Marco Schirone

• MSc; MA
• PhD Student at Chalmers & Uni. of Borås

In this research category, work-in-progress study, the authors conducted eleven semi-structured interviews of employers (five from the United States and six from Sweden), in order to determine the information literacy skills and habits needed by engineering and technology graduates. The authors found similar information needs at both the Swedish an...

Abstract. This exploratory paper investigates with bibliometric methods the area of research and practice constituted by information literacy in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Amongst the findings are the most central publication channels, authors, and topics. Academic librarianship and library and information science app...

This study is a critical review aimed at assessing the reception received in bibliometric research by the theories and concepts developed by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The dataset consists of 182 documents, including original articles, editorial material, review articles, conference papers, monographs, and doctoral dissertations. A quantitati...

This study aimed to compare retracted (due to misconduct) and non-retracted articles in biochemistry, in terms of proportion of positive terms, certainty score and different certainty aspects. The data set of this study composed of 662 retracted and non-retracted articles published in the time period of 2018-2020 and indexed in Scopus. These 662 ar...

This study investigates the scholarly field of sustainability science between 2001 and 2021 from the perspective of 18 frequently cited journals. For this purpose, the article employs the concept of the “scientific field” developed by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the associated methodology of Geometric Data Analysis (GDA). Thus, two GDA appr...

Open Access (OA) publishing has transformed scholarly communication by enhancing the visibility and accessibility of research. However, the rising costs of Article Processing Charges (APCs) pose significant financial challenges for researchers and institutions. In this paper, we investigated APC expenditure trends for publications from Swedish inst...

Purpose Network configurations have been proposed as an efficient form of organisation and a promising area of research; however, a lack of conceptual clarity can be noted. The purpose of this review is to allow for a broad appreciation of network configurations and provide guidance for future studies of the concept. Design/methodology/approach A...

Sweden's open access (OA) publishing landscape is primarily shaped by policies from government agencies, research councils, academic institutions, and funding bodies. While the benefits of OA are widely acknowledged, the financial implications of this transition need to be investigated. In response to the growing concern over the costs of OA publis...

Investigating national repositories is crucial as they play a pivotal role in shaping the accessibility and interconnectedness of global research. This investigation aims to offer insights into the impact and effectiveness of SwePub, Sweden's national bibliographic database. Through bibliometric exploration spanning 8-years (2015-2022), this study...

The Nordic workshop on bibliometrics and research policy has been an annual event for almost three decades, rotating between the Nordic countries. It is a forum for the bibliometrics community to discuss contemporary research practices and policies. The 28th edition of the workshop took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. Featuring 27 oral and 15 poster p...

Kort rapport från NWB2023, en SFIS-sponsrad internationell konferens Av Marco Schirone, viceordförande SFIS Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (NWB2023) vid Chalmers Tekniska Högskola i Göteborg var en sammanflätning av expertis och insikter från ledande tänkare inom bibliometri och forskningspolitik. Konferensen arrangerades av I...

Quarterly e-newsletter of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSN 1998-5460 https://www.issi-society.org/media/1464/newsletter76.pdf

Book Review of: Giblin, R., & Doctorow, C. (2022). Chokepoint capitalism. Beacon Press.

Conference Report

Review of: Leydesdorff, Loet. The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge. Communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science. Cham: Springer Nature, 2021. review no. R725 [Retrieved from http://www.informationr.net/ir/reviews/revs725.html]

Pierre Bourdieu was undoubtedly one of the leading sociologists of science, yet his influence of the quantitative studies of science has largely gone unnoticed. The present study is the first step in a PhD project aimed at developing new bibliometric analytical approaches from his sociology. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed....

Doctoral Colloquium

Social media has provided new opportunities for academics to disseminate their research results. They allow users to upload academic papers and links to published papers, track demand for their published articles, and engage in professional discussions with other users (Meishar-Tal and Efrat Pieterse, 2017). This paper aimed to study the use of aca...

Doctoral Forum

This Pecha Kucha presents the results of the second part of a research project mapping PhD students’ information needs and behaviour at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The study also covers the topic of scholarly information literacy defined as the information-related skills, abilities and competences needed to achieve the...

─ Individuals use information as and manage information which make them evolve as part of the globalization process in today's global and virtual world (Marchionini, 1995). Information is a practical tool facilitating the life flow of individuals. This tool is used by individuals in order to resolve the problems, uncertainties and chaotic situation...