Jöran Beel
Science Education, Data Mining, Computer Science, Education
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Do you trust Google Scholar?
Are you using Google Scholar? For finding scientific literature? For obtaining citation counts and publication lists of researchers? Have you ever thought about how trustworthy the information is you get on Google Scholar? My colleague and I perform... Read more »
Dec 17, 2010On the Robustness of Google Scholar against Spam
In this paper we present the current results of several experiments in which we analyzed whether spamming Google Scholar is possible. Our results show, it is possible: We ‘improved’ the ranking of articles by manipulating their citation counts and we made articles appear in searchers... Read more »
Jun 12, 2010How to write a PhD thesis
Writing a PhD thesis is not a trivial task. Related literature needs to be found, notes need to be taken and finally the thesis has to be drafted and written including the creation of the bibliography. Dozens of books exist about how to do a literatu... Read more »
May 4, 2010Hypertext 2010 Security Hole: All papers downloadable and editable by...
In June the ACM Hypertext 2010 will take place in Toronto and I just realized that there was a serious security hole in their paper submission system. It was possible for anybody to access and alter author details and papers of the conference two mon... Read more »
Apr 21, 2010Managing your Literature with SciPlore MindMapping
In a recent article I present my mind mapping software "SciPlore MindMapping". It is focusing soley on the needs of researchers and integrates with PDF and reference management. It can be found on http://sciplore.org/software/sciplore_mindmapping/ and a video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHqLktIMWw Read more »
Mar 15, 2010Academic Search Engine Optimization (ASEO): Optimizing Scholarly...
Have you ever thought about how to get your scientific article into a top position in Google Scholar's result lists? In our article "Academic Search Engine Optimization (ASEO)" we provide guidelines on how to optimize your research articles for Google Scholar. Read more »
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Academic Degrees
MSc in Project Management; Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatiker
Research Keywords
Recommender Systems, Mind Maps, Information Retrieval, Information Technology, academic search engines
Current Location
USA
