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 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 Analysis of the relationship between the natural sciences and humanities and social science

With the continuous development of economic and social, the category of science is no longer limited to the technical field, natural science, humanities and social science have flourished, but the study of the relationship between the two disciplines is not perfect enough, so we should follow the academic trend, clarify the relationship between the two,only in this way can we have a more specific grasp of the science, this had a profound influence on the all-round development of modern society.

A Contrastive Genre Analysis of English Abstracts of Bachelor's Degree Thesis:Economics and Humanities & Social Sciences

The move identification of the present study followed the four-move model of V.K.Bhatia who is the representative personage of ESP.It is composed of four moves(1993):Introducing purpose,Describing methodology,Summarizing results and Presenting conclusions.According to the above theory,Principles of the scientific method of sampling suggested by Nwogu(1997:121)as to the selection of journal were adopted in the study—representativity,reputation,accessibility.The focus is the analysis of move structures of abstract sections of them and contrastive studies between Economics and Humanities&Social Sciences of Lanzhou Jiaotong University in different moves of abstract sections.We find there are some similarities and differences between them.In general,the abstracts of Humanities&Social Sciences are more standard than Economics,which suggested English abstract sections of some Economics bachelor’s degree thesis need to be improved.

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.

Human Security, Poverty Pattern and Social Order in Igbo Rural Communities of Contemporary Nigeria

The Igbo have their homeland in seven states of Nigeria mainly Imo, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta and Rivers. They are receptible to new ideas and adapt easily to change. The ramifications of human insecurity, poverty, social disorder, poor coherence and poor integration appear to haunt them and the gravity is felt more in the rural communities. The factors are traceable to many pathetic issues. The pathological consequences do affect Igbo stability and navigation in the Nigerian socio-economic environment. The causality constitutes the physical, human, natural, financial and social assets. It is recommended, among others, that the people should return to core values and norms, stick to their own noble identities, have a framework for tackling insecurity and hunger, target the youth in poverty reduction measures and tackle the herdsmen menace. Equally, the abused philosophies used to support dangerous and strange behavior should be tackled.

Functions of Rhetoric and Social Science Origins in Communication Study—Based on Boxing Plato’s Shadow:An Introduction to the Study of Human Communication

With the development of the rhetoric study from the origins in ancient Athens and The Rhetoric of Aristotle to the formation of modern Communication Study at the beginning of the twentieth century,the Rhetoric Study changed in dynamic and its concepts and theories merged and formed the foundations of Communication Study which focused on personal communication and speech rhetoric skills at that time.At the beginning of the twentieth century,although the Neo-Aristotelian rhetorical scholars from classic rhetoric approach created methodologies and enriched the content of Communication Study under the influence of humanistic study and social science study,but the Communication discipline was still in the embarrassing position.During World War I and World War II,most scholars with backgrounds of social science,history and anthropology carried out the studies of propaganda wars and the message disseminating,and explored the military powers and governments’access to the media and developed serial communication modes from the social science perspective,which laid the foundation for Communication discipline in the academic field.The author analyzed the Rhetoric and Social Science origins of Communication study in Boxing Plato’s Shadow:an Introduction to the Study of Human Communication,which is beneficial and helpful to understand the academic origins of Communication study and its cross-disciplined and embarrassing positions.

The Contribution, Experience and Risk Control of Social Organizations’ Participation in Global Human Rights Governance

As the"third sector",social organizations are increasingly involved in human rights affairs in the era of governance through cooperation.They play an important role in the construction of a human rights community with the core of"common human values",and together with the government and other relevant subjects,they become the guarantors of human rights.By sorting out the main contributions of social organizations and successful experiences participating in human rights governance,it can be seen that they timely support relevant policies and laws and the participation through certain modes are successful experiences of social organizations in participating in human rights governance.Under the guarantee of the mechanism of effectiveness and risk control along the whole chain before,during and after the process,these contributions and experience will provide better Chinese experience and Chinese programs to promote global human rights governance and the progress of human rights cause in the world.

International Human Rights Conventions in China——An interview with Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China. Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China. The following is the full text of the interview：

Towards Positivity:A Large-Scale Diachronic Sentiment Analysis of the Humanities and Social Sciences in China

With its rising number of publications and expanding international collaborations,China's humanities and social sciences(HSS)research is displaying its potential for global prominence.Researchers have been exploring the development of China's HSS from different perspectives.However,the examinations from the perspective of sentiment analysis are scanty.Our aim is then to examine the sentiment features in Chinese HSS academic writing,by analyzing a large-scale corpus with over 275 million characters and with a time span from 2000 to 2020.Considering that most studies only focused on abstracts,we examined both the abstracts and the full texts,as well as a direct comparison between them.We found that Chinese HSS academic writing has evolved to be more positively biased in the past two decades,showing an upward trend in the use of positive words and a slight downward trend in the use of negative words.However,the upward trend of positive words in the full texts is not that clear,resembling a fluctuating pattern.Regarding the comparison,the abstracts are more likely to use positive words while the full texts tend to use more negative words.These phenomena can be explained with the social cognitive theory,in that they may be shaped by a joint force of the nature of human beings,the nature of language,the particular socio-cultural background in China and the features of the academic genre.

数智时代人文社科数据资源开发利用的跃迁:从观念到行动

近年来数据资源开发利用的热潮已然在人文社科领域扩散开来,人文社科的数据资源观正在从传统的有限样本资料、“小数据”向大数据、智慧数据转变。针对当前人文社科数据资源开发利用仍然存在的“保护”“深闺”“孤岛”“同质”“展示”现象,本文构建了以主体层、内容层、保障层为核心的人文社科数据资源开发利用路径框架:主体层强调顶层规划主体、建库主体、数据用户之间的协同合作;内容层凸显逻辑维、资源维、方法维、验证维的组合路径;保障层涉及政策法规、资金项目、人才资源、文化氛围等保障措施。面向未来,人文社科数据资源开发利用需要积极打造人文社科数据资源“治理术”,在基本理念上需要从“资源基础论”向“治理能力论”转变,在具体行动上可从数据基础设施体系搭建、多学科数据资源共生共长机制构建、数据资源产权与安全有效保护、基于数据资源的服务链建构等方面着力推进。图1。参考文献15。

以科研团队建设推动高校文科有组织科研的逻辑与进路

文科科研团队是新时代高校构建中国特色哲学社会科学知识体系和推进有组织科研的重要抓手,但目前高校文科科研团队建设存在对其重要性认识不足、团队构成不合理且不稳定、团队规章制度不完善、忽视团队精神文化建设等问题。新时代高校文科科研团队建设需要从文科科研规律和我国文科科研实际出发,围绕提高认识、加强顶层设计、以实质性合作为目标、重视青年科研团队建设、以质量和贡献为导向、营造自由宽松的团队发展环境和氛围,推动文科科研团队建设开创新局面。

中国人文社科领域研究方法应用的实证研究——基于大规模博士学位论文的调查

[目的/意义]研究方法的发展能在一定程度上反映学科的发展。目前鲜有针对中国整体人文社科领域研究方法使用的调研。对该领域不同学科研究方法的使用情况进行比较,可以揭示不同学科研究方法应用的特点,并为相关学者进行课题研究提供研究方法的使用建议。[方法/过程]与一般期刊论文相比,中国人文社科领域的博士学位论文中的研究方法通常会在特定的小节被明确阐述,便于提取分析。文章基于人文社科领域21个一级学科共63741篇博士学位论文,构建研究方法分类框架,抽取论文使用的研究方法,并从研究方法的使用频次、时间演化以及学科相关度角度进行深入分析。[结果/结论]中国人文社科领域研究方法命名存在不规范的问题,但方法意识正逐渐增强;比较分析法、历史分析法、文献研究法等经典的数据分析方法仍占主导地位;多数热门研究方法在人文社科领域不同学科之中存在一定的普适性。

交叉学科视角下的“人文社会GIS”课程教学探索

人文社会地理信息系统(geographical information system, GIS)源于人文科学、社会科学和地理信息科学等多个学科的交叉融合,属于自然科学与人文社会科学的学科交叉领域.本文依托南京师范大学长期开展地理信息科学与人文社会科学交叉融合的科研和教学成果,系统分析了人文社会GIS的交叉学科特性,提出了人文社会GIS的内涵和知识体系,设计了“人文社会GIS”课程的创新教学模式,形成了有代表性的学科交叉课程教学实践案例,对于开展“新工科”和“新文科”背景下的交叉学科研究和复合型人才培养具有较好的参考价值.

论数学建模融入新文科课程体系——以上海海事大学物流专业为例

数字文明时代,在文科课程体系中融入数学建模能够提升学生的数字素养。数学建模已经成为新文科研究的一种范式,文科教育可以通过导入、嵌入和建构等方式,将数学建模融入新文科课程体系。数学建模融入新文科课程体系的学理逻辑,在于以数学建模为边界融合物流新文科与新工科,以数学建模为纽带构建物流课程体系,融入数学建模构建物流实践场景,进而提升科学研究能力。此外,从系统工程与复杂系统管理的角度思考将数学建模融入新文科课程体系的效用,有益于推动新文科内在与外在要素的广泛互动,促使文科发展适应数字文明时代,培养具备人文积淀和数字素养的新时代复合型人才。

学术成果宏观评价的新探索——评《中国人文社科成果的国际影响力研究》

构建公正合理的学术评价体系是学术研究健康发展的要旨。加强中国人文社科学术成果国际影响力评价研究,不仅有利于我国人文社科学术研究的发展,还有助于弘扬中华文化,提高国家文化软实力和国际话语权。武汉大学杨思洛教授等的新作《中国人文社科成果的国际影响力研究》一书结构系统,内容翔实,系统地讨论了中国人文社科成果国际影响力评价这一主题,在理论研究、评价方法和学术观点方面均有新意,是学术成果宏观评价的新探索。

高管文理科教育背景与企业创新

本文旨在从CEO文理科教育背景差异对企业创新影响的角度提供一些经验证据。基于双重/无偏机器学习方法,本文研究发现:理工科教育背景的CEO对企业创新具有正向的促进效应,即相对于人文社科教育背景的CEO,理工科教育背景的CEO能显著提高企业创新。同时,高学历理工科教育背景的CEO对企业创新产出质量的正向影响更加明显。相对于高新企业而言,在一般企业中上述差异反而更显著。进一步机制研究表明,相对于人文社科背景的CEO,理工科教育背景的CEO倾向于通过加强企业创新团队建设、提高创新投入强度等途径促进企业创新。本文首次为企业高管的文理科教育背景差异对企业创新行为影响提供了经验证据。

国家社科基金图书馆、情报与文献学立项主持人性别差异研究

社科基金立项主持人的性别差异一直是一个备受关注的话题,在图情档领域,这种性别差异尤为明显。文章从性别视角分析国家社科基金图书馆、情报与文献学学科立项主持人,可为科研资助体系及科研人员性别差异提供新的研究视角和政策启示,帮助激发、增强、提升女性科研人员创新活力,破解女性“高位缺席”。以角色认同理论、人力资本理论和社会资本理论为基础,从国家社科基金项目数据库获取2000—2022年图书馆、情报与文献学学科的项目信息,在网上公开检索立项主持人的相关信息,借助信息计量、数理统计等方法,利用SPSS统计软件进行显著性检验,建立多元线性回归模型,研究主持人性别差异的影响因素。文章提出的从角色认同理论、人力资本理论和社会资本理论角度探究图书馆、情报与文献学学科国家社科基金立项主持人性别差异有一定的可解释性和合理性。研究提出9个假设,5个成立,4个不成立。其结果为国家社会科学基金委员会在制订帮助女性科研事业发展措施方面提供参考依据,为国家相关部门提供决策参考,激发女性创造活力,缩小性别差异。

数字时代的新文科教育:何以为“教”?何以可“育”?

新文科教育作为新文科建设中极其重要的一环,是新文科建设能否成功的关键一步。在数字技术蓬勃发展与普及应用的智能时代,数字技术正成为新文科教育变革的中介力量,对新文科教育的未来发展产生重大影响。数字技术赋能下的新文科教育呈现出教育场景可视化、教育手段智能化、教育过程可溯化和教育资源平台化的总体特征和发展趋势。因此,从实现新文科教育中的“教”功能来看,需要在教学主体上注重“有教无类”和“因材施教”并重,在教学方法上实现“授人以鱼”和“授人以渔”结合,在教学过程中达到“寓教于乐”和“教学相长”的效果。从实现新文科教育中的“育”功能来看,需要通过数字技术驱动思政育人、教书育人、科研育人和实践育人。

技术文明时代哲学本科拔尖创新人才培养转向

哲学的建设和发展以及哲学家的培养是新文科建设的核心和关键。技术文明时代比以往任何时代更需要哲学家。百年来,中西若干哲学家的学缘和知识结构中科学、技术的鲜明痕迹及其哲思已现端倪,哲学家的知识结构需要不同以往。哲学的转向提示哲学本科教育也需转向。牛津大学等多所世界一流大学哲学专业群提供了方向启发,哲学应成为某种轴心,动态地与技术、自然科学等诸学科应合。“应合”区别于“拼盘”与“跨学科”,成为高等教育课程论中一个新概念。应建设以哲学为轴心的、具有应合特征的专业群,将学生带至技术和科学前沿发问;重视课程元素、辅修/双学位、微专业、第二学士学位在丰富学生知识结构中技术与科学知识的作用,为哲学家涌现构造环境,让更多哲学家“冒”出来。