A comunicação científica tem vivenciado nos últimos anos transformações geradas pelas tecnologias de informação e comunicação, em especial a Internet e sua interface gráfica, a Web. O periódico científico, como principal canal formal de comunicação, não ficou imune às modificações originadas por sua disponibilização em meio eletrônico. Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa analisa a aceitação e utilização de periódicos científicos eletrônicos por docentes e alunos do curso de pós-graduação do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São Paulo, com o objetivo de identificar o uso, a percepção de pontos positivos e negativos e a possibilidade de atuação da biblioteca como facilitadora/intermediadora desse processo. Foram enviados 178 questionários, com taxa de retorno de 79,8% (142 questionários). Os resultados indicam que os docentes e pós-graduandos utilizam de forma rotineira periódicos eletrônicos em suas atividades de ensino e pesquisa, apesar da cultura impressa ainda estar fortemente presente. A maior dificuldade observada foi na identificação e seleção dos recursos informacionais mais adequados, o que abre uma gama de possibilidades de atuação para a biblioteca, tanto na divulgação dos recursos quanto na orientação aos usuários. Considera que, apesar de utilizados rotineiramente, questões como preservação e arquivamento da informação, garantia de acesso ao longo do tempo, desenvolvimento de interfaces confiáveis e disponibilização de coleções retrospectivas precisam ser definidas e resolvidas para a aceitação do periódico científico eletrônico. / In the past years, scientific communication has been through changes generated by information technologies and communication, specially Internet and its graphical interface, the Web. The scientific journal, as a main formal means of communication, has not been immune to those changes, expressed through its availability whithin the electronic field. In this context, this research analyzes the periodic acceptance and use of electronic scientific journals by professors and pupils from the course of graduation at the Instituto de Geociências at the University of São Paulo, and has as objective to identify the use, the perception of positive and negative points and the possibility of the library being a facilitator/intermediator of this process. 178 questionnaires had been sent, with 79,8% return rate (142 questionnaires). The results indicate that the professors and gradutation students have a routine of using the electronic journal in their activities of education and research, although printed culture is still strongly present. The biggest difficulty observed was in the identification and selection of the more adjusted informational resources, which to a series of possibilities for the role of the library, as much in the spreading of the resources as in the orientation of the users. It is considered that, although journals are used as routine, questions such as preservation and information filling, guarantee of access throughout the time, development of trustworthy interfaces and availability of retrospective collections need to be defined and to be decided for the acceptance of electronic scientific journal.

A comunicação científica tem vivenciado nos últimos anos transformações geradas pelas tecnologias de informação e comunicação, em especial a Internet e sua interface gráfica, a Web. O periódico científico, como principal canal formal de comunicação, não ficou imune às modificações originadas por sua disponibilização em meio eletrônico. Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa analisa a aceitação e utilização de periódicos científicos eletrônicos por docentes e alunos do curso de pós-graduação do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São Paulo, com o objetivo de identificar o uso, a percepção de pontos positivos e negativos e a possibilidade de atuação da biblioteca como facilitadora/intermediadora desse processo. Foram enviados 178 questionários, com taxa de retorno de 79,8% (142 questionários). Os resultados indicam que os docentes e pós-graduandos utilizam de forma rotineira periódicos eletrônicos em suas atividades de ensino e pesquisa, apesar da cultura impressa ainda estar fortemente presente. A maior dificuldade observada foi na identificação e seleção dos recursos informacionais mais adequados, o que abre uma gama de possibilidades de atuação para a biblioteca, tanto na divulgação dos recursos quanto na orientação aos usuários. Considera que, apesar de utilizados rotineiramente, questões como preservação e arquivamento da informação, garantia de acesso ao longo do tempo, desenvolvimento de interfaces confiáveis e disponibilização de coleções retrospectivas precisam ser definidas e resolvidas para a aceitação do periódico científico eletrônico. / In the past years, scientific communication has been through changes generated by information technologies and communication, specially Internet and its graphical interface, the Web. The scientific journal, as a main formal means of communication, has not been immune to those changes, expressed through its availability whithin the electronic field. In this context, this research analyzes the periodic acceptance and use of electronic scientific journals by professors and pupils from the course of graduation at the Instituto de Geociências at the University of São Paulo, and has as objective to identify the use, the perception of positive and negative points and the possibility of the library being a facilitator/intermediator of this process. 178 questionnaires had been sent, with 79,8% return rate (142 questionnaires). The results indicate that the professors and gradutation students have a routine of using the electronic journal in their activities of education and research, although printed culture is still strongly present. The biggest difficulty observed was in the identification and selection of the more adjusted informational resources, which to a series of possibilities for the role of the library, as much in the spreading of the resources as in the orientation of the users. It is considered that, although journals are used as routine, questions such as preservation and information filling, guarantee of access throughout the time, development of trustworthy interfaces and availability of retrospective collections need to be defined and to be decided for the acceptance of electronic scientific journal.

What are the top journals in the field of mathematics education? This presentation will examine how quality of academic journals can be assessed and how to determine what journal metrics, if any, are of concern to scholars in the field.

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What are the top journals in the field of mathematics education? This presentation will examine how quality of academic journals can be assessed and how to determine what journal metrics, if any, are of concern to scholars in the field.

Excerpt: In this study, we triangulate the rankings in Table 1 with other measures of journal quality offered through database algorithms.

Bien que la maladie mentale touche un Canadien sur cinq au cours de sa vie (Fondation des maladies mentales, 2008) et qu'elle entraîne de lourdes pertes économiques et sociales, elle demeure un sujet stigmatisé et associé à divers préjugés. Concrètement, quand il est question de maladie mentale, le grand public a tendance à s'informer auprès des médias de masse (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2004). Ainsi, ils sont naturellement appelés à jouer un rôle dans la démystification de la maladie mentale. L'objectif de ce mémoire est de dresser un portrait des représentations de la maladie mentale dans les principaux quotidiens francophones au Québec. Nous désirons savoir s'ils contribuent à sa stigmatisation ou à sa démystification. Nous supposons que ces médias dressent un portrait négatif, subjectif et émotif de la maladie mentale en évoquant des stéréotypes et des stigmates qui y sont associés. De plus, nous présumons qu'ils laissent de côté la prévention et la sensibilisation au profit du sensationnalisme. Afin d'évaluer le traitement que la presse écrite fait de la maladie mentale, un échantillon de 22 articles dont le sujet principal est un trouble spécifique de santé mentale a été sélectionné. Le contenu des articles a été étudié selon la méthode d'analyse de presse de Chartier (2003). Pour ce faire, une grille d'analyse a été construite selon différents critères dont les concepts de stigmates et d'étiquette sociale (Goffman, 1975), du groupe de référence (Swain et Gauchet, 1994), de la partialité et du ton du journaliste (Martin-Lagardette, 2006 et Chartier, 2003) ainsi que de stéréotypes (Day et Page, 1986). L'analyse et l'interprétation des résultats démontrent que les médias étudiés dressent un portrait humain et réaliste de la maladie mentale. Ils contribuent à la démystification et à la sensibilisation en favorisant une approche à la fois objective et subjective. Malgré la rigueur journalistique observée, les articles étudiés sont teintés de partialité en mettant de l'avant certains stigmates et stéréotypes encore associés aux maladies mentales. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Maladie mentale, journaux, traitement journalistique, santé mentale.

180 students from the University of Canterbury were randomly assigned to reading and evaluating 4 counterbalanced abstracts under the cover story of a departmental journal submission procedure. This study tested whether the number of authors assigned to a journal submission is an influential factor on the acceptance rate of a submission regardless of the quality of the abstract. Also, it assessed whether the influence of a number of authors on the chance of acceptance interacts with the acceptance rate of the journal. In other words, the study investigated not only the extent to which number of authors influences acceptance regardless of quality, but how much of an influence this has for which kind of journals (in terms of the journal’s acceptance rate). The study also measured how much individual personality variables such as guilt-proneness and tendency to adhere to descriptive norms influences a reviewer’s willingness to accept a journal submission. Results found that number of authors had a significant effect on evaluation. Possible reasons and study limitations were discussed.

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project was undertaken in order to investigate the phenomenon of repositioning/rejuvenation in the South African women magazine industry, rooi rose and SARIE in particular. These two women magazines, already in a mature phase and seemingly showing very little difference in identity, have been constantly competing with one another for many years. One of the goals of the study is to determine whether the manner in which repositioning is applied would be a sustainable solution and/or whether, considering the saturated market in SA, this would be the sole solution. Hypothetically speaking, the recipe for success may be embedded in new or innovative information and information to support the adopting process of the reader. The Diffusion of Innovation theory is used as the theoretical platform. A content analysis of rooi rose and SARIE for the period July 2002 to December 2003 has been conducted and applied to seven categories. The data has been scientifically analysed using the Student’s t-test. It emerged from the quantitative study that no correlation could be found between innovative content and content supporting the adopting process, and the fluctuation of the ABC figures during that time period. By no means is this an indication that innovative content does not play an important role in the editorial mix, only that SARIE’s better performance since its repositioning should be attributed to other factors. The two magazines are almost similar in terms of positioning, content and target market. For this reason, the role that publicity plays at the launch of each monthly issue should not be underestimated. The Afrikaans women magazine market shows meagre growth that points publishers into other directions such as the expats market, for future growth and survival. Finally, the general interest women magazine should seriously consider her own role in providing innovative information for her reader in order to counter the strong upcoming niche magazine market, which seems to have taken over this very important function of providing innovative information and content supporting the adoption process. In the meantime, change as the only constant means that repositioning or rejuvenation is a given factor in the game of survival. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie ondersoek is onderneem om die verskynsel van herposisionering/vernuwing en die wyse waarop dit toegepas word in die Suid-Afrikaanse vrouetydskrifmark te ondersoek, met spesifieke verwysing na rooi rose en SARIE. Die twee genoemde vrouetydskrifte is reeds in hul volwasse stadium, is in konstante mededinging met mekaar en blyk op die oog af dieselfde identiteit te hê. Die vraag of die wyse waarop herposisionering toegepas is, inderdaad ’n volhoubare oplossing is, of die enigste oplossing in die lig van ’n moontlike versadigde mark, is een van die doelwitte van die studie. ’n Hipotetiese stelling is gemaak dat die resep vir sukses moontlik in vernuwende inhoud lê, en in inhoud wat die daaropvolgende besluitnemingsproses van die leser ondersteun. Die Diffusie van Innoveringsteorie is as teoretiese vertrekpunt gebruik. ’n Inhoudsanalise van rooi rose en SARIE is oor die tydperk Julie 2002 tot Desember 2003 gedoen en toegepas in sewe kategorieë. Die data is met behulp van die Student se t-toets wetenskaplik geanaliseer. Op grond van die resultate van hierdie kwantitatiewe ondersoek is bevind dat vernuwende inhoud en inhoud wat die besluitnemingsproses ondersteun, geen korrelasie getoon het met die styging en daling van die ABC-syfers nie. Dit beteken geensins dat vernuwende inhoud nie ’n belangrike deel van die inhoudsvermenging uitmaak nie, bloot dat SARIE se sukses sedert herposisionering dus toe te skryf is aan ander faktore. Die twee tydskrifte stem grootliks ooreen in terme van posisionering, inhoud en teikenmark. Daarom is die rol wat publisiteit speel ten tye van die bekendstelling van ’n nuwe uitgawe van groot belang. Die Afrikaanse vrouetydskrifmark toon nie veel meer groei nie, wat beteken dat die twee tydskrifte ander opsies soos onder meer die “expats”-mark moet ondersoek. Ten slotte sal die algemene vrouetydskrif ernstiger moet besin oor haar rol in die aanbieding van innoverende inhoud en inhoud wat die besluitnemingsproses ondersteun as sy die opkomende nistydskrifmark, wat op die oog af hierdie funksie oorgeneem het, wil trotseer. In die tussentyd sal tydskrifte vir lief daarmee moet neem dat gereelde herposisionering/vernuwing noodsaaklik is vir oorlewing.

Nous proposons dans ce travail une analyse de la transposition du journal imprimé vers le journal web, à travers le cas de deux importants journaux colombiens. Observer et décrire la transposition nécessite d'abord de faire un arrêt sur le texte pour rendre compte du mode de fonctionnement des différentes strates qui lui rendent son épaisseur et qui participent à la définition des modalités énonciatives et pragmatiques qui lui sont propres. Mais ensuite, il faut considérer la nature dynamique du processus qui permet la projection et la circulation des formes textuelles dans une nouvelle sphère médiatique. L'objectif principal de ce travail est donc de comprendre comment se réalise la transposition du journal à partir de l'observation de la Une, afin de voir la forme qu'il acquiert lors de son intégration au numérique. Pour cela, nous partons d'une analyse de la structure du texte et des interactions que les composantes métatextuelles et paratextuelles entretiennent dans l'objet d'écriture, pour ensuite déterminer la manière dont ces composantes se déterminent dans l'hypertexte. Il s'agira en particulier d'observer les modalités de hiérarchisation de l'information propres à chaque système textuel, mais aussi des modes d'organisation des contenus selon un scénario. Nous montrons que ce qui est en jeu dans la transposition, c'est la mise en place de parcours hypertextuels à partir de l'interface graphique, parcours que le lecteur doit interpréter et comprendre pour construire sa propre pratique de lecture. / We propose in this thesis an analysis of the transposition of the printed newspaper to the web, through the case of two important Colombian newspapers. Observe and describe the transposition requires first to make a stop on the text to reflect the mode of operation of the different textual layers that make its thickness and participate in the definition of the enunciative and pragmatic terms that are specific to it. But then we need to consider the dynamic nature of the process that allows the projection and the movement of textual forms into a new media sphere. The main objective of this work is to understand how to realize the transposition of the newspaper from the observation of its front page to see the shape that it acquires when it is integrated into the digital. For this, we start with an analysis of the text structure and the interactions that metatextual and paratextual components maintain within the writing object, then we describe how these components are determined in hypertext. In particular, it is necessary to observe the hierarchical arrangements of information in the textual system, but also to understand the different ways of organizing the content according to a specific scenario. We show that what is important in the transposition is the creation of hypertextual access from the interface, which need to be interpreted in order to build a reading practice.