ClinicalAccess: A Clinical Decision Support Tool

ClinicalAccess is a new clinical decision support tool that uses a question-and-answer format to mirror clinical decision-making strategies. The unique format of ClinicalAccess delivers concise, authoritative answers to more than 120,000 clinical questions. This column presents a review of the product, a sample search, and a comparison with other point-of-care search engines.     

Reference by Your Side: Redesigning the Library Help Desk

ABSTRACT

This bibliographic essay examines recent (1994–2006) research into the evaluation of reference effectiveness. Different methods for evaluating traditional in-person reference services are compared and contrasted from an unobtrusive or obtrusive methodology perspective, including those that use the “Willingness to Return” factor and the Wisconsin-Ohio Reference Evaluation Program (WOREP). A review of emerging trends is provided as well as recommendations for future research.     

用特色栏目打造高校学报的鲜明个性——以《西安科技大学学报》为例

通过分析和研究《西安科技大学学报》创办特色栏目的条件及实践,探讨用特色栏目凸显高校学报的鲜明特征。研究认为:学科优势是特色栏目发展的决定性条件,专家优势是特色栏目发展的核心,稳定的作者群是特色栏目发展的必备条件。同时,高校学报依靠高校的学术优势和区位优势,确立特色栏目、吸纳优质稿件、吸引校外优质作者群,用特色栏目打造期刊的鲜明个性。高校学报特色栏目的发展模式,不仅可以为同类学报的特色发展提供经验,还可以为不同类型的学术期刊提供借鉴。     

提高稿件初审效率和质量的新方法——以《仿生工程学报》实践为例

为了在保证期刊的学术质量的基础上,提高稿件初审的效率,本文结合编辑部的工作实际,提出了一种从稿件最后的结论开始看起,反向追溯作者的研究过程,以提问的方式一路质疑到引言部分的初审方法。实践结果表明通过这种方式对文章进行梳理,可以快速地对文章的科学性和逻辑性做出判断,从而高效地完成初审工作,并有助于给出明确的让作者信服的初审意见。此外,还指出了几点初审中应注意的问题。     

Evaluating research and researchers by the journal impact factor: Is it better than coin flipping?

The journal impact factor (JIF) is the average of the number of citations of the papers published in a journal, calculated according to a specific formula; it is extensively used for the evaluation of research and researchers. The method assumes that all papers in a journal have the same scientific merit, which is measured by the JIF of the publishing journal. This implies that the number of citations measures scientific merits but the JIF does not evaluate each individual paper by its own number of citations. Therefore, in the comparative evaluation of two papers, the use of the JIF implies a risk of failure, which occurs when a paper in the journal with the lower JIF is compared to another with fewer citations in the journal with the higher JIF. To quantify this risk of failure, this study calculates the failure probabilities, taking advantage of the lognormal distribution of citations. In two journals whose JIFs are ten-fold different, the failure probability is low. However, in most cases when two papers are compared, the JIFs of the journals are not so different. Then, the failure probability can be close to 0.5, which is equivalent to evaluating by coin flipping.     

Strategic library and information services models for the visually impaired persons: The South African Library for the Blind perspective

The South African Library for the Blind (SALB) contributes to the quality of life of print-impaired people encouraging independence through access to information, informed decision making, and taking pleasure in the enjoyment of recreational reading. In realizing the vision, SALB implemented two strategic models; agent mini-libraries and comprehensive mini-libraries. Management and administration of the services rendered is covered in detail. The project was pioneered in one of the provinces and has been rolled out to other provinces. The paper highlights how visually impaired people experience in a tangible manner, assistive technologies, training and interaction with community members and use libraries.     

应用ERS评估外文电子图书绩效的实践探索——以电子科技大学为例

[目的/意义] 在泛知识环境下,支撑高校教学科研的数字文献资源迅速增长。为摆脱海量数字资源带来的效益评估困境,探索数字资源动态管理与评估的电子资源利用绩效分析系统（Electronical Resource System,ERS）应运而生。[方法/过程] 电子科技大学图书馆引入ERS,基于本地服务器内置数据,配置馆藏资源数据、采购经费数据、COUNTER用量数据,并参考平台计算思路与方法,从用户需求、学术效益、成本效益等3个维度,设计资源评估指标,搭建外文电子图书绩效评估模型。[结果/结论] 依托ERS的绩效评估模型将为外文图书资源采访一线,切实、落地的业务推进提供实践指导,提高采访质量,提升经费使用效益,优化采购预算与决策,更好地实现文献资源对于高校教研的保障与推进。     

科学文献网络中的引文扩散——以2011年诺贝尔化学奖获奖论文为例

科学知识借助引用关系发生动态扩散,客观记录科学发展与演化的轨迹。由于知识之间存在千丝万缕的联系,以孤立的观点看待科学知识的影响与价值往往得到的是片面的感观。本文从联系的视角观察科学知识产出,尝试通过被引、引用、文献耦合与共被引等文献关系为单篇论著构建引文扩散网络,探讨"文献嵌入网络"的概念、测度方式及其在引文扩散过程中起到的特殊作用。案例分析显示,科学知识的形成相伴于科学知识网络的发展,同时也受到这个网络的影响:科学知识向科学领域的扩散,遵循从核心领域向周边领域的扩散模式;施引文献可以揭示目标文献中没有显式呈现的信息;四种文献关系之间可能存在相当程度的重合,引文扩散过程显示出知识的"黏滞性"与非常明显的"小世界"特征。对科学产出的扩散网络进行量化有助于为全面评价其价值提供更多客观依据。     

规范使用SCI下科技评价的问题与解决路径研究

[目的/意义]教育部、科技部2020年发布了《关于规范高等学校SCI论文相关指标使用树立正确评价导向的若干意见》,对意见推广后可能存在的问题进行深度分析并提出改进思路具有重要意义。[方法/过程]本文从评价对象、评价方法、评价目的、评价管理等方面进行分析,对规范使用SCI论文评价的适用范围与存在问题进行探讨。[结果/结论]研究发现,规范使用SCI存在少部分SCI期刊质量不高、SCI论文只适用于微观评价、代表作“代表性”不够、数量指标与质量指标难以兼顾、评价管理有待改进等等问题。提出了如下政策建议:以高水平SCI期刊作为评价依据;强化黑名单制度;宏观评价要发挥SCI论文的主导作用;鼓励采用一些文献计量指标进行评价;微观评价建议兼顾代表作与SCI论文数量;一般高校对研究生毕业论文应该有所要求。最后指出,SCI论文的规范应用需要深化高校科技管理体制改革;解决SCI论文的评价问题需要循序渐进;要重视SCI论文的科研符号功能。     

高职院校图书馆如何发挥在学风建设中的作用

首先从图书馆的角度总结了目前高职院校学生学风中存在的问题,剖析了产生问题的原因,紧接着提出了如何发挥图书馆在改进学风建设中的作用的意见和建议,并付诸实施,最后通过对学风建设起关键作用的指标分析,证明了图书馆在学风建设中的重要地位以及产生效果措施的可行性和有效性。