Spatial Humanities and Geo-computation for Social Sciences:Advances and Applications

Humanities and Social Sciences(HSS) are undergoing the transformation of spatialization and quantification. Geo-computation, with geoinformatics(including RS: Remote Sensing;GIS: Geographical Information System;GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System), provides effective computational and spatialization methods and tools for HSS. Spatial Humanities and Geo-computation for Social Sciences(SH&GSS) is a field coupling geo-computation, and geoinformatics, with HSS. This special issue accepted a set of contributions highlighting recent advances in methodologies and applications of SH&GSS, which are related to sentiment spatial analysis from social media data, emotional change spatial analysis from news data, spatial analysis of social media related to COVID-19, crime spatiotemporal analysis, “double evaluation” for Land Use/Land Cover(LUCC), Specially Protected Natural Areas(SPNA) analysis, editing behavior analysis of Volunteered Geographic Information(VGI), electricity consumption anomaly detection, First and Last Mile Problem(FLMP) of public transport, and spatial interaction network analysis for crude oil trade network. Based on these related researches, we aim to present an overview of SH&GSS, and propose some future research directions for SH&HSS.

Mapping Diversity of Publication Patterns in the Social Sciences and Humanities: An Approach Making Use of Fuzzy Cluster Analysis

Purpose: To present a method for systematically mapping diversity of publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities in terms of publication type, publication language and co-authorship.Design/methodology/approach: In a follow-up to the hard partitioning clustering by Verleysen and Weeren in 2016, we now propose the complementary use of fuzzy cluster analysis, making use of a membership coefficient to study gradual differences between publication styles among authors within a scholarly discipline. The analysis of the probability density function of the membership coefficient allows to assess the distribution of publication styles within and between disciplines.Findings: As an illustration we analyze 1,828 productive authors affiliated in Flanders, Belgium. Whereas a hard partitioning previously identified two broad publication styles, an international one vs. a domestic one, fuzzy analysis now shows gradual differences among authors. Internal diversity also varies across disciplines and can be explained by researchers’ specialization and dissemination strategies.Research limitations: The dataset used is limited to one country for the years 2000–2011; a cognitive classification of authors may yield a different result from the affiliation-based classification used here.Practical implications: Our method is applicable to other bibliometric and research evaluation contexts, especially for the social sciences and humanities in non-Anglophone countries.Originality/value: The method proposed is a novel application of cluster analysis to the field of bibliometrics. Applied to publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities, for the first time it systematically documents intra-disciplinary diversity.

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March, 2016. As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences, it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide. In

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March, 2016. As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences, it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide. In

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements of the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television。

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences and a Notice Inviting Contributions

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences and a Notice Inviting Contributions

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences and a Notice Inviting Contributions

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences and a Notice Inviting Contributions

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements

A Brief Introduction to the English Periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences and a Notice Inviting Contributions

The English periodical of Contemporary Social Sciences is an English bimonthly periodical founded by Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences and approved by the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio,Film and Television in March,2016.As the first English periodical sponsored by a local Academy of Social Sciences,it fills the lack of English periodicals by local Academies of Social Sciences nationwide.In accordance with the requirements

A quantitative evaluation system of Chinese journals in the humanities and social sciences

Based on analyses on existing indicators for evaluating journals in the humanities and social sciences and our experience in constructing the Chinese Social Science Citation Index(CSSCI), we proposed a comprehensive system for evaluating Chinese academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. This system constitutes 8 primary indicators and 17 sub-indicators for multidisciplinary journals and 19 sub-indicators for discipline-specific journals. Each indicator or sub-indicator is assigned a suitable weight according to its importance in terms of measuring a journal's academic quality and/or impact.

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China,with full financial backing of the Party and the government.The Academy consists of 15 institutes,1 graduate school,10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches.At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1200。

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China,with full financial backing of the Party and the government.The Academy consists of 15 institutes,1 graduate school,10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches.At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1200。

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China,with full financial backing of the Party and the government.The Academy consists of 15 institutes,1 graduate school,10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches.At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1200,including 710 employees with full financial allocation(459 on–the–job employees and 265 retired employees)。

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China, with full financial backing of the Party and the government. The Academy consists of 15 institutes, 1 graduate school, 10 departments of

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China,with full financial backing of the Party and the government.The Academy consists of 15 institutes,1 graduate school,10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches.At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1200。

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China,with full financial backing of the Party and the government.The Academy consists of 15 institutes,1 graduate school,10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches.At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1200,including710 employees with full financial allocation(459 on-the-job employees and 265 retired employees)。

A Brief Introduction of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences is the think tank for the provincial government of Sichuan and provincial branch of the Communist Party of China, with full financial backing of the Party and the government. The Academy consists of 15 institutes, 1 graduate school, 10 departments of scientific research management services and 17 branches. At the end of 2015 the staff numbered 1,200,