Dr. A. (Alesia) Zuccala
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Organisation: Centre for Science and Technology Studies
Phone: +31-(0)71-5273971
Fax: +31-(0)71-5273911
E-Mail: a.a.zuccala@cwts.leidenuniv.nl
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Researcher. Masters of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.), University of Western Ontario, Canada. Ph.D. Information Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Involved in bibliometric evaluation projects and CWTS graduate course lecturer. Current research interests: citation theory; open access to scientific research; science for international development and science policy.
  
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A classification of author co-citations: Definitions and search strategies
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 2004: 513 - 529
The term author co-citation is defined and classified according to four distinct forms: the pure first-author co-citation, the pure author co-citation, the general author co-citation, and the special co-author/co-citation. Each form can be used to obtain one count in an author co-citation study, ...
A university-centred European Union link analysis
SCIENTOMETRICS; 2008: 407 - 420
University web sites play an important role in facilitating a wide range of types of communication. This paper reports an analysis of international academic linking in Europe, with particular reference to European Union (EU) integration. The Microsoft search service was used to calculate ...
Author cocitation analysis is to intellectual structure as web colink analysis is to ... ?
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 2006: 1487 - 1502
Author Cocitation Analysis (ACA) and Web Colink Analysis (WCA) are examined as sister techniques in the related fields of bibliometrics and webometrics. Comparisons are made between the two techniques based on their data retrieval, mapping, and interpretation procedures, using mathematics as the ...
Evaluating research departments using individual level bibliometrics
2010: 314 - 316
Managing and evaluating digital repositories
INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL; 2008:
Introduction. We examine the role of the digital repository manager, discuss the future of repository management and evaluation and suggest that library and information science schools develop new repository management curricula. Method. Face-to-face interviews were carried out with managers of ...
Mapping review networks: Exploring research community roles and contributions
SCIENTOMETRICS; 2009: 111 - 122
In this paper we investigate the position of a review network within a research specialty; the network of scholars who write reviews of their colleagues' work. This is one of the voluntary activities that researchers perform as a prerequisite for the functioning of the invisible college. We compare ...
Modeling the invisible college
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 2006: 152 - 168
This article addresses the invisible college concept with the intent of developing a consensus regarding its definition. Emphasis is placed on the term as it was defined and used in Derek de Solla Price's work (1963,1986) and reviewed on the basis of its thematic progress in past research over the ...
Open access and civic scientific information literacy.
Information Research; 2010:
Introduction. We examine how residents and citizens of The Netherlands perceive open access to acquire preliminary insight into the role it might play in cultivating civic scientific literacy. Open access refers to scientific or scholarly research literature available on the Web to scholars and the ...
Poverty Research in a Development Policy Context
DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW; 2011: 311 - 330
This article provides an evaluation of the extent to which science is addressing worldwide poverty and hunger. It is based on the literature contained in the Thomson Reuters' Web of Science Citation Index ( 1980 to 2008) and focuses on the WOTRO Strategy Plan 2007-2010 of the Netherlands Foundation ...
The declining scientific impact of theses: Implications for electronic thesis and dissertation repositories and graduate studies
SCIENTOMETRICS; 2008: 109 - 121
Although the writing of a thesis is a very important step for scientists undertaking a career in research, little information exists on the impact of theses as a source of scientific information. Knowing the impact of theses is relevant not only for students undertaking graduate studies, but also ...