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View article: Tech mining: a revisit and navigation
Tech mining: a revisit and navigation Open
This mini-review arrays the pertinent tools and purposes of “Tech Mining” – shorthand for empirical analyses of Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) data. The intent is to introduce the range of tools, and show how they can comple…
View article: The long COVID research literature
The long COVID research literature Open
While the COVID-19 pandemic morphs into less malignant forms, the virus has spawned a series of poorly understood, post-infection symptoms with staggering ramifications, i. e., long COVID (LC). This bibliometric study profiles the rapidly …
View article: Twenty years of US nanopatenting: Maintenance renewal scoring as an indicator of patent value
Twenty years of US nanopatenting: Maintenance renewal scoring as an indicator of patent value Open
This paper introduces a new measure of patent value - Maintenance Renewal Score (MRSc) - reflecting assignee valuing the patent by paying successive renewal fees. We generate MRSc's for nanotechnology patents issued by the US Patent Office…
View article: Arachne, self-care and ‘power-nets’ on women’s self-development programmes
Arachne, self-care and ‘power-nets’ on women’s self-development programmes Open
Our article employs a feminist perspective to interpret ethnographic data on soft skills programmes (SSPs) for female staff in Higher Education (HE). We use the story of Arachne as a metaphor for how, under neoliberalism, women are instruc…
View article: Contributing factors common to COVID‑19 and gastrointestinal cancer
Contributing factors common to COVID‑19 and gastrointestinal cancer Open
The devastating complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) result from the dysfunctional immune response of an individual following the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) infection. Multiple toxi…
View article: Visualising weekly learning outcomes (VWLO) and the intention to continue using a learning management system (CIU): the role of cognitive absorption and perceived learning self-regulation
Visualising weekly learning outcomes (VWLO) and the intention to continue using a learning management system (CIU): the role of cognitive absorption and perceived learning self-regulation Open
This research, using goal setting theory, proposes a new educational intervention to improve the perceptions of a Learning management System (LMS) as an organising technology, so as to improve the intention to continue using it. This resea…
View article: Guest Editorial: Tech Mining for Engineering Management: An Introduction
Guest Editorial: Tech Mining for Engineering Management: An Introduction Open
The papers in this special section focus on the concept of "tech mining." Here, this term refers to the application of text mining tools to science and technology information, informed by the understanding of technological innovation proce…
View article: The comparison of various similarity measurement approaches on interdisciplinary indicators
The comparison of various similarity measurement approaches on interdisciplinary indicators Open
How to measure the interdisciplinary is a crucial topic in Interdisciplinary research (IDR), and the integrated indicators (e.g., Rao-Stirling) that combine three distinct components (variety, balance and disparity) has become one of the m…
View article: Insecticide resistance management and industry: the origins and evolution of the <scp>I</scp>nsecticide <scp>R</scp>esistance <scp>A</scp>ction <scp>C</scp>ommittee (<scp>IRAC</scp>) and the mode of action classification scheme
Insecticide resistance management and industry: the origins and evolution of the <span>I</span>nsecticide <span>R</span>esistance <span>A</span>ction <span>C</span>ommittee (<span>IRAC</span>) and the mode of action classification scheme Open
Insecticide resistance is a long‐standing problem affecting the efficacy and utility of crop protection compounds. Insecticide resistance also impacts the ability and willingness of companies around the world to invest in new crop protecti…
View article: Common contributing factors to COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease
Common contributing factors to COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease Open
The devastating complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) result from an individual's dysfunctional immune response following the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Multiple toxic str…
View article: Profiling and predicting the problem-solving patterns in China’s research systems: A methodology of intelligent bibliometrics and empirical insights
Profiling and predicting the problem-solving patterns in China’s research systems: A methodology of intelligent bibliometrics and empirical insights Open
Uncovering the driving forces, strategic landscapes, and evolutionary mechanisms of China’s research systems is attracting rising interest around the globe. One topic of interest is to understand the problem-solving patterns in China’s res…
View article: Tracking and Mining the COVID-19 Research Literature
Tracking and Mining the COVID-19 Research Literature Open
The unprecedented, explosive growth of the COVID-19 domain presents challenges to researchers to keep up with research knowledge within the domain. This article profiles this research to help make that knowledge more accessible via overvie…
View article: [Comment] COVID‑19 vaccine safety
[Comment] COVID‑19 vaccine safety Open
In response to the SARS‑CoV‑2 outbreak, and the resulting COVID‑19 pandemic, a global competition to develop an anti‑COVID‑19 vaccine has ensued. The targeted time frame for initial vaccine deployment is late 2020. The present article exam…
View article: [Editorial] COVID‑19: Post‑lockdown guidelines
[Editorial] COVID‑19: Post‑lockdown guidelines Open
Since March, 2020, in response to the COVID‑19 pandemic, many countries have been on lockdown (at different levels of severity), restricting many activities and businesses that involve gatherings of large numbers of people in close proximi…
View article: Yoga practice in the UK: a cross-sectional survey of motivation, health benefits and behaviours
Yoga practice in the UK: a cross-sectional survey of motivation, health benefits and behaviours Open
Objectives Despite the popularity of yoga and evidence of its positive effects on physical and mental health, little is known about yoga practice in the UK. This study investigated the characteristics of people who practise yoga, reasons f…
View article: Evaluating technological emergence using text analytics: two case technologies and three approaches
Evaluating technological emergence using text analytics: two case technologies and three approaches Open
Scientometric methods have long been used to identify technological trajectories, but we have seldom seen reproducible methods that allow for the identification of a technological emergence in a set of documents. This study evaluates the u…