The advent of the Internet and networked communications in the last 15 years has arguably
considerably changed the information behaviors of doctoral students, including the …

We introduce Google Scholar Metrics (GSM), a new bibliometric product of Google that aims
at providing the H-index for scientific journals and other information sources. We conduct a …

Increasingly, e‐books are becoming alternatives to print books in academic libraries, thus
providing opportunities to assess how well the use of e‐books meets the requirements of …

Despite the central importance of research papers to scientific progress, they can be difficult
to read. Comprehension is often stymied when the information needed to understand a …

Reviewing the literature to understand relevant threads of past work is a critical part of
research and vehicle for learning. However, as the scientific literature grows the challenges …

Purpose–This paper aims to analyse various aspects of an academic social network: the
profile of users, the reasons for its use, its perceived benefits and the use of other social …

The ever-increasing pace of scientific publication necessitates methods for quickly
identifying relevant papers. While neural recommenders trained on user interests can help …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into publication practices from the
perspective of academics working within four disciplinary communities: biosciences …

Objective: The research assesses the information-seeking behaviors of health sciences
faculty, including their use of online databases, journals, and social media. Methodology: A …

Decision-making in unfamiliar domains can be challenging, demanding considerable user
effort to compare different options with respect to various criteria. Prior research and our …