Visibility and the Structural Bases of Awareness of Scientific Research

Cole, Sam; Cole, David R.

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“…First, the production of scientific knowledge is a classic context for investigations of status and its effects, beginning with Merton's original statement of the Matthew effect, and continuing with many of his intellectual disciples (e.g., Cole and Cole 1968;Allison, Long, and Krauze 1982 HHMI's award cycles last five years and typically are renewed at least once. Appointees also are recipients of large research budgets and may benefit from intangible assistance such as editorial goodwill and access to advice from an elite peer group (Azoulay et al 2011).…”

Section: Status Shocks and Their Associated Counterfactualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Matthew: Effect or Fable?

2014

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In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the quality of these efforts. In practice, because it is very difficult to measure quality, this ceteris paribus proviso often precludes convincing empirical assessments of the magnitude of status effects. We address this problem by examining the impact of a major status-conferring prize that shifts actors' positions in a prestige ordering. Specifically, using a precisely constructed matched sample, we estimate the effect of a scientist becoming a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator (HHMI) on citations to articles the scientist published before the prize was awarded. We do find evidence of a post-appointment citation boost, but the effect is small and limited to a short window of time. Consistent with theories of status, however, the effect of the prize is significantly larger when there is uncertainty about article quality, and when prize-winners are of (relatively) low status at the time of election to HHMI.

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Section: Status Shocks and Their Associated Counterfactualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Matthew: Effect or Fable?

2014

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“…Citation based analysis of professors working in the various faculties, which are presented in Table 3.The use of citation counts are a form of giving credit to recognizing the impact of the authors' work (Cole & Cole, 1967, 1968. It has been applied to assess the performance of discipline.…”

Section: Citation-based Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Publication Output and Impact of various Faculties in Sri Lankan Universities: a Scientometric Assessment and Policy Implications

Pratheepan

Weerasooriya

2016

Jnl Univ. Librarians Assoc. Sri Lanka

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This paper aims to evaluate the faculty research performance on the basis of publication output, citations and h-index of professors working in Sri Lankan universities. Six hundred fifty professors from different universities of Sri Lanka served as respondents. Using scientometrics, publications of professors spanning 1980-2014 are analyzed. It found that based on the mean h-index used in this study, faculty of science is the best performer with the mean h-index of 5.55, followed by medicine (5.24), engineering (3.81), agriculture (3.76), management (2.74) and arts (2.62). This study further revealed that, the faculty of agriculture has the highest percentage (97.37 %.) of professors with published output; they have at least one research paper. Study also measured the universities' position in the each disciplines on the basis of the mean h-index. The results showed that out of six faculties, which are grouped in this study, University of Peradeniya (PDN) is found to be the most predominant in agriculture, arts, science and engineering). In medicine, University of Kelaniya is the best on the basis of the mean h-index with 6.85. In the case of the faculty of management, University of Jaffna had the highest mean h-index of 7.75. On the other hand result indicates that the performance of arts among almost all of the universities except University of Colombo and PDN were very poor and similar. It is recommended that research output on arts, social sciences and management across the university faculty must be strengthened and mechanism should be introduced by the authorities.

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“…Other research has shown that these benefits depend on to what degree the researcher's work is already visible to other researchers (Cole and Cole, 1968), on differences in the scholars' activity in research (e.g. Price and Beaver, 1966), on how actively researchers are looking for information and for contacts and on how frequently they communicate and collaborate with other researchers in general (e.g.…”

Section: The Potential and Its Realization: The Hypothesesmentioning

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“…Finally, there might be differences between university departments. Researchers at prestigious departments might be more visible than researchers at less prestigious departments (Cole and Cole, 1968). The hypotheses state that the opportunities offered by IDGs determine these benefits because researchers make use of these opportunities.…”

Section: The Potential and Its Realization: The Hypothesesmentioning

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Academic communication and Internet Discussion Groups: transfer of information or creation of social contacts?

Matzat

2004

Social Networks

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This paper analyzes the role of Internet Discussion Groups (IDGs) in informal academic communication. It examines the claims in the literature that there are general benefits of academic mailing lists and newsgroups for researchers. Different hypotheses relating to potential contact and information benefits are tested with data of a random sample of English and Dutch university researchers within the humanities, the social and natural sciences. The outcomes support hypotheses about a few information effects and, more often, contact benefits of IDGs. Researchers build up weak contacts that make their research more visible and that make them more aware of other researchers' work. These weak contacts are useful for the reception of new research papers. As a result, IDGs provide access to social capital. However, contrary to what is stated in the literature, the data shows no evidence for expectations about equalizing effects on the general structure of academic communication. IDGs do not reduce inequalities in the opportunities to use informal communication channels.

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Visibility and the Structural Bases of Awareness of Scientific Research

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Matthew: Effect or Fable?

The Publication Output and Impact of various Faculties in Sri Lankan Universities: a Scientometric Assessment and Policy Implications

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