Essays about: "citation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 essays containing the word citation.

  1. 6. On Cultural Forms : The sensemaking and expression of cybersemiotics

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jonathan Madeland; [2022]
    Keywords : cultural forms; transdisciplinarity; pragmaticism; cybersemiotics; case study; consonance management; mixed methods; Ernst Cassirer; C.S. Peirce; Søren Brier;

    Abstract : This study contributes to the understanding of cultural forms, inspired by Cassirer’s notion of a general function manifesting in the many particular expressions of human culture. The special case of cybersemiotics (a newly established scientific discipline) is studied as a social system to make sense of how it operates as a viable cultural form. READ MORE

  3. 7. Refuted by Reputable Sources : the Demarcation of Science from Pseudoscience through the Prism of Wikipedia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Sárka Erben Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Information science; bibliometrics; citation analysis; Wikipedia; demarcation problem; pseudoscience; trust; scholarly communication; scholarly publishing; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the distinction between science and pseudoscience is mediated on Wikipedia as a proxy for how this is communicated to the general public overall. Currently one of the most visited places on the web, Wikipedia is increasingly considered trustworthy, although relatively little is known about its sources. READ MORE

  4. 8. Kiš, Kish or Kiški? : A Bibliometrics study of the domain Assyriology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Olivia Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Bibliometrics; Assyriology; Domain Analysis; Scholarly communication; Citation indexes; Philology; Humanities; Quantitative research; Co-citation analysis; Co-word analysis; Information Science; Bibliometri; Assyriologi; Domänanalys; Forskningsinformation; Humaniora; Filologi; Kvantitativ metod; Cociteringsanalys; Cowordanalys; Informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how the domain Assyriology can be analyzed with bibliometrics. It uses the domain analytic perspective by Birger Hjørland and Hanne Albrechtsen. READ MORE

  5. 9. Cognitive Load Theory as a Predictor for Citation Count

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Samuel Karl Ramos; [2021]
    Keywords : Cognitive Load Theory; Gunning Fog Index; Type-Token Ratio; Dale-Chall Score; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine if the cognitive load that is induced from different degrees of text complexity in scientific abstracts has an influence on how often the study will get cited. While the influence of cognitive load is well documented in research of activities such as attention allocation, decision making and reading comprehension, it is not known whether such effects can also be applied to more complex activities, such as whether a scientific paper will be influential (or not). READ MORE

  6. 10. Key factors influencing Electric Vehicles adoption : A multidimensional meta-analysis

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Valerian Geny; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background: Over the past decade, the market for Electric Vehicles (EV) has grown from almost inexistent in 2010 to over three million vehicles sold in 2020. This market, which was for a long time considered as niche, is now quickly becoming mainstream. READ MORE