BAR614 - BIBLIOMETRICS and SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIBLIOMETRICS and SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS | BAR614 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | N/A | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assoc. Prof. Umut Al, Assoc. Prof. Yurdagül Ünal | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to analyze the basic concepts of bibliometrics and social network analysis. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Basic bibliometric concepts (citation analysis, impact factor, immediacy index, concentration, obsolescence, co-author analysis); bibliometric laws (e.g., Bradford, Lotka, Price); social network analysis; graph theory; research using bibliometrics and social network analysis; social network analysis software packages (e.g., Pajek, CiteSpace); use of social network analysis in science and technology studies; mapping scientific domains; scientometrics; informetrics; webometrics. | |||||
| References | -Borgman, C.L. (Ed.) (1990). Scholarly communication and bibliometrics. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. -Cronin, B. & Sugimoto, C.R. (Eds.) (2015). Scholarly metrics under the microscope: From citation analysis to academic auditing. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc./ASIST. -Cronin, B. & Sugimoto, C.R. (Eds.) (2014). Beyond bibliometrics: Harnessing multidimensional indicators of scholarly impact. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. -Egghe, L. & Rousseau, R. (1990). Introduction to informetrics: Quantitative methods in library, documentation and information science. http://eprints.rclis.org/6011/ -Moed, H.F., Glänzel, W. & Schmoch, U. (Eds.) Handbook of quantitative studies of science and technology research, Amsterdam: Kluwer. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to bibliometrics |
| Week 2 | Historical background of bibliometrics |
| Week 3 | Basic concepts and related terms for bibliometrics |
| Week 4 | Social network analysis |
| Week 5 | Bibliometrics research design I |
| Week 6 | Bibliometrics research design II |
| Week 7 | Evaluation of sample studies on bibliometrics I |
| Week 8 | Evaluation of sample studies on bibliometrics II |
| Week 9 | Data sources for bibliometric studies |
| Week 10 | Bibliometric laws |
| Week 11 | Bibliometric software tools |
| Week 12 | Webometrics, Altmetrics |
| Week 13 | Information retrieval and bibliometrics |
| Week 14 | Evaluation of students' work |
| Week 15 | - |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 4 | 20 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 5 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Homework assignment | 4 | 12 | 48 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 78 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Graduates have theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of information research at a professional level. | X | ||||
| 2. Graduates determine and define basic problems and their reasons in the field of information research. | X | ||||
| 3. Graduates make advanced level of use of information and communication technologies. | X | ||||
| 4. Graduates are informed about scientific research methods and techniques. | X | ||||
| 5. Graduates make advanced level of use of any research methods about research in the field of information management. | X | ||||
| 6. Graduates analytically and systematically analyze, interpret, evaluate and make use of theoretical and practical information at professional level. | X | ||||
| 7. Graduates independently or as a member of a team determine the problems of the field of information management, create solutions, bring solutions into force and apply them. | X | ||||
| 8. Graduated have a grasp of technical terms both in Turkish and English and they are able to make face-to-face, written or electronic presentations to various audiences about technical/scientific problems and their solutions. | X | ||||
| 9. Graduates follow, evaluate and interpret current affairs in the field of information research. | X | ||||
| 10. Graduates behave accordingly with social, scientific and ethical values during all processes of research. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest