Nano language and distribution of article title terms according to power laws

Bartol, Tomaž; Stopar, Karmen

doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1546-1

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“…Some studies tried to characterize the usage of concepts (terms) in titles. For example, a recent study of word frequency distribution in nanoscience/ nanotechnology confirmed the power law distribution of the frequency of words used in the titles (Bartol and Stopar, 2015). Another study quantified lexical diversity in titles using title phrases rather than individual words (Milojević, 2015) and found that the fields expanded their cognitive extent over time even when normalized for increased productivity.…”

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The Length and Semantic Structure of Article Titles—Evolving Disciplinary Practices and Correlations with Impact

Milojević

2017

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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In this paper, we examine the characteristics of titles (average length, proportion of titles with subtitles, proportion of interrogatory, and indicative titles) and how they changed over a substantial period of time (half a century). We consistently analyze core literature in five diverse fields, in order to probe the usage of titles as a disciplinary identity building tool. In addition, we study whether different types of titles are used differently by authors depending on their academic age and productivity and collaboration levels, which has not been studied before. Finally, we revisit the connection between title characteristics and impact. We found that belonging to some discipline is the strongest determinant for the length of the titles and the occurrence of different forms of titles. This suggests that authors try to comply with the norms set in their fields. However, these norms are not fixed in time. Over the decades, the practices have changed, some of them quite abruptly. Individual groups of authors most often did not differ in their practices regarding the use of titles. We find that using titles posed as questions or titles stating the result do not lead to citation benefit.

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The Length and Semantic Structure of Article Titles—Evolving Disciplinary Practices and Correlations with Impact

Milojević

2017

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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“…Others extend a "nano journals set" beyond those included in Nano-WCe.g., Grieneisen and Zhang (2011) report analyses of 161 journals publishing in 2010-2011. Of course, many nano papers appear in sources not indexed in Nano-WC [e.g., Bartol and Stopar (2015) note that 20% of all 2012 article titles in Applied Physics Letters and in Journal of Applied Physics contain a nano* term].…”

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Updating a search strategy to track emerging nanotechnologies

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Identifying nanoscience and nanotechnology (nano) publications in global databases is essential to profile and track research in this ever-changing field. Crafting an effective search query to retrieve as many nano-related publications as feasible, while moderating irrelevant publications, is challenging. This paper reports on a major update to a wellestablished nano search routine. We offer a nine-module search that significantly augments retrieval from the Web of Science (WoS) compared to use of the WoS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Category (Nano-WC). We compare search results, showing modular overlaps with a "Nano*" search, and among the modules.Analyzing the resulting set of 2.2 million nano publication abstract records affirms the tremendous multidisciplinary reach of nano-related research and the continued strong growth of the field. By country, China has enhanced its role as the world's leading producer of nano publications, with slower growth for the US. Relatively high nano publication growth is also evident for India, Iran and several other emerging economies. Analyses of nano publications for 2013-2017 identify more than 20 emerging topics, primarily in the energy and two-dimensional materials domains that are apt to be actively researched in the coming few years.

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“…Numerous topics of N&N have been studied, such as impact evaluation of N&N (Bartol & Stopar, 2015;Kostoff, Barth, & Lau, 2008;Leydesdorff, 2013), nano-competition or "nanorace" among countries or regions or institutions (Gorjiara & Baldock, 2014;Guan & Wei, 2015;Leydesdorff & Wagner, 2009;Wong, Ho, & Chan, 2007), technological life cycle of N&N (Anick, 2007;Milanez et al, 2013), and mapping of N&N (Bartol & Stopar, 2015;Kostoff, Koytcheff, & Lau, 2007;Mohammadi, 2012).…”

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Insight into the Disciplinary Structure of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Luan

Porter

2017

Journal of Data and Information Science

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Purpose: This paper aims to gain an insight into the disciplinary structure of nanoscience & nanotechnology (N&N): What is the disciplinary network of N&N like? Which disciplines are being integrated into N&N over time? For a specific discipline, how many other disciplines have direct or indirect connections with it? What are the distinct subgroups of N&N at different evolutionary stages? Such critical issues are to be addressed in this paper.Design/methodology/approach: We map the disciplinary network structure of N&N by employing the social network analysis tool, Netdraw, identifying which Web of Science Categories (WCs) mediate nbetweenness centrality in different stages of nano development. Cliques analysis embedded in the Ucinet program is applied to do the disciplinary cluster analysis in the study according to the path of "Network-Subgroup-Cliques," and a tree diagram is selected as the visualizing type. Findings:The disciplinary network structure reveals the relationships among different disciplines in the N&N developing process clearly, and it is easy for us to identify which disciplines are connected with the core "N&N" directly or indirectly. The tree diagram showing N&N related disciplines provides an interesting perspective on nano research and development (R&D) structure. Research limitations:The matrices used to draw the N&N disciplinary network are the original ones, and normalized matrix could be tried in future similar studies. Practical implications:Results in this paper can help us better understand the disciplinary structure of N&N, and the dynamic evolution of N&N related disciplines over time. The findings could benefit R&D decision making. It can support policy makers from government agencies engaging in science and technology (S&T) management or S&T strategy planners to formulate efficient decisions according to a perspective of converging sciences and technologies.Originality/value: The novelty of this study lies in mapping the disciplinary network structure of N&N clearly, identifying which WCs have a mediating effect in different developmental

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Nano language and distribution of article title terms according to power laws

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

The Length and Semantic Structure of Article Titles—Evolving Disciplinary Practices and Correlations with Impact

The Length and Semantic Structure of Article Titles—Evolving Disciplinary Practices and Correlations with Impact

Updating a search strategy to track emerging nanotechnologies

Insight into the Disciplinary Structure of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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