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European databases and repositories for Social Sciences and Humanities research outputexploring comprehensiveness
Linda Sīle (presenter, PhD Candidate in Social Sciences), Janne Pölönen, Gunnar Sivertsen, Raf Guns, Tim Engels
STI 2017: Paris, September 6-8
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Outline
Method
Findings #1
- Overview of databases
- Defining national database for social sciences and humanities research output
- Defining comprehensiveness
Findings #2
- Overview of the comprehensiveness of databases
Final thoughts
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Method
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Method
Within the framework of the COST action «European Network for Research Evalution in Social Sciences and Humanities» (ENRESSH, www.enressh.eu)
Scope: 41 European countries
Main sources of data: two questionnaires, interviews, scholarly literature, grey literature.
Questionnaire #1: identification of national databases
Questionnaire #2: detailed description of comprehensiveness
Data collection period: August 2016 – ongoing
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Collaborators in the second survey
(in alphabetical order):
• Pavel Arefiev, Scientific Electronic Library - eLIBRARY.RU, Russia
• Kasper Bruun, Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark
• Marta Dušková, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Slovakia
• Gennady Eremenko, Scientific Electronic Library - eLIBRARY.RU, Russia
• Lotte Faurbaek, Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark
• Viktor Glukhov, Scientific Electronic Library - eLIBRARY.RU, Russia
• Andras Holl, MTMT, Hungary
• Emanuel Kulczycki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
• Bojan Macan, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia
• Gustaf Nelhans, University of Borås, Sweden
• Michal Petr, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• Marjeta Pisk, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
• Hanna-Mari Puuska, CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., Finland
• Svetlana Shabanova, Scientific Electronic Library -eLIBRARY.RU, Russia
• Sandor Soos, MTMT, Hungary
• Jadranka Stojanovski, University of Zadar / Rudjer BoskovicInstitute, Croatia
• Ari Stone, The Council for Higher Education, Israel
• Davor Šoštarič,Institut informacijskih znanosti IZUM), Slovenia
• Jaroslav Šušol, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Ruth Teitelbaum, The Henrietta Szold Institute, Israel
• Mimi Urbanc, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
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Findings #1
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Overview
Responses received from 39
(out of 41) countries.
23 existing databases identified and described
Green – national database exists
Blue – national databases currently implemented
Grey – no national database
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Definition of a national database for research output
Valid
Comprehensive
Reliable
Database records refer to existing research output
Database represents the total volume of the (social sciences and humanities) research output of a country
Data collection and registration method provides accurate and traceable information
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Comprehensiveness
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Comprehensiveness
National database for research output within the social sciences and humanities
(1) includes
(a) all academic disciplines within social sciences and humanities defined as...
(b) all research-active institutions defined as...
(c) all research themes defined as...
(d) all authors defined as...
(e) all types of research output defined as...
…
in a country X.
(2) contains all records that meet the definitions in (1)
(all) Types
(all) Tokens
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- Includes not only open-acess research output
- Includes more than one research output type
- Includes research output in more than one language
Grey – databases that meet the criteria
Green – databases included in the second stage of the study
Minimum requirements for comprehensiveness
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Findings #2
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(all) Types
(all) Tokens
?
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Time span for research output included in the databases*
12
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6 6
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12
<1990 1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010-2014 2015-2017
Num
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dat
abas
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*Overview is based on the coverage all years within the sub-periods
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Research output types and audience
0 4 8 12
Scholarly audience
Practitioners
General audience
Audience for research output
All (13) databases include data on:
- Journal articles
- Monographs
- Articles or chapters in books
- Edited books
12 of 13 databases include data on:
- Articles in conference proceedings
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12
1
Database includes all disciplines within Social Sciences and Humanities
Yes
No
12
1
Database includes research output in any language
Yes
No
Academic disciplines and language
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Belgium (Flanders): VABB-SHW
Croatia: CROSBI
Czech Republic: RIV
Denmark: BFI
Finland: VIRTA
Hungary: MTMT
Israel: Database of Publications in…
Norway: CRIStiN
Poland: Polish Scholarly Bibliography
Russian Federation: Russian Index…
Slovakia: CREPČ
Slovenia: COBISS
Sweden: Swepub
Range of research-active institutions included
1 – All publicly funded universities
2 – All universities
3 – All publicly funded higher
education institutions
4 – All higher education institutions
5 – All publicly funded research
active institutions (HEI,
government, commercial, not-for-
profit sectors)
6- All research active institutions
Adjustments:
+0.5 Included some institutions
within the next more inclusive
category
+1 Included all institutions of one
subtype within the next more
inclusive category
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Internationally mobile authors
6 of 12** databases include research output from periods
when an author has been affiliated to a foreign institution
** Information was not available for 1 database.
50%
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(all) Types
(all) Tokens ?
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Procedures ensuring comprehensiveness
4
7
1
Completeness is confirmed by authors
Yes
No
Notapplicable
8
3
1
Completeness is confirmed by reporting institutions
Yes
No
Notapplicable
4
8
1
Completeness is confirmed by authors and reporting institutions
Yes
No
Notapplicable
4
8
1
Completeness is not confirmed
Yes
No
Notapplicable
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Procedures ensuring comprehensiveness
8
5
Data reporting is mandated on national or institutional level
Yes
No
8
5
Data are used for research evaluation purposes
Yes
No
11
2
Data are used to calculate bibliometric indicators for research
funding allocation purposes
Yes
No
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Final thoughts
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To sum up,
The presented study has led to:
1. An overview of national databases for (social sciences and humanities) research
output in Europe
a. A more detailed conceptualisation of national databases for research output
2. Insight into the comprehensiveness of 13 databases
a. A more detailed conceptualisation of Comprehensiveness of databases for
research output.
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Implications for bibliometrics
(1) Specifics of databases have to be taken into account in bibliometric research
Aspects of particular importance:
- Purposes of databases
- Contexts of databases
- Database setups
(2) Differences in databases have to be further explored
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Ongoing work
- Survey on comparability of databases
- Bibliometric comparison of social sciences and humanities in 11 European countries
- Qualitative inquiry into classifications of academic disciplines and publication types
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Thank you!
The report of the first stage of the survey on databases:
Sīle, L. et al. (2017). European Databases and Repositories for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Output. Antwerp: ECOOM & ENRESSH. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5172322.v1
Further questions: [email protected]