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The avenues to evaluate citation tracking and journal ranking have greatly increased in the past six years. Bibliometrics, the applicon of mathematical and statistical analysis to books, journals, and other publications, allows us to choose journal collections, assist with applications for research funding, evaluate journal status, and find significant contributors in a subject area. Most importantly, the expertise librarians have in this area can be used to help our faculty prove their scholarly contribution and achieve success in their tenure process.

Any aggregator of citations could create its own bibliometric measures if they are willing to invest the time and expense. Elsevier and Thomson Reuters are the major players in creating citation and journal measures. Each vendor primarily uses its own unique data, journals, publications, authority files, indexes, and subject categories. Both companies have given their data to research labs to create new metrics that are freely available online from the labs and are also included in the company’s products for subscribers. One metric, the h-index, is vendor neutral but there is no overarching tool that exists across vendors. The bibliometrics field is an exciting one to watch and continues to produce beautiful data visualization projects…

Francisco, B., Hanna, D., & David, I. (2010). Educational Research and Innovation The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice. OECD.

Future Work Skills 2020 [pdf]. 2011. Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute. www.iftf.org

 Jones, B., & Goff, M. (2011). Learning to live with data deluge and what that means for educators. Teoría de la Educación: Educación y Cultura en la Sociedad de la Información, 12(1), 9–27.

Mills, K. A. (2010). A Review of the “Digital Turn” in the New Literacy Studies. Review of Educational Research, 80(2), 246.

Heimeriks, G., van den Besselaar, P., & Frenken, K. (2008). Digital disciplinary differences: An analysis of computer-mediated science and ‘Mode 2′ knowledge production. Research Policy, 37(9), 1602-1615. doi:16/j.respol.2008.05.012

Hofer, A. R., & Potter, J. (2010). Universities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Criteria and Examples of Good Practice [pdf]. OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers.

Werquin, P. (2010). Recognition of non-formal and informal learning: country practices [pdf].Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques OCDE. Paris. [ppt]

The visibility of Wikipedia in scholarly publications, by Taemin Kim Park. First Monday, Volume 16, Number 8 - 1 August 2011

Abstract

Publications in the Institute of Scientific Information’s (ISI, currently Thomson Reuters) Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier’s Scopus databases were utilized to collect data about Wikipedia research and citations to Wikipedia. The growth of publications on Wikipedia research, the most active researchers, their associated institutions, academic fields and their geographic distribution are treated in this paper. The impact and influence of Wikipedia were identified, utilizing cited work found in (WoS) and Scopus. Additionally, leading authors, affiliated institutions, countries, academic fields, and publications that frequently cite Wikipedia are identified.

A taxonomy for measuring the success of open source software projects. by Amir Hossein Ghapanchi, Aybuke Aurum, and Graham Low. First Monday, Volume 16, Number 8 - 1 August 2011

Abstract

Open source software (OSS) has been widely adopted by organizations as well as individual users and has changed the way software is developed, deployed and perceived. Research into OSS success is critical since it provides project leaders with insights into how to manage an OSS project in order to succeed. However, there is no universally agreed definition of “success” and researchers employ different dimensions (e.g., project activity and project performance) to refer to OSS success. By conducting a rigorous literature survey, this paper seeks to take a holistic view to explore various areas of OSS success that have been studied in prior research. Finally it provides a measurement taxonomy including six success areas for OSS projects. Implications for theory and practice are presented.

Informe realizado por Boston Consulting Group por encargo de Google (informe en pdf):

Internet aporta 23.400 millones de euros al PIB español de forma directa.

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El impacto de Internet en nuestra sociedad se extiende ya a lo largo de la mayor parte de actividades que realizamos tanto en nuestro tiempo de ocio como en el entorno profesional.

Por ello, España cONecta ha sido realizado con el objetivo de comprender la naturaleza y el tamaño de la actividad económica relacionada con Internet en España.

… the trend towards online learning raises the question of just how effective online education is compared to traditional education. According to a recent study conducted by SRI International for the US Department of Education, online learners perform slightly better than students in traditional face-to-face classrooms. The study analyzed research that compared online and conventional learning at institutions of higher education and in K-12 settings between 1996 and 2008.

A key finding of the report is that students doing partial or all course work online rank, on average, in the 59th percentile, meaning better than 59% of all those who were scored; whereas students in traditional classrooms ranked in the 50th percentile. Though this significant difference doesn’t quite mean the end of institutional schools, it will help put an end to the myth that online learning is inferior to traditional learning. It will also help foster greater interest in developing technology geared specifically to education. No doubt, we will see online schools for K-12 pop up everywhere…