tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post2247569580151177945..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Search Engines - Google ScholarEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-75331972925380718952014-02-07T14:20:10.230-05:002014-02-07T14:20:10.230-05:00It is somewhat backwards, but the advanced search ...It is somewhat backwards, but the advanced search is buried. First you have to be logger in to Google something. Then the search box in the middle of the page will have a downward pointing triangle. Mouse over that and click to get to the advanced search. <br /><br />Another way is to use Harzing Publish or Perish (freeware) as a front end.<br /><br />EliEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-81627819162147118762014-02-07T13:53:51.356-05:002014-02-07T13:53:51.356-05:00The older version of Google Scholar's advanced...The older version of Google Scholar's advanced search engine was marvelous so long as you had some skill at using search engines. Unfortunately this was removed 1-2 years ago, and there is no advanced search feature any longer. The neutered version currently available is, I guess, better than nothing, but only barely. I generally stick to university access, but this isn't always convenient and I actually prefer to use advanced google search to Google scholar in such situations as it allows more precise searches.Trakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-6573130424718869192014-01-12T00:56:24.238-05:002014-01-12T00:56:24.238-05:00Eli, thanks. I'll have a look at it myself, b...Eli, thanks. I'll have a look at it myself, but you're probably right. For someone like myself though, dividing by the number of co-authors is a good thing :-) And Then Theres Physicshttp://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-53023564919592852042014-01-11T20:07:45.467-05:002014-01-11T20:07:45.467-05:00Took a look at the arXiv article. Strikes Eli as ...Took a look at the arXiv article. Strikes Eli as too much work for the benefit. The major problem is that it depends on finding an average number of cites for a particular sub-field (in the test case astronomy) and, besides being non-obvious as to how to do this, it is subject to gaming. The various divide by the number of co-authors strategies of course fails on HEP papers which might have a couple of hundred co-authors.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67589830152716977882014-01-11T16:25:45.031-05:002014-01-11T16:25:45.031-05:00Eli, are you aware of the Riq index? I know very ...Eli, are you aware of the Riq index? I know very little about it, but was told that it somehow compensates for age (by which I mean research age, rather than actual age). One issue with the h-index is that it typically rises with time. The Riq index is meant to somehow compensate for that, but I haven't had a chance to work out how. Some/most databases don't seem to actually include it.And Then There's Physicshttp://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-45821914556279911462014-01-11T00:42:52.327-05:002014-01-11T00:42:52.327-05:00How doe the H-h metric compare with the Academia...How doe the H-h metric compare with the Academia and Researchgate impact and citation metrics ?THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26692259663915284872014-01-09T20:44:45.723-05:002014-01-09T20:44:45.723-05:00I hate google scholar's interface (web of scie...I hate google scholar's interface (web of science just seems easier to use for me). I don't like that clicking on the result takes you straight to the journal's website. Maybe others like that, but I don't.carrot eaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-46103176004279727132014-01-09T16:45:15.299-05:002014-01-09T16:45:15.299-05:00I've used Zotero and evangelized it to all my ...I've used Zotero and evangelized it to all my friends still in academia.Marion Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-66907850813153602782014-01-09T05:03:52.781-05:002014-01-09T05:03:52.781-05:00Eli, that would basically be a set of links to goo...Eli, that would basically be a set of links to good tutorials. And I'm not actually using either though I have taken Jabref (and Zotero) for a spin... it's raw bibTeX for me, with emacs + bibtex-mode. Don't ask a nerd to teach muggles.<br /><br />BTW using the LaTeX/LyX tool chain is a sunk investment for me, giving me typographic excellence for free. But, appreciating that enough is a personal choice, like it is for great sex ;-)<br />Martin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-87712422180144464352014-01-08T21:06:28.943-05:002014-01-08T21:06:28.943-05:00For Paul:
A google search for "protem notebui...For Paul:<br />A google search for "protem notebuilder linux" <br /><br />finds 3 results for Biblioscape 7, 8, and 9 which gives instructions for<br />exporting from NoteBuild as Text for import into Biblioscape.<br /><br />You should be able to create a copy of an XP environment as a virtual machine to keep NoteBuilder. Running it under Wine on Linux in a virtual machine could be another alternativerdbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785829179766055972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-73067544497235844752014-01-08T14:25:43.235-05:002014-01-08T14:25:43.235-05:00Eli, yes, LaTex does have it's complications :...Eli, yes, LaTex does have it's complications :-) I've used it for a long time so am very used to it, and quite like it. <br /><br />I, however, made the mistake this year of offering to convert a colleagues exam questions from Word into LaTeX (yes, we use LaTeX for out undergraduate exams). His questions weren't going to have many equations, so it should have been easy. I didn't count on the figures, which were all in the wrong format. Took all afternoon, rather than just half an hour or so :-) And Then There's Physicshttp://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-66759493664786829892014-01-08T14:13:13.917-05:002014-01-08T14:13:13.917-05:00Waaaaay back in grad school, I started using a ref...Waaaaay back in grad school, I started using a reference manager called "Notebook", later renamed to "Notebuilder", both published by a California-based firm called "ProTem". The last update that I have was in 1994, and ProTem seems to have vanished shortly after that. <br /><br />But the software still did what I needed, and I continued using it. However, Notebuilder doesn't seem to work with anything newer than Windows Vista, and I'll soon be replacing my one machine that still runs it.<br /><br />I've got a big enough investment in my database (>10,000 items) that I can't afford to start over with something new. And I'm close enough to retirement that this would be silly anyhow. Perhaps the best solution would be to find a way of exporting my existing database to a newer program. <br /><br />Any suggestions on what options might be out there?Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-6766945630856377602014-01-08T14:02:06.463-05:002014-01-08T14:02:06.463-05:00
attp - as Eli said, if he wanted to be a printer ...<br />attp - as Eli said, if he wanted to be a printer he would have been a printer. The time cost of LaTeX eliminates any advantages, and having come from the .runoff generation Eli really appreciates a WYSIWYG word processor. EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-80941026156181695582014-01-08T13:59:52.802-05:002014-01-08T13:59:52.802-05:00Jim, Martin - care to write up something on using ...Jim, Martin - care to write up something on using these reference managers. - EliEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-11038971790505668802014-01-08T13:54:18.173-05:002014-01-08T13:54:18.173-05:00Science Magazine has this on how Google Scholar ca...Science Magazine has <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6166/14.full" rel="nofollow">this</a> on how Google Scholar can learn your research interests and refine suggested new articles to read, as well as the importance its citation metrics are taking on and whether they can easily be gamed. It also notes the new rival service Microsoft has started, as well as the intriguing "Publish or Perish" tool for citation analysis.Jim Prallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033053570742850619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-70929852499445760882014-01-08T11:50:17.268-05:002014-01-08T11:50:17.268-05:00There are three web-centric citation managers wort...There are three web-centric citation managers worth a look:<br />http://www.mendeley.com - stand-alone application with web tools, user accounts for cloud storage<br />http://www.zotero.org/ browser plug-in with user accounts for cloud storage of ref data. Has special magic to gather biblio data from any hit on library websites of majors incl. many university libraries.<br />http://www.readcube.com/ - document manager/enhanced PDF reader (figures out where footnotes point, etc.) with citation management features too.<br />Zotero (and Mendeley?) support collaboration with other users to share a citation database.<br /><br />Jim Prallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033053570742850619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58391196794231314772014-01-08T11:41:27.215-05:002014-01-08T11:41:27.215-05:00How can you not like LaTeX, it's so much easie...How can you not like LaTeX, it's so much easier than anything else - assuming you have equations in your paper, I guess.<br /><br />An advantage of Google Scholar seems to be that even if it misses some citations, it ends up giving your papers more than most other databases.And Then There's Physicshttp://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-32463452464786636962014-01-08T10:52:14.351-05:002014-01-08T10:52:14.351-05:00Rib Smokin' bunny haz a sad, his h-index is on...Rib Smokin' bunny haz a sad, his h-index is only 21.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-13976975242834129292014-01-08T07:11:49.507-05:002014-01-08T07:11:49.507-05:00I hear Mendeley is good tooI hear Mendeley is good tooMartin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41404414152146942272014-01-08T07:04:49.930-05:002014-01-08T07:04:49.930-05:00JabrefJabrefMartin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41688395359439585552014-01-08T02:52:35.207-05:002014-01-08T02:52:35.207-05:00Google Scholar also offers to export your citation...Google Scholar also offers to export your citation to bibtex (free bibliography fun for Latexers), though this oftentimes leads to some strange citations. I typically use Scholar for the search, and grab the correct citation from adsabs.harvard.edu...<br /><br />joenonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com