Katherine Mccain

Drexel University | DU · College of Computing and Informatics

Coauthor and acknowledgment data were captured for 1384 research articles published between 1980 and June, 2023 that focused on tardigrades. Articles indexed in Web of Science or an archives of tardigrade literature were downloaded and thoroughly examined for personal acknowledgment data. Annual publication counts and coauthor maps for four success...

To study patterns of personal acknowledgments in life sciences research and assess the feasibility of a formal Personal Acknowledgments Index, two successive 5-year (1995–1999, 2000–2004) sets of original research articles on zebrafish (Danio rerio) were scanned for acknowledgment statements thanking individuals for various “gifts” of research mate...

This panel pays tribute to Dr. Eugene Garfield, one of the “fathers” of bibliometrics, former president of ASIS (1999–2000) and the founder of the ISI citation databases. Dr. Garfield passed away on February 25, 2017. In this panel, we will highlight his contributions to information science. The panelists are all well-known researchers who have kno...

This study explores the usefulness of full-text retrieval in assessing obliteration by incorporation (OBI) by comparing patterns of OBI and citation substitution across economics, management, and psychology for two concept catch phrases—bounded rationality and satisficing. Searches using each term are conducted in JSTOR and in selected additional f...

In the spirit of the theme of ASIST 2015, the influence of Kurt Lewin's Maxim??there is nothing as practical as a good theory??in the applied social sciences (including Information Science) is examined through the lens of Obliteration by Incorporation text analysis. Six hundred ninety three English language scholarly journal articles published betw...

To evaluate the usefulness of a full-text database as a source for assessing obliteration by incorporation (OBI), 3,707 article records including the catchphrases "bounded rationality" and/or "boundedly rational" (connected with the work of H. A. Simon) in the article text were retrieved from JSTOR, a full-text database with broad disciplinary cove...

Polysemy in practice (the use of one indexing term to represent several different concepts) can be detected through contextual co-descriptor analysis and content analysis. The research reported here demonstrates this through the co-descriptor profiles and content analysis of the primary research literature indexed with the MeSH term GAMES, EXPERIME...

Game theory, the study of strategies and decision making, is represented in the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary by two terms—GAME THEORY and its immediately narrower term, GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL. Both are terms in MATHEMATICS—a branch of the NATURAL SCIENCES (MeSH Tree H01). Contextual co-descriptor analysis was used to explore and visualiz...

Empirical studies of obliteration by incorporation (OBI) may be conducted at the level of the database record or the fulltext citation-in-context. To assess the difference between the two approaches, 1,040 articles with a variant of the phrase “evolutionarily stable strategies” (ESS) were identified by searching the Web of Science (Thomson Reuters,...

In order to examine the phenomena of eponymy and Obliteration by Incorporation at both the aggregate and individual subject level, the literature relating to the game-theoretic concept of the Nash Equilibrium was studied over the period 1950–2008. Almost 5,300 bibliographic database records for publications explicitly citing at least one of two pap...

Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG/MET This panel aims to inform participants of, and to stimulate interest in, the diverse ways in which the measurement of information (informetrics) is used in real-world applications. Its timeliness is indicated by the recent increase in interest amongst ASIS&T members in informetrics that culminated in the endorsement of...

Co-authorship patterns in 753 articles with two or more authors in the literature of Evolutionary Game Theory (1973–2009), were examined using social network analysis tools. There were 246 separate components in the data set; the main component included 386 authors, 1/3 of the complete author list. Network visualizations focusing on the number of c...

We build on an earlier analysis of the academic career of Rob Kling, the founder of the field of social informatics (SI) (Cronin & Shaw, 2007), through a two-time-period author tri-citation analysis. The two time periods—1972- 1995 and 1996–2008—represent distinct parts of Rob Kling's career. Our analysis of Kling's career and influence through the...

We describe the growth of the game theory literature that deals with the concept of the “Nash Equilibrium” (NE) from 1950 through 2009. We report the citation history of Nash's key publications and visualize major persistent research themes as citing/cited networks. We also chart Nash's “obliteration rate” through annual counts of NE articles that...

This study provides an historical analysis of the discipline of information retrieval (IR) for three time periods: 1980—1984, 1990—1994 and 2000—2004. This analysis is done through the use of a novel bibliometric technique called tri-occurrence analysis, in which the descriptor ‘information retrieval’ is used as a filter term within the traditional...

This paper reports two interrelated citation-based studies of the intellectual structure of Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo). The core journals of Evo-Devo (Evolution & Development, Development, Genes & Evolution, and Journal of Experimental Zoology, pt. B) and its supporting/parental disciplines are identified and their strong citatio...

An author's citation image is the set of authors with whom the author is cocited. When mapped using standard author cocitation analysis methods based on cited name co-occurrence counts across the entire citation database, the original context of cocitation (the focal author cocited with others) is lost. The citation image of Conrad Hal Waddington,...

The structure of Eugene Garfield's Citation Image over two time periods (1978–87 and 19982007) is explored using both “standard” Author Co-citation Analysis and Tri-citation Analysis- co-citation with Garfield included as a third cited author. A comparison of PFNets for each decade and mapping approach shows that tri-citation can bring out more spe...

To study the structure of Iranian chemistry research, we identified 43 Iranian and international chemists who were highly cited in 7,682 Iranian chemistry publications (defined as an article with at least one Iranian author address) indexed in Science Citation Index (SciSearch) between 1990 and 2006, inclusive. We collected cocitation data for thes...

To visualize the structure of Iranian chemistry scientific publications in SciSearch, 43 Iranian and International chemists were identified. They were the highly cited scientists in 7682 Iranian chemistry publications (defined as an article with at least one Iranian author address) indexed in Science Citation Index during the period from 1990 to 20...

A modified approach to algorithmic historiography is used to investigate the changing influence of the work of Conrad Hal Waddington over the period 1945–2004. Overall, Waddington's publications were cited by almost 5,500 source items in the Web of Science (Thomson Scientific, formerly Thomson ISI, Philadelphia, PA). Rather than simply analyzing th...

We present a visualization of basic and clinical research in radiological detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer based on an analysis of almost 14,000 articles indexed in the Web of Science from 1997 to 2006. Using bibliometric and network visualization software, we identified highly cited key papers linked to seven visible, persistent...

We describe the Image Tagger system - a web-based tool for supporting collaborative image indexing by students. The tool has been used in three successive graduate-level classes on content representation. To fully satisfy the class' requirements and provide support for student indexing activities, it was designed and developed iteratively in accord...

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary field which combines the theories and practices from a number of fields including computer science, cognitive and behavioral psychology, anthropology, sociology, ergonomics, industrial design, and more. We use author cocitation analysis to explore the interrelationships between the specialties...

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is defined by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) as “a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of the major phenomenon surrounding them” [18]. In HCI...

Citation context analysis is used to demonstrate the diversity of concept symbols that a book-length publication can rep- resent and the diffusion of influence of these concepts over time and across scholarly disciplines. A content analysis of 574 citation contexts from 497 journal articles citing an edition of Frederick P. Brooks, Jr's The Mythica...

We developed a simple Web-based prototype to familiarize students with digital library tools. To assist the students with the indexing task, the prototype provided basic functionalities, including metadata input form, photo search interface. The students generally expressed a positive feedback toward the use of digital library tools in their image...

We present the results of an Author Cocitation Analysis focusing on Nash, Harsanyi, and Selten and the top 24–27 authors with which each is cocited in the five years prior to their (1994) receipt of the Nobel Prize for Economics (1989:1993) and the five years following (1995:1999). We explore the different impacts that these three authors' work had...

We investigate an integrated approach to scientometric studies with emphasis to the use of information visualization and animation techniques. This study draws upon citation and co-citation patterns derived from articles published in the journal Scientometrics (1981–2001). The modeling and visualization takes an evolutionary and historical perspect...

This technical panel session aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who are interested in exploiting quantitative and qualitative approaches to tracking and visualizing the development of science and technology, with special emphasis on the potential of information visualization techniques. The aim is to bring home some issues that ha...

Information visualization can be a powerful tool for simplifying access to complex material. This panel will explore the use of visualization techniques to organize and display the structure of knowledge in subject domains, and the extent to which it is successful in clarifying the scope of individual fields and the relationships between concepts w...

Summary Parallel mappings of the intellectual and cognitive structure of Software Engineering (SE) were conducted using Author Cocitation Analysis (ACA), PFNet Analysis, and card sorting, a Knowledge Elicitation (KE) method. Cocitation counts for 60 prominent SE authors over the period 1990 - 1997 were gathered from SCISEARCH. Forty-six software en...

Design is a term that brings many people together. Collectively, we distinguish ourselves from others by the fact that we are designers and members of a design community. But, design is also a term that pushes people apart. The design that some value in the new fashions in the boutiques in Milan is not seen by everyone as design. While some are imp...

Information visualization can be a powerful tool for simplifying access to complex material. This panel will explore the use of visualization techniques to organize and display the structure of knowledge in subject domains, and the extent to which it is successful in clarifying the scope of individual fields and the relationships between concepts w...

The objective of this paper is to examine the visibility of software engineers who are highly cited in the literature and to present an analysis of the predictors of this visibility. We selected 59 leading software engineering researchers (the subjects) from a much larger group of well-respected software engineers using three criteria: (1) frequenc...

The Web is revolutionizing the entire scholarly communication process and changing the way that researchers exchange information. In this paper, we analyze two views of information production and use in computer-related research based on citation analysis of PDF and Postcript formatted publications on the Web using autonomous citation indexing (ACI...

We analyze the computer science literature on the web and compare it to the literature indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI). The web contains articles from throughout the research timeline, from technical reports and conference papers to journal articles and book chapters, whereas SCI focuses on journal articles. Analyzing the citation patte...

We explore the intellectual subject structure and research themes in software engineering through the identification and analysis of a core journal literature. We examine this literature via two expert perspectives: that of the author, who identified significant work by citing it (journal cocitation analysis), and that of the professional indexer,...

We explore the intellectual subject structure and research themes in software engineering through the identification and analysis of a core journal literature. We examine this literature via two expert perspectives: that of the author, who identified significant work by citing it (journal cocitation analysis), and that of the professional indexer,...

Five-hundred twenty-seven full bibliographic records containing URLs were downloaded from SCISEARCH as part of an exploration of the extent of Web publication of electronic research-related information (E-RRI) in the sciences and classified as to resource type, subject area, and degree of intellectual property protection. Four hundred eighty-five r...

Describes three innovative projects for a proposed session that address the information needs of primary care physicians: a standardized assessment method for information systems to integrate knowledge resources into clinical practice; a Web-based resource with clinical medical information from primary medical literature; and videotaped medical sem...

This paper discusses Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month, a landmark work in the software project management field, and compares the software project management advice given there with practices employed some 25 years later. To find out the state of today's practice 20 experienced software developers were interviewed regarding their impressions of facto...

Medical informatics is an emergent interdisciplinary field described as drawing upon and contributing to both the health sciences and information sciences. The authors elucidate the disciplinary nature and internal structure of the field. To better understand the field's disciplinary nature, the authors examine the intercitation relationships of it...

This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a discipline—information science—in terms of its authors. Names of those most frequently cited in 12 key journals from 1972 through 1995 were retrieved from Social Scisearch via DIALOG. The top 120 were submitted to author co-citation analyses, yielding automatic classifications relevant to histor...

This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a discipline - information science - in terms of its authors. Names of those most frequently cited in 12 key journals from 1972 through 1995 were retrieved from Social Scisearch via DIALOG. The top 120 were submitted to author co-citation analyses, yielding automatic classifications relevant to hi...

A cocitation analysis for thirty-six journals and other publications in neural networks research and related disciplines was A cocitation analysis for thirty-six journals and other publications in neural networks research and related disciplines was conducted over three consecutive time periods spanning the years 1990-early 1997. Cluster analysis a...

Of approximately 850 natural science, medical, and engineering journals, 132 have at least one policy statement in their ''instructions to authors'' concerning (1) deposition of sequence or structure data in a data bank before publication, (2) deposition or sharing of research materials upon request and (3) the availability of supplementary publica...

Eighty-nine journals were identified as potentially important journals supporting biotechnology R&D through the analysis of journal citation networks (1991 Journal Citation Reports). Twelve research areas emerged: one set of linked intercitation clusters representing the central areas of concern—biotechnology, microbiology, molecular genetics, food...

The structure of R & D in biotechnology is analysed using co-classification analysis of joint subject heading assignments in Derwent BIOTECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS and subject profile analysis of 44 highly productive biotechnology-intensive organizations whose patents and publications are indexed therein. A Pathfinder Network Analysis reveals two distinct...

Two types of citation relationships among journals in fisheries and aquatic sciences research were studied to identify a core journal network and to explore within-field journal prominence, overall subject structure, and communication links in this multidisciplinary area. A core list of 43 journals was extracted from the 1991 Journal Citation Repor...

The degree of interdiseiplinarity observed in the analysis of a research literature can depend on the analytical approach Subject assignments of highly cited journals and those frequently publishing topic-relevant articles are compared with data from a recent survey of neural networks researchers. Publication subject patterns parallel the survey re...

Describes a study of the comembership patterns of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), using techniques from author cocitation analysis and a structural modeling approach to provide a descriptive analysis of the SIG-based structure of ASIS. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)

Demonstrates the interrelationship between two traditionally separate literatures, i.e., marine biology and physical oceanography, and develops a joint core journal list. The use of journal intercitation data from "Journal Citation Reports" for "Science Citation Index" and from SCISEARCH on DIALOG to create a cocitation map is described. (15 refere...

Logit regression (a variant of multiple regression analysis) was used to identify quantitative and qualitative journal characteristics that are significant predictors of the number of libraries holding journals in genetics and economics. Three data sets were used: two in genetics (35 and 41 journals) and one in economics (35 journals). Variables ex...

The dissemination of experimental materials, instruments, and methods is central to the progress of research in genetics. In recent years, competition for research funding and intellectual property issues have increasingly presented barriers to the dissemination of this "research-related information. "Information gathered in interviews with experim...

Two different techniques of potential interest to bibliometricians and serials collection specialists are used to identify and study core journal literatures. The genetics literature is used as an example of their application. Intercitation data from the Journal Citation Reports for Science Citation Index are analyzed using spreadsheet software to...

Multidimensional scaling (MDS) and clustering analysis of the co-citation patterns of 58 authors are used to explore the intellectual organization of population genetics and related specialties. In two dimensions, author clusters are arranged along a horizontal continuum reflecting a range of research specializations from highly molecular-oriented...

To compare citation history and contextual importance, eleven highly cited articles, 4 slowly aging (Type 1) and 7 quickly aging (Type 2), were ranked using an aggregate citation context measure, the Mean Utility Index. Based on citations in late (PY 6 & 7) source articles, methods papers consistently ranked higher than papers cited for research re...

Search results for nine topics in the Medical Behavioral Sciences are reanalyzed to compare the overall performance of descriptor and citation search strategies in identifying relevant and novel documents. Overlap percentages between an aggregate "descriptor-based" database (MEDLINE, EXCERPTA MEDICA, PSYCINFO) and an aggregate "citation-based" data...

Reviews the subject of bibliometrics in terms of: core and scatter; bibliometric distributions (Bradford, Lotka, Zipf); on-line gathering of bibliometric data; mapping of literatures (citation and cocitation analysis); ageing of literatures; and bibliometric indicators and science policy. 00 N.L.M.

This study systematically compares retrievals on 11 topics across five well-known data bases, with MEDLINE's subject indexing as a focus. Each topic was posed by a researcher in the medical behavioral sciences. Each was searched in MEDLINE, EXCERPTA MEDICA, and PSYCINFO, which permit descriptor searches, and in SCISEARCH and SOCIAL SCISEARCH, which...

Paper given at the ASIS 4Ninth Annual meeting, Chicago, 28 Sept-2 Oct 1986. Reports results of a series of test retrievals conducted on MEDLINE, Exerpta Medica, PSYCHInfo, SCISEARCH, SOCIAL SCISEARCH as part of a general evaluation of the National Library of Medicines (NLM) collection. To identify problems resulting from indexing, parallel searches...

Multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis of the co-citation patterns of fortynine authors are used to investigate changes in the structure of Drosophila genetics literature over the years 1974-78 and 1979-83. This literature is shown to consist of a central set of author clusters representing classical genetics, surrounded by more specialized...

It is generally assumed that cocitation studies of specialties and fields yield valid representations of intellectual structure. To test the validity of this assumption, 5–6 years aggregate cocitation data for 41 authors in macroeconomics and 49 authors in Drosophila genetics (the genetics of fruit flies) were compared with independent judgments of...

Library networks have developed transaction processing software as automation tools for technical and public services, based on generic library models. Transaction processing systems are shown to be a flexible type of design, allowing users to introduce modifications which aid their individual objectives: 92% of user institutions reported they made...

Photocopy. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 1985. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-117). Vita.

Author cocitation analysis was used to investigate changes in the intellectual structure of Macroeconomics over two consecutive time periods, 1972–1977 and 1978–1983. Profile analysis, nonmetric multidimensional scaling and clustering techniques were used to create two-dimensional maps displaying the changing relationships among 41 authors as perce...

Cocitations of the work of 42 prominent macroeconomists (past and present) were examined, using multidimensional scaling and clustering techniques. Author clusters, corresponding primarily to current schools of thought in macroeconomics, are arranged along two dimensions of scholarly style; 1) a relative orientation toward quantitative or mathemati...

Citation analysis of faculty publications, doctoral dissertations, and preliminary doctoral qualifying briefs produced by faculty and students of the Biology Department, Temple University, is used to assess journal use in the Biology Library during the years 1975-1977. There are 3739 citations to 336 journals in the combined sources ranking. The di...

Tri-citation analysis mapping of Eugene Garfield's Citation Image authors (those frequently co-cited with him) is used to identify the major research networks and topics that are linked to his highly cited publications in three successive decades, 1978-87, 1988-97, and 1998-2007. Major research topics that build on Garfield's work— represented by C...

We developed a simple web-based prototype to familiarize students with digital library tools and introduced it to the students in a graduate-level class on Content Representation at Drexel University, Philadelphia. Twelve graduate students were divided into three groups. Each student had to index three sets of five photographs using a browser-based...

The research presented in this poster examines trends in the field of Medical Informatics through its published literature. We focus on the twelve years since the debut of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)—1994-2005. The goal is to identify topics that have persisted in the MI literature and those that are underreprese...

Typescript. Thesis--Western Washington State College. Bibliography: l. 68-76.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 1985. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-117). Microfiche of typescript. s