[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-04 Thread Arthur Sale
:02 AM To: goal at eprints.org Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Arthur, There is far more difficulty in counting researchers than in counting articles. The problem is the inherent ambiguity in the term researcher. Who qualifies? How do you tell the difference between

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-04 Thread Arthur Sale
2012 12:02 AM To: goal@eprints.org Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?   Arthur,   There is far more difficulty in counting researchers than in counting articles.  The problem is the inherent ambiguity in the term researcher. Who qualifies?  How do you tell the difference

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-04 Thread Jan Velterop
Access List (Successor of AmSci)' Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:43 PM Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Thank you Arif. I have read the article this afternoon (3 January) and will d ownload and look through your thesis asap. However I feel compelled to re

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-03 Thread Arif Jinha
(Successor of AmSci)' Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:43 PM Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Thank you Arif. I have read the article this afternoon (3 January) and will download and look through your thesis asap. However I feel compelled to re-emphasize to the list

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-03 Thread Arthur Sale
University of Tasmania     From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Arif Jinha Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2012 5:26 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?   Arthur,   You're not going

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-03 Thread Andrew Odlyzko
. Arthur Sale University of Tasmania From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Arif Jinha Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2012 5:26 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Arthur

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-03 Thread Arif Jinha
List (Successor of AmSci)' Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:43 PM Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Thank you Arif.  I have read the article this afternoon (3 January) and will download and look through your thesis asap.   However I feel compelled to re-emphasize to the list

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-03 Thread Lee Giles
Message - From: Arthur Sale To: 'Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)' Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:43 PM Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there? Thank you Arif. I have read the article this afternoon (3 January) and will d ownload and look through your thesis

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-02 Thread Arthur Sale
Of Stevan Harnad Sent: Sunday, 1 January 2012 8:52 PM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?   Some suggestions:   (1) Estimate the total number of papers P published per year y, Py, rather than the number of researchers.   (2) Start

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-02 Thread Arif Jinha
Arthur,   You're not going to be able to determine the exact number of researchers in the world and you will have to make good estimates. But there are direct relationships between the number of researchers, the number of articles published annually and the number of active peer-reviewed

[GOAL] Re: How many researchers are there?

2012-01-01 Thread Stevan Harnad
Some suggestions: (1) Estimate the total number of papers P published per year y, Py, rather than the number of researchers. (2) Start with the Thompson-Reuters-ISI-indexed (or SCOPUS-indexed) subset. (3) For Py, sample the web (Google Scholar) to see what percentage of it is freely available