June 3, 1961, viewed on the Hamilton College website May 8, 2012. Margaret Edsall "Peggy" McPherson (Martin) obituary, viewed on the Observer today website, February 2, 2016.; Correspondence; Correspondence; Presbyterians in Utah; Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969. Book I; Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969. Book II, Towns A-L; Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969. Book III, Towns M-N; Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969. Book IV, Towns O-S; Presbyterian work in Utah, 1869-1969. Book V, Towns S-W; Book I (photocopy); Book II (photocopy); Book III (photocopy); Book IV (photocopy); Book V (photocopy
The R&D Tax Incentives
No full textThis article sets out some background information and reflections of the author on the R&D tax incentive schemes included in the Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) Proposal. In particular the author analyzes the stimulus to private R&D through ad hoc tax incentives included in the CCTB Proposal and dives into the actual provisions included in the Proposal highlighting the most relevant issues connected with their design and interpretation. Moreover, the author explores the interaction between the CCTB Proposal and the granting by Member States of domestic R&D tax incentives
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