Ranking academic institutions based on the productivity,impact,and quality of institutional scholars

Purpose:The quantitative rankings of over 55,000 institutions and their institutional programs are based on the individual rankings of approximately 30 million scholars determined by their productivity,impact,and quality.Design/methodology/approach:The institutional ranking process developed here considers all institutions in all countries and regions,thereby including those that are established,as well as those that are emerging in scholarly prowess.Rankings of individual scholars worldwide are first generated using the recently introduced,fully indexed ScholarGPS database.The rankings of individual scholars are extended here to determine the lifetime and last-five-year Top 20 rankings of academic institutions over all Fields of scholarly endeavor,in 14 individual Fields,in 177 Disciplines,and in approximately 350,000 unique Specialties.Rankings associated with five specific Fields(Medicine,Engineering&Computer Science,Life Sciences,Physical Sciences&Mathematics,and Social Sciences),and in two Disciplines(Chemistry,and Electrical&Computer Engineering)are presented as examples,and changes in the rankings over time are discussed.Findings:For the Fields considered here,the Top 20 institutional rankings in Medicine have undergone the least change(lifetime versus last five years),while the rankings in Engineering&Computer Science have exhibited significant change.The evolution of institutional rankings over time is largely attributed to the recent emergence of Chinese academic institutions,although this emergence is shown to be highly Field-and Discipline-dependent.Practical implementations:Existing rankings of academic institutions have:(i)often been restricted to pre-selected institutions,clouding the potential discovery of scholarly activity in emerging institutions and countries;(ii)considered only broad areas of research,limiting the ability of university leadership to act on the assessments in a concrete manner,or in contrast;(iii)have considered only a narrow area of research for comparison,diminishing the broader applicability and impact of the assessment.In general,existing institutional rankings depend on which institutions are included in the ranking process,which areas of research are considered,the breadth(or granularity)of the research areas of interest,and the methodologies used to define and quantify research performance.In contrast,the methods presented here can provide important data over a broad range of granularity to allow responsible individuals to gauge the performance of any institution from the Overall(all Fields)level,to the level of the Specialty.The methods may also assist identification of the root causes of shifts in institution rankings,and how these shifts vary across hundreds of thousands of Fields,Disciplines,and Specialties of scholarly endeavor.Originality/value:This study provides the first ranking of all academic institutions worldwide over Fields,Disciplines,and Specialties based on a unique methodology that quantifies the productivity,impact,and quality of individual scholars.

Baishideng’s Reference Citation Analysis database announces the first Article Influence Index of multidisciplinary scholars

After three rounds of rigorous evaluation of registered scholars conducted by the Reference Citation Analysis(RCA)editorial team of Baishideng Publishing Group(Baishideng),the RCA database of Baishideng officially released the 2022 Article Influence Index(2022 AII)of 632 scholars from 74 countries/territories in 98 research categories,for the first time.The list of 632 scholars can be found at:https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com/searchscholar.Among them,the highest 2022 AII is 348.211,the highest number of total citations is 42830,and the highest number of total articles is 901.The category with the largest number of RCA scholars is Gastroenterology&Hepatology,with a total of 100(15.8%),and the second is Surgery,with a total of 46(7.3%).This article summarizes the RCA scholars and describes the mission of RCA,the openness and transparency of RCA evaluation,the calculation method for the 2022 AII,and the evaluation process of RCA scholars.The RCA scholar list will effectively serve as a useful Find-a-Scholar tool.Any interested scholar is welcome to register and join this RCA scholar list.

ScholarSFX与Google Scholar的本地化

Google Scholar的推出吸引了越来越多的学术研究人员。本文详细介绍了图书馆链接计划的运作模式和SFX技术的原理。重点介绍了免费链接解析服务器ScholarSFX的配置方法,以及它在浙江大学图书馆的应用,最后对Google Scholar图书馆链接的应用情况进行了总结。

资源利用与开发的范例——弗吉尼亚大学图书馆的“Scholars' Lab”

"Scholars' Lab"是一个专为弗吉尼亚大学人文社科专业教师和学生利用图书馆数字资源、寻求专家帮助、进行协同合作与创新研究的场所,其主要理念是图书馆资源与专家学者的有机融合,促进创新项目开展,提升研究层次。实验室由弗吉尼亚大学图书馆的数字化学术研究小组专家学者组成。文章介绍了"Scholars' Lab"的基本概况、服务内容及奖励措施,基于案例分析概括该实验室的几个鲜明特点,旨在为国内大学图书馆创新学科化服务,开发馆藏资源提供参考与帮助。

加拿大安大略省学术门户Scholars Portal的资源建设模式及其启示

加拿大安大略省大学图书馆联盟(OCUL)的重要项目及其成果Scholars Portal具有独特的资源建设模式和发展理念,其在OCUL的领导下重点在电子期刊和电子图书建设方面进行联盟运作,具有严密的组织架构、整合统一的检索平台、共享的基础设施、永久的资源保存等特色。Scholars Portal的运作模式对我国图书馆加强区域联盟资源建设与组织运行、重视数字资源的本地存储与长期保存、提升信息资源的整合力度与易用水平等方面具有启示意义和借鉴作用。

从跨文化交际视角论方言英译的功能对等——以《儒林外史》杨译本为例

以尤金·奈达功能对等理论为指导,从跨文化交际视角,结合吴地方言所包含的人物称谓、风土人情、名物制度的文化功能,分析《儒林外史》杨译本中的方言翻译如何通过归化、异化和折中翻译法来实现文化功能对等。

IRS辅助MU-MISO系统中基于深度残差学习的信道估计

针对智能反射表面辅助多用户通信系统中传统信道估计方法性能下降的问题,将信道估计问题转化为信道去噪问题,利用深度残差学习方法学习残差噪声,从含噪导频信号中恢复信道系数。同时为提升信道估计精度,设计信道估计网络进一步提升去噪性能。网络主体包含两个模块:拼接信息保留模块将每一层卷积输出相融合,防止信道特征丢失,有效提取信道噪声的主体特征;扩张卷积稀疏模块通过扩大感受野范围获得信道的重要结构和细节特征,恢复信道噪声的边缘细节特征。仿真结果表明,归一化均方误差约等于0.45时,所提方法在不明显增加复杂度情况下,相比于线性最小均方误差算法获得3.7 dB的信噪比增益,更为接近最小均方误差信道估计器的性能,表现出了更好的性能和可用性。

On the Studies of Saussure and his Theories by Chinese Scholars

Saussure and his linguistic theories have great influences for the study of linguistics and second language acquisition of the world over.Chinese linguistics more or less is influenced by Saussure's theories.This paper is aiming to review all papers written by Chinese scholars on the records by CNKI(Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) from 1979 to September 28(2012),meanwhile,and trying to analysis on studies of topics and contents in different periods about Saussure and his theories in China.

针对MUS求解问题的加强剪枝策略

极小不可满足子集(minimal unsatisfiable subsets,MUS)的求解是布尔可满足性问题中的一个重要子问题.对于一个给定的不可满足问题,其MUS的求解能够反映出问题中导致其不可满足的关键原因.然而,MUS的求解是一项极其耗时的任务,不同的剪枝过程将直接影响到搜索空间的大小、算法的迭代次数,从而影响算法的求解效率.提出一种针对MUS求解的加强剪枝策略ABC(accelerating by critical MSS),依据MSS、MCS、MUS这3者之间的对偶性和碰集关系特点,提出cMSS和subMUS概念,并总结出4条性质,即每个MUS必是subMUS的超集,进而在避免对MCS的碰集进行求解的情况下有效利用MUS和MCS互为碰集的特征,有效避免求解碰集时的时间开销.当subMUS不可满足时,则subMUS是唯一的MUS,算法将提前结束执行;当subMUS可满足时,则剪枝掉此节点,进而有效避免对求解空间中的冗余空间进行搜索.同时,通过理论证明ABC策略的有效性,并将其应用于目前最高效的单一化模型算法MARCO和双模型算法MARCO-MAM,在标准测试用例下的实验结果表明,该策略可以有效地对搜索空间进行进一步剪枝,从而提高MUS的枚举效率.

Transformation and influencing factors of scholarly communication based on knowledge transfer: A case study of science and technology literature

Purpose: The process of scientific literature use can be regarded as that of knowledge transfer. With the help of the knowledge transfer theory and data from scientific literature databases, we explored the behavior of scientific researchers during their scholarly communication, and studied the factors that influenced the behavior of researchers under network environment. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the literature databases of CNKI, Elsevier Science Direct and Springer Link, we used the knowledge transfer theory to construct a model for describing the scholarly communication process, which attempts to find out factors that may influence the communication behavior of researchers. With a focus laid on the absorption behavior of researchers during the knowledge acceptance process, we defined the independent variables of the model and proposed hypotheses on the basis of a comprehensive literature study. Afterwards, college students were invited to participate in a questionnaire survey, which was designed to prove our research model and hypotheses.Findings: Our results showed that during the scholarly communication, it is not the professional knowledge, but the ability and willingness for knowledge acceptance, organizations’ importance and internal atmosphere as well as knowledge authority and relevance that have played a positive significant role in the knowledge transfer performance. In addition, our distance indicators showed that knowledge distance and knowledge transfer performance have significant negative correlations. Research limitations: This study is mainly based on a questionnaire survey of college students, which may limit the generalization of our research results. In addition, more resource types need be considered for further studies.Practical implications: Under network environment, scholarly communication performance based on knowledge transfer theory could greatly contribute to the enrichment of the contentof the knowledge transfer theory, and stretch out the range of the field. In addition, our result could help commercial scientific database providers to learn more about the users’ needs, which would not only benefit both scientific communities and content providers, but also promote scholarly communication effectively. Originality/value: Compared with existing researches which mainly emphasized the model construction of scholarly communication, our study focused the knowledge relevance during the scholarly communication and influence factors that impacted on the performance of knowledge acceptance under the network environment, which could provide helpful guides for further studies.

Contributions of Chinese scholars to body donation research in international journals

Anatomical dissectionis an important part of human anatomy course and relies much on cadavers.Body donation is the primary source of cadavers used in ana tomical dissection course in China.This study aimed to systematically review the contributions of Chinese scholars to body donation research in international journals,in the 100^(th) anniversary of the foundation of Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences.The search was conducted on May 12,2020.The searching strategy was(body or anatomy or anatomical or cadaver or cadaveric)and(donate or donation or bequest or gift or gifting)and(China or Hong Kong or Macao or Taiwan).Only English articles focusing on body donation research were included.A total of 578 articles were retrieved.

CIIS Holds the 20th China-US Young Scholars’Dialogue

From November 7 to 10,the China Institute of International Studies(CIIS)held the 20th China-US Yong Scholars’Dialogue,with the theme of“Finding the Right Way for China and the US to Get Along in the New Era:Opportunities and Challenges.”CIIS President Chen Bo delivered the opening remarks,and Vice President Liu Qing delivered the closing speech.

A Case Study on Anxiety of University English Teachers as Visiting Scholars in Their Collaborative Learning

The study is to explore the test anxiety of three university English teachers in their collaborative learning community when they do their visiting scholar program.The research questions are about the representations of test anxiety of the college English teacher collaborative learning community as visiting scholars,and the interaction between anxiety and their collaborative learning.The main data collection includes deep interview,field observation,online chatting,etc.The research finds that at the three stages of their learning,the participant shows various representations of test anxiety from cognitive,affective and behavioral perspectives,and collaborative learning community facilitates the participant have better execution in learning,more pressure released and much cognitive enhancement achieved.In contrast,lack of collaborative learning environment in her working university and the specific anxiety for marriage in female participant are two additional findings in the study,which may prove the positive effect of collaborative learning on anxiety from another point of view.

Scholars in Liaoning University

He Guosheng,male,ethnic Han,born on September 3,1956,native of Shenyang,Liaoning province,professor.Now he works as the Party committee secretary and the vice-president of the economics college in Liaoning University.He is the PhD supervisor of Finance Specialty,member of academic leaders,standing director of China Society for Finace and Banking,director of China International Finance Association and the advisory committee member of CPC Shenyang municipal committee and municipal government.

Chair Professors and Visiting Professors of "Chang Jiang Scholars Program"

In responding to the ongoing development needs of the university, we are seeking to recruit Chair Professors and Visiting Professors of ＂Chang Jiang Scholars Program＂ at home and abroad. School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

Chair Professors and Visiting Professors of ＂Chang Jiang Scholars Program＂

In responding to the ongoing development needs of the university, we are seeking to recruit Chair Professors and Visiting Professors of ＂Chang Jiang Scholars Program＂ at home and abroad.

Scholars in Liaoning University

Professor LIU Li-gang,male,of Han nationality,was born in Shenyang,Liaoning Province in July,1955,member of Communist Party of China.In 1983,he graduated from Department of Economy,Liaoning University with BA degree.In 1999,he received Doctoral degree of Management from Liaoning University.In 2000,he was honored Ph.D supervisor by Liaoning University and post-doctorial co-supervisor in 2002.In 2008,Prof.Liu went to Indiana State University in America as a visiting scholar.Since 1983 when he took a teaching post at Liaoning University,he has successively been Associate Dean of College of Business Administration,Secretary and Associate Dean of Law School,Dean of International Business College,and Dean of Sun Wah International Business School at the present.

Effects of Marxist Methodology on Social Science Researches Conducted by Vietnamese Scholars Before 1986

In the early twentieth century, Marxism was propagated into Vietnam through patriotic intellectuals. After the propagation into Vietnam, Marxism not only influenced national liberation movements, but also profoundly affected scholars, particularly scholars of social science. In fact, many of well-known Vietnamese scholars have relied on Marxism’s theory of social existence and social consciousness, infrastructure and superstructure, practical concept, concept of class struggle, etc. to comment on poetry, history, language, geography, philosophy, etc. In other words, the scholars have applied Marxist methodology to explore and study cultural and social life in Vietnam; and in that way, a generation of Marxist researchers in the field of social sciences has been formed. After the renovation of the country, the Government of Vietnam has implemented its policy of openness and international integration, and scholars have been therefore able to receive many other Western ideals and cultures, and the Marxist methodology was not the only one used in social science research. Consequently, some people expressed their skepticism about the role of Marxist methodology in academic research in Vietnam, even completely denied the historical significance of Marxist methodology to the academia in Vietnam. This article is intended, through Vietnamese Marxist scholars, especially the ones in the field of social sciences prior to 1986 （i.e., prior to the renovation of the country） to demonstrate the historical significance of the Marxist methodology to the Vietnamese academia. It is clear that the penetration of the Marxism and the Marxist methodology into Vietnam have created a revolution in the field of academic research （primarily in the field of social science）. It has promoted academicresearch from conservative toward innovative, from traditional to modern. With the presence of the French colonialism as well as the French culture, the Marxism and the Marxist methodology helped Vietnamese scholars break away from Chinese Confucian scholarship and shift to systematic scholarly studies based on practical bases, scientific bases and modern methods. Although there are still some certain drawbacks, it cannot be denied that the Marxism and the Marxist methodology have played an important role in the formation and development of modern social sciences in Vietnam today.

A Corpus-based Study on Chinese and American Scholars' Use of Nominalizations in English Scientific Research Articles

Nominalization plays a very significant role in written English, especially in the scientific articles. However, it is distinctfor Chinese and English scholars in the use of nominalization in English scientific papers. In order to find the differences in the useof nominalization in English scientific research papers between Chinese writers and native English scholars(American scholarsherein) and help Chinese scholars understand the proper use of English nominalization and write more idiomatic English scientificresearch papers, this paper does a research based on a corpus. In this corpus, there are two sub-corpora, one by American scholarsand the other by Chinese scientists. The research results show that American scholars adopt more nominalizations than Chinesescholars in English scientific papers and there are some differences in the use of nominalization derived from verbs, adjectives tonouns, and formed by gerunds and non-predictive verbs with"-ing"forms between Chinese and American scholars.