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Utilization of SAMR Model in the Delivery of Mathematics Instructions in the New Normal Learning Environment
Authors: M. Flores Imelda
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study is to assess the utilization of SAMR model in the delivery of mathematics instruction in the new normal learning environment. Specifically, it assessed the utilization of SAMR Model on the delivery of mathematics instruction in the new normal learning environment by both students and teachers in terms of substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition; determined significant difference on the utilization of SAMR Model on the delivery of mathematics instruction: identified the problems encountered in the utilization of SAMR Model in the teaching and learning of mathematics; and proposed recommendations to maximize the utilization of the integration of SAMR Model in the promotion of digital literacy in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Descriptive method was used and 235 randomly selected teachers and students of mathematics during the second first semester of SY 20201-2022 participated in the survey. Questionnaire which was administered using Google Forms served as the main data gathering instrument. Results of which was organized and statistically treated using weighted mean and t-test. Results revealed from both students and teachers that substitution, augmentation, and modification were frequently utilized while redefinition was sometimes utilized. There is significant difference on the respondent’s assessment on the utilization of SAMR Model in terms of substitution but no significant difference in terms of augmentation, modification, and redefinition. The expressed recommendations were believed to help in the utilization of substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Commodification, Sexuality and Choice Among School Children in A Ghanaian Community: The Consequences for Teaching, Learning and Life Chances
Authors: Adjoe Casimir , Adanu Happiness Oyibinga
Published: July 2022

This paper explores the phenomenon of early sexual practices among young schoolchildren in Ghana through the lens of the ability of young people in two peri-urban communities to make better or productive moral and ethical judgements that enable the sustenance of opportunities for education, learning and life chances. Using a questionnaire, interviews, conversations and observations, it reckons the schoolchildren’s reasoning and consciousness in determining their attitudes towards choices concerning early sexual practices and in their indulgence or otherwise. It argues that schoolchildren’s attitudes and behaviour are shaped by social philosophies including empiricism, solipsism, economism and commodification in a complete departure from the ways of knowing that obtained in society a generation ago. The consequences of such a radical change from the traditionalism of a generation ago is the development of a nihilistic attitude guiding their moral and ethical choices which are nevertheless detrimental to their own development into personhood and the development of their future opportunities through education, learning and life chances.
Pemberian Kombinasi Respiratory Muscle Stretch Gymnastic (RMSG) dengan Latihan Pernapasan Buteyko dalam Meningkatkan Ekspansi Dada dan Arus Puncak Ekspirasi pada Lansia
Authors: Multazam Ali , Rakhmawati Hafizah Sururul Nur , Hidayat Mahfud
Published: July 2022

Lansia merupakan suatu masa kemunduran, kelemahan manusia, dan penurunan aktivitas sosial yang progresif sehingga dapat mengakibatkan perubahan dari sel, jaringan, hingga sistem organ termasuk sistem pernapasan. Arus puncak ekspirasi dan ekspansi dada merupakan komponen yang ikut mengalami penurunan pada lansia. Untuk mengurangi dan memperbaiki hal ini, ada beberapa latihan yang dapat digunakan seperti kombinasi respiratory muscle stretch gymnastic dengan latihan pernapasan Buteyko. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian kombinasi respiratory muscle stretch gymnastic dengan latihan pernapasan buteyko terhadap peningkatan ekspansi dada dan arus puncak ekspirasi pada lansia. Metode penelitian yang akan digunakan adalah eksperimental analitik berbentuk quasi eksperimental dengan metode two group pre test and post test design dengan sampel lansia. Dari hasil uji hipotesis yang dilakukan dengan menggunakan wilcoxon dengan hasil signifikansi 0,000 (p<0,05).  Dengan demikian ditarik kesimpulan Ada pengaruh kombinasi  respiratory muscle stretch gymnastic dengan latihan pernapasan buteyko terhadap peningkatan ekspansi dada dan arus puncak ekspirasi pada lansia
The structural relationship between social support, reflective thinking, and teacher efficacy perceived by early childhood teachers: The mediating effect of reflective thinking
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Bo Hyun , Lee Hong Jae , Choi Yang Mi
Published: July 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationship between perceived social support by early childhood teacher, their reflective thinking, and teacher efficacy.
Methods The participants of the study were 404 teachers working at kindergartens and daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS 23.0 program. We analyzed the structural relationship between social support, reflective thinking, and teacher efficacy by applying a structural equation model. The bootstrapping was conducted to verify the significance of the mediating effect.
Results As a result of analyzing the structural relationship between social support, reflective thinking, and teacher efficacy, it was found that social support had a positive effect on reflective thinking and teacher efficacy, respectively, and reflective thinking had a positive effect on teacher efficacy. As a result of verifying the mediating effect of reflective thinking in the relationship between social support and teacher efficacy, it was found that reflective thinking positively mediated social support and teacher efficacy. In particular, it was found that social support had a greater indirect effect on teacher efficacy through reflective thinking than on teacher efficacy.
Conclusions The results suggest that it is necessary to establish a social support system that can activate reflective thinking in order to improve the teacher efficacy of early childhood teachers.
Maternal Roles and Transnational Activities Among Korean American Immigrant Mothers
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Jeong Yu-Jin , Yang Sungeun
Published: July 2022

Objectives This study aims to present the maternal roles and transnational activities among Korean American immigrant mothers.
Methods For the aim of the study, we summarized historical changes of Korean immigrants in the US and clarified the concept of transnationalism. We reviewed 18 related articles published in academic journals.
Results The maternal roles of Korean American immigrant mothers were summarized as ensuring their children’s academic success and helping their children to establish ethnic identity as Korean. In order to perform these roles, Korean American immigrant mothers were involved in economic, sociocultural, and political transnational activities.
Conclusions Transnationalism should be considered for better understanding Korean families living abroad and multicultural families in Korea. For future research, transnational activities that Korean immigrant mothers are involved need to be investigated.
Effects of Functional Cognitive Gait Pattern Program on Gait Pattern and Cognitive Function in Mental Retarded Children
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Hyun Kwang-Suk , Park Jeong-Min , Kim Kyeong-Lae
Published: July 2022

Objectives The purpose of this study was to help neurological disorders seen of the children and improve their quality of life by investigating the functional cognitive gait pattern program on gait pattern and cognitive function in mental retarded children.
Methods In order to achieve the purpose of this study, 33 mental retarded children at N located in K city, were selected at random and allocated 11 mental retarded children each for the Non Exercise group (NEG), Deficient Exercise group(DEG), Over Exercise group (OEG) and measured kinematic gait pattern and cognitive function before and after the experiment. The data obtained from this study were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 statistical program the two-way repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni post-hoc test was performed.
Results The conclusions obtained through this study were as follows. First, as a result of analyzing the change of gait pattern to functional cognitive gait pattern program, there were significantly improved in velocity, cadence, step length, stride length in OEG compared with NEG and DEG after 16 weeks. Second, as a result of analyzing the change of cognitive function according to functional cognitive gait pattern program, there were significantly improved in body part, number display, movement, operation in OEG compared with NEG and DEG after 16 weeks.
Conclusions As conclusions, this study confirmed that the functional cognitive gait pattern program could improve the gait pattern and cognitive function in the mental retarded children.
A Study on the Uzbekistan Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers Who Experienced Young Children’s Movement Classes
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Park Boosook
Published: July 2022

Objectives This study applied Korean university’s early childhood movement class to Uzbekistan pre-service early childhood teachers and analyzed the student’s participation and the contents of the movements class planned by the students.
Methods This study applied the classes for 15 weeks from March 2021, targeting 90 Uzbekistan students of the Department of Early Childhood Education at the Korea International University in Ferghana (KIUF) and analyzed the experiences of students based on the collected data.
Results At first, the students obsessed with something to teach young children). However they gradually applied what they had learned, and led the class in a free and permissive atmoshpere. In the participation process, There were positive emotional changes such as joy, passion, and sense of accomplishment. The contents of the motion activity simulation class actively used various teaching aids. However, There was a lack of consideration for the systematic planning process and safety.
Conclusions Cultivating the pre-service early childhood teachers who learned Korean early childhood curriculum seems to enable to nurture experts in early childhood education in Uzbekistan. In addition, as it is possible to apply the Korean Nuri Curriculum, it is expected that high-quality early childhood education will be practiced in the field of early childhood education in Uzbekistan. Furthermore, it will contribute to Uzbekistan’s early childhood education by delivering Korea’s early childhood education to Uzbekistan’s early childhood education.
A reflective study on female college students who participated in feminist leadership education
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Kim Hye Sug
Published: July 2022

Objectives In this study, the effects of feminist leadership education on female college students were analyzed by examining the changes in consciousness that female college students who participated in feminist leadership education had by reflecting on their own life contexts.
Methods For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with nine female college students who took the liberal arts course ‘Women's Leadership and Self-Management’ at University A using the same group sampling method. Through this research method, it was possible to understand the flow and change of consciousness among female students during the learning process, and to discover the pattern of meaning newly formed from the learning experience.
Results First, female college students' participation in feminist leadership education provided an opportunity to learn about women's issues and women's leadership as a motivation for participation. Second, female college students reflectively reflected on the gender stereotypes inherent in feminism and leadership, which were uncomfortable due to the discriminatory perception of society. Third, female college students dismantled the stereotypes of gender discrimination that had been consciously and sought to transform into feminist leaders along with the practice of feminist leadership in everyday life.
Conclusions Through the results of this study, female college students are the agents of social transformation by raising the need to develop a feminist leadership curriculum customized for each major along with a step-by-step feminist leadership curriculum in college education so that female college students can reflect on themselves as leaders who realize feminist values. to create a new leadership paradigm.
Efectividad del clorhidrato de zilpaterol en la finalización de corderos: Patente vs. Genérico
Authors: Vicente Pérez Arnulfo , Avendaño-Reyes Leonel , Guerra-Liera Juan E. , Barajas Cruz Rubén , Vicente-Pérez Ricardo , López-Baca M. Ángeles , Gastelum Delgado Miguel A. , Chay-Canul Alfonso J. , Macías-Cruz Ulises
Published: July 2022

El objetivo del estudio fue comparar el efecto de la fuente del clorhidrato de zilpaterol (CZ;  patente vs genérico) sobre el comportamiento productivo, características de la canal, rendimientos de cortes primarios y calidad de la carne de corderos finalizados en corral. Se distribuyeron 30 corderos Dorper ×Pelibuey en 10 bloques donde cada bloque tenía tres corderos de similar peso vivo inicial, los cuales se asignaron aleatoriamente a los siguientes tratamientos: 1) sin CZ (testigo), 2) con CZ de patente (CZP), y 3) con CZ genérico (CZG). Las medias de tratamientos se compararon a través de dos contrastes ortogonales: testigo vs. CZ (CZP+CZG) y CZP vs. CZG. El CZ no afectó (P≥0.15) el comportamiento productivo, peso de la canal, espesor de grasa dorsal, ni los porcentajes de grasa (riñón-corazón-pelvis, mesentérica u omental), pero aumentó (P≤0.05) el área del músculo Longissimus dorsi y los rendimientos de canal, paleta, pierna y lomo plano. En calidad de la carne, el CZ no afectó (P≥0.24) el pH y esfuerzo al corte, pero redujo (P<0.05) los valores de color rojizo, amarillento y chroma a las 24 h post mortem, y también los valores de rojizo (P<0.01) a los 14 días de maduración. Con excepción del rendimiento en canal que tendió (P=0.07) a ser mayor con CZP, todas las variables medidas fueron similares (P³0.14) entre CZP y CZG. Se concluye que ambos tipos de CZ a una dosis de 0.10 mg/kg de peso vivo promueven hipertrofia muscular en corderos de finalización, pero no es suficiente para reflejarse en mejor comportamiento productivo y peso de la canal.
Regional youth in a nonlinear global-local society: New forms of social tension
Authors: Golenkova Z. T. , Khagurov T. A.
Published: July 2022

The current state of society is characterized by the multidimensionality and non-linearity of social processes, mobility of social structures, dynamism and inconsistency of cultural transformations. Modernity is difficult to describe and understand; as a result, there are many attempts to conceptualize it with the categories of risk, consumption, McDonaldization, etc. An important feature of modernity is global locality which implies the complex interaction of global and local social-cultural systems in every regional and national society. One of the global trends of our time is the change in forms of social tension, which is determined by the processes in the sphere of culture, terminal and instrumental values, and motives for social activity. The article considers the relationship between these processes and changes in the system of life values of the Russian youth. The authors believe that these changes are caused by new forms of social tension, which are the result of the global-local cultural matrix. The classical forms of social tension, determined by the high social value of success and the lack of institutional means to achieve it, were described in the middle of the 20th century by R.K. Merton. Contemporary forms of social tension are supplemented and modified according to the changes in the value-motivation sphere. Tension is ‘psychologized’: under the cultural mosaic of the global-local society, the ‘discourse of self-realization’ prevails and replaces the ‘discourse of success’ of classical modern societies. These changes determine the specific content of the youth’s system of life values, and egocentricity and individualization become its key features. Students as the most globalized and reflective part of the youth are especially influenced by these cultural trends. These processes are considered on the basis of large empirical studies of the youth in the Krasnodar Region. The data of surveys of young people aged 14 to 30 in the Krasnodar Region (N = 7898) are compared with the data of the survey of university graduates (N = 2051) to clarify the life values of the regional youth and the factors affecting them.
Analysis of the use of personnel reserves in the public administration system
Authors: Maslennikova E. V. , Sheburakov I. B. , Tatarinova L. N.
Published: July 2022

The article considers approaches to the formation and use of personnel reserves in public administration and options for their development under the new social challenges. Based on a generalization of approaches to the formation of personnel reserves, the authors conduct a comparative analysis of management practices and sociological research, and identify conditions and factors influencing the effectiveness of the use of personnel reserves. The existing approaches to the formation and management of personnel reserves (normative, deficit, competence-based) do not allow an adequate response to the new challenges of the changing social environment, which explains the request for a new integrative model and principles of work with personnel reserves. The authors’ conclusions are based on the results of the sociological study focused on the perception of personnel reserves and their purposes by the subjects of management: the meaning and factors of the efficiency of personnel reserves among other personnel technologies. The study was conducted in the second quarter of 2020, and 56 civil servants were interviewed - heads of structural divisions and employees of personnel services. The authors identified a shift in the perception of the reserve - from the ‘bench’ to the ‘development resource’, but the staff turnover typical for federal bodies has a negative impact. The lack of interconnections between different types of personnel reserves was named by the respondents as one of key challenges. The 2020-2021 studies focused on reservists’ assessments of their career prospects. The article explains the need for a unified system of managerial personnel reserves, which can increase the efficiency of personnel decisions in the public administration system. In this system, the key elements are the level of managerial readiness and the integrity of personal-professional development. Within the proposed approach, the personnel reserve is an ecosystem based on the capabilities of platform solutions, developed on a common methodological basis and having a network topology.
Prospects for the promotion of Russian universities in the international academic ranking ARWU
Authors: Ebzeeva Yu. N. , Gishkaeva L. N.
Published: July 2022

The article considers the methodology for assessing higher education institutions and prospects for their promotion in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The authors explain the focus of their research by the latest trends in the development of higher education in Russia and in the world; thus, universities positions in international ranking systems become an extremely important parameter for their evaluation. International ranking systems allow to evaluate the whole analytical information according to the criteria in one source, and to assess the competitiveness of the data in comparison with other evaluated organizations in the field. Often a potential student faces difficulty in collecting and evaluating information about the university he is interested in, because it hides its weaknesses, does not provide all information in the open form, or publishes information in various sources that are not easy to find for a person outside the academic community. The article aims at identifying and systematizing the features of the methodology for assessment universities in the ARWU, and at assessing its applicability for the subjects of the Russian higher education. The authors used content analysis and comparative analysis to examine the specifics of the ARWU assessing system according to the criteria provided by experts, and to consider the criticism of this ranking system. The authors identified and analyzed both positive and negative trends in the development of the ARWU methodology; examined the subject rankings of the ARWU system and compared their methodology. The article presents the results of the ARWU for 2021 focusing on the Russian universities, their prospects and difficulties.
Job satisfaction of arbitration managers
Authors: Polutin S. V. , Motkin R. V. , Motkin V. N.
Published: July 2022

The relevance of the study is determined by the expansion of theoretical findings in the field of sociology of work, in particular, in the study of job satisfaction of arbitration managers under the State Duma’s consideration of the draft law No. 1172553-7 “On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)’ and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation”. To assess the level of job satisfaction of arbitration managers, the authors conducted an analysis of the features of their professional activities with an expert survey - to reveal their opinions on the state of the institution of insolvency (bankruptcy), its upcoming reform, and the level of their job satisfaction. Unlike most studies in this field, in which the emphasis is made on the social-legal status of arbitration managers, the authors consider the main social-psychological criteria for their job satisfaction, including remuneration, additional benefits and working conditions in the field of insolvency. The information base of the study includes a secondary analysis of the statistics of insolvency procedures in 2016-2020 and an expert survey (25 active arbitration managers with more than three years of experience were interviewed). The authors conclude that arbitration managers have a low level of job satisfaction, which is explained, first of all, by the extremely high workload and responsibility (including the risk of disqualification for three years for committing formal offenses that do not pose a danger to public relations and do not lead to violations of the rights of creditors, the debtor and society), conflict of procedures, lack of sociallabor guarantees, the variability of legislation, and several ‘control centers’ with opposing interests. These factors reduce interest in the profession of arbitration manager, which may lead to a crisis in the insolvency industry due to a shortage of highly qualified specialists.
Age as an element of the social portrait of the juvenile participant in the criminal process
Authors: Zainullin R. I. , Makarenko I. A.
Published: July 2022

Social-demographic characteristics of the individual and social groups are studied by many natural, social sciences and humanities. One of the most important characteristics is age which reflects the degree of physiological, psychological and social maturity; therefore, it is considered by sociological and legal sciences which rely on its statistical estimates in sociological, criminological and forensic research. Age characteristics are important for legislative and law enforcement activities, in the prevention of social deviations. Age characteristics, for example, of persons who broke the law, are used in the social portrait of crime, which reflects the social-group stratification and emphasizes the most significant features of the social group consisting of persons with deviant consciousness and behavior, i.e. allows to classify criminals. The study of juvenile delinquency helps to identify the features, conditions and trends of such crimes, i.e., to assess the reproduction of crime due to its youth part. Such studies have a pronounced victimological orientation and describe not only the personality type of the juvenile criminal, but also the personality type of the victim of a criminal assault, which has not only cognitive, but also practical significance - for developing measures for combating and preventing crimes. The article focuses on the age characteristics of juveniles participating in the criminal process in the status of accused, victims and witnesses. The authors emphasize that the investigation of such crimes faces difficulties due to the age characteristics of this social-demographic group; therefore, the knowledge of the typology of juveniles (their agerelated psycho-physiological and socio-moral characteristics) is the key to establishing contact with them and, accordingly, to choosing the best methods for obtaining the most complete and truthful information. This conclusion is confirmed not only by the publications of other authors, but also by the data of criminal cases and sociological surveys of investigators, experts, judges and juveniles participating in the investigation of crimes.
Ways to solve the main problems of social protection of the low-income youth (on the example of the Penza Region)
Authors: Kosharnaya G. B. , Karimova L. F.
Published: July 2022

The article considers the reasons for the social inequality of the poor youth and for the quality and standard of living of the low-income youth on the example of the Penza Region. The authors emphasize that the instability of the contemporary society especially affects the financial situation of young families - under uncertainty, it is difficult for them to maintain a decent lifestyle. The article aims at identifying the main problems in the system of social protection of the low-income youth at the regional level. The article is based on the results of the monitoring conducted in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 to identify the main problems in the field of social protection of the low-income youth in the Penza Region. The authors used quantitative (mass survey) and qualitative (focus groups, expert interviews) methods and the data of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Penza Region. It turned out that the majority of low-income young people adhere to a passive strategy in terms of improving their income level and show dependent attitudes towards the state. The main problems of social protection of the youth in the Penza Region are a poor system for accepting documents to confirm the status of ‘low-income’ and providing social benefits to young people; the limited social-support programs for improving the quality of life of the younger generation; unjustified expectations of the youth from the current system of social protection. The revealed difficult financial situation of the youth in the region explains the need for a further study of the social protection system for the low-income youth in the Penza Region, in particular, of unequal access to socially oriented programs. The results of the study can be used for developing regional and municipal programs for the social protection of the low-income youth.
On the connection between social and epistemological aspects of the civilizational approach
Authors: Kirabaev N. S. , Gnatik E. N. , Zhubrin I. A.
Published: July 2022

The article is a review of the monograph of the professors of the Department of Ontology and Theory of Cognition of the RUDN University V.M. Naidysh and O.V. Naidysh Civilization and Rationality. Essays on the Philosophy of Mythology (Moscow: Rusains, 2020. 286 p.) which explores social-philosophical and epistemological aspects of the civilizational approach. The issues of rationality and civilization are connected by the theory of consciousness presented as a form of reflection of reality by the active subject included in the networks of (direct and indirect) communication systems, as an integrator of cognitive activity, sensory-emotional experience of the world and volitional intentionality of the subject. The review focuses on two civilizational paradigms - civilization as an ethnosociocultural community and civilization as an institutionalized society that developed during the ‘Neolithic revolution’. The monograph analyzes a wide range of issues: theoretical-methodological prerequisites of models of the historical process, origins of the civilizational model of history, concepts of civilization in the 19th - early 21st century, the structure of the foundations of civilization, the role of rationalism and myth-making in the life of civilization, processes of rationalization and derationalization of culture, the genesis of thinking, the nature of the archetypes of culture, the formation of rationalism in the cultures of the Ancient East, concepts of barbarism and neo-barbarism, etc. The monograph also examines the debatable issue of possible prospects of civilization: among the models of post-civilization, transhumanism seems to be the most popular (the program of the artificial transformation of the natural-biological foundations of man). The authors call for a balanced and critical perception of transhumanism, because its most radical, extreme versions are a contemporary form of ‘social alchemy’.
The phenomenon of friendship in the social well-being study
Authors: Subbotina M. V.
Published: July 2022

The article is a review of the book by L. Denworth Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond (Moscow: CORPUS, 2022. 364 p.). The book presents an attempt to combine and analyze various approaches (from biological to sociological) to the study of friendship. Certainly, friendship is a complex phenomenon in the sociological perspective, which has not yet received proper scientific attention. Despite the fact that Denworth declares friendship the focus of the research, the book examines social relations in general and their impact on the personal well-being and health. In addition to friendship, Denworth considers issues of loneliness, bullying in schools, and the influence of social networks on relationships. Denworth pays special attention to the research of primatologists in order to find an answer to the question about the evolutionary origins of human friendship. The review identifies both the strengths of the book and those aspects that require a more thorough analysis. To contextualize the book, the review also examines sociological studies of friendship and works on similar issues.
Adoption and implementation of evidence-based library acquisition of electronic resources
Authors: Mustafa Adillah , Noorhidawati A.
Published: July 2022

Evidence-based librarianship (EBL) has been in the literature for around 20 years, and has received a mixed level of acceptance and adoption in its implementation. The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of EBL adoption and implementation in library acquisition decision of electronic resources. The Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) model, Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) theory and EBL model were used to form the research framework in order to investigate the adoption and implementation of evidence-based acquisition (EBA). Questionnaires were used as data collection tool. Data were collected from 250 respondents comprising librarians from academic, public and special libraries. The data were analyzed descriptively using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) v24. The assessment of the measurement and structural model was executed using Smart-PLS (SEM) 3.0. The reflective model was found to be valid and reliable with the Cronbach’s Alpha above 0.70, CR value and AVE of 0.80-0.90. Fornell-Larcker Criterion and Item Cross-loading recordings revealed that the constructs did not discriminate each other. Path coefficient analysis was performed to test the hypothesis in the identification of significant relationship that resulted in Relative Advantage, Compatibility and Top Management Support as the determinants of EBA of electronic resources Although no significant relationship was found between EBL Adoption and Implementation, an indication of practice was recorded in the level of implementation analysis. Further action and future research for libraries were suggested.
The quantitative and qualitative scientific production: A bibliometric study of the five main Asian economies in R&D
Authors: Arana-Barbier Pablo Josa
Published: July 2022

The five economies in Asia that invest the most in research and development, as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are Israel, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and China. Nevertheless, the results in the number of scientific output in terms of research publications, and the citations received by them, reveal a whole different reality among those countries. Furthermore, the intellectual production based on quantitative research methods used to be much more popular and defended than that on qualitative methods. However, three of these five countries mentioned trust more in the qualitative paradigm, represented by grounded theory, than in the quantitative one, represented by structural equation modeling. The current study investigates 25 years of scientific production available in the Web of Science and shows that, even though China is undoubtedly Asia’s leader in intellectual production, measured by publication productivity and scientific impact, the scientific community trusts the least on China’s papers regarding grounded theory, placing China in fifth place among the studied countries for qualitative studies, and third place for quantitative studies. The paper also deepens on the concept of trust as a replacement of impact, and projects the near future for the five studied countries regarding quantitative and qualitative intellectual production.
Outstanding and ordinary scientists’ co-authorship networks in the early career phase
Authors: Tang Chaoying , Ye Linna , Naumann Stefanie , Lu Xiaoyang
Published: July 2022

How do scientists’ ego-centered co-authorship networks affect their research productivity and impact during the early career phase? Do co-authorship networks evolve differently for outstanding scientists vs. ordinary scientists? Our study responded to these questions by demonstrating that scientists’ co-authorship network size and betweenness centrality of their co-authorship network positively affected both their research productivity and research impact. Scientists’ tie strength diversity of their co-authorship network moderated the relationship between their ego-network size and their research performance. Their co-authorship network’s degree centralization moderated the relationship between their betweenness centrality and research performance. Further, the size and betweenness centrality of the co-authorship network were significantly different between the two groups of scientists since their fourth working year. Outstanding scientists had a larger co-authorship network and their positions in the co-authorship network were more central than those of ordinary scientists. Implications for scientists and policy makers in science and higher education are discussed
The role of KIBS on digital transformation and technological changes in the Spanish publishing industry
Authors: Magadán-Díaz Marta , Rivas-García Jesús
Published: July 2022

The present study analyzes, by means of the online survey method, the role of KIBS in the processes of digital transformation and technological change of Spanish publishing companies. The general goal of this research is to explore the effects produced over Spanish publishing companies in interacting with KIBS as facilitators, bearers and generators of innovation. Some other more specific objectives linked to this general goal are the following ones: a) to determine the role of transaction costs as drivers of the outsourcing of knowledge management systems through KIBS; and b) to understand to what extent the interaction of publishers with KIBS promotes in those the introduction of new business models. Through the survey conducted among 310 Spanish publishers, it is concluded that: i) the extension of the relationship between publishers and KIBS moves from the production subsystem to the distribution one; ii) the link between their respective value chains is perceived as profound enough to turn KIBS into facilitators, bearers and generators of the innovation required by the Spanish publishing companies; and iii) KIBS are the fundamental axis for the adoption of new business models.
Bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 editorial materials in the beginning stage of the pandemic
Authors: Shan Ho Yuh , López-López Wilson , Vega-Arce Maribel , Salas Gonzalo , Urzúa Alfonso , Torres-Fernández Ivelisse
Published: July 2022

Editorial materials express the opinions of the scientific community and guides the publication foci; thus, providing insight into the dynamics of the knowledge ecosystem in a scenario that impacts innovation and public policies. The purpose of this bibliometric analysis was to identify the main characteristics of the editorial materials published at the beginning stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, published between 2019 and April 30, 2020 and indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. A total of 537 editorial materials were written by 1,455 authors, primarily in English, and in the general and internal medicine category. The majority of these editorial materials were published in the British Medical Journal and Lancet. The United States, China, and United Kingdom had the most editorial materials, with Harvard Medical School, Imperial College, and Oxford University were the leading universities. Richard Horton was the most prolific author and the editorial material by Hui et al. (2020) was the most cited. In the initial stage of COVID-19, editorial materials reflected contingent aspects of the course of the infection at the global, regional, and national levels. In the emerging and rapidly developing crisis of COVID-19, editorial materials allow the scientific community to engage in the ongoing discussions. Analysis of editorial materials fosters the understanding of the dynamics of the knowledge ecosystem.
The internationalization of Chinese scholarly journals based on publications deriving from the G8 countries
Authors: Yuan Yuan , Zhao Yuan , Chen Rui , Shen Wangbing , Zhao Rongjun
Published: July 2022

China’s rapid rise in international collaboration and scientific research has been widely documented, but the progress of Chinese scholarly journals towards internationalization has been less investigated. This study examines the internationality of Chinese scholarly journals using bibliometric analysis of publications deriving from the eight highly industrialized countries (the Group of 8, or G8) namely, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the USA, from 1979 to 2016 based on the databases of the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Annual production and research trends, research affiliations, research emphases and foci, and common journal sources were analyzed. The analysis reveals that the internationality of Chinese scholarly journals has been continuously growing since 1979 and increased rapidly from 2004 to 2010. Both foreign researchers’ submissions and internationally co-authored Chinese publications substantially contributed to the internationalization of Chinese scholarly journals. This internationalization was also influenced by the academic scopes, journal titles and disciplinary categories of Chinese journals. The potential implications and limitations of this study are discussed
Development and validation of a scale for assessing personal digital content management skills of higher education students
Authors: Kocak Omer
Published: July 2022

The management of high quantities and large volumes of digital content has become one of the most important skills today. Information or content that cannot be managed well can be considered as unnecessary or garbage in this period of intensive digitalization. In this study, a scale was developed to determine personal digital content management skills, which are important skills for higher education in the 21st century. The sample of this study consists of 600 students from different degree levels, departments and universities in Turkey. Personal Digital Content Management Scale (PDCMS) is a five-point Likert-type scale, consisting of 38 items operationalised under seven main skill dimensions - organizing, erasing, digital literacy, privacy, search-retrieval, management of course documents, and backup. The validity and reliability of the scale have been determined by conducting exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, item distinctiveness analyses, and evaluating internal consistency coefficients. As a result, a valid and reliable measurement tool to be used to measure the personal content management skills of the students in higher education has been developed. In this context, it could be said that PDCMS could make significant contributions to the digital skills literature., especially on instruments used to measure digital content management skills.
Comparative evaluation of top papers outputs of OIC member countries in the Essential Science Indicators database
Authors: GhaviDel Somayeh , Mostafavi Ismael
Published: July 2022

The objective of this study was to analyze the top papers from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries covered in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database during 2010-2019. The findings of the study showed that 41 out of 57 OIC member states have published 7,369 highly cited papers and 249 hot papers. The leading countries based on the overall top papers produced were Saudi Arabia, followed by Iran, Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan and Egypt. Iran was ranked first in terms of hot papers. When analysed by document type, all of the top papers were articles and published in the English language. The Lancet ranks among the top in terms of publishing OIC member countries’ top papers, showing that it has a great academic influence producing highly cited papers and hot papers. The top five organizations producing top papers are all top universities in their country and they are also ranked globally. King Abdulaziz University contributed the most for both highly cited papers and hot papers. NANOFLUID was the most common keyword and core subject in highly cited papers, and the keyword MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES was the core subject identified in hot papers. Cluster 1 is the largest subject cluster of highly cited papers with the topic Nanotechnology and it is also the largest cluster of hot papers.
Personal knowledge and information management practices of life sciences research students in Pakistan
Authors: Saleem Qurat Ul Ain , Ameen Kanwal , Ashiq Murtaza
Published: July 2022

The study investigated personal knowledge and information management (PKIM) practices of life sciences research students and also compared their PKIM practices based on gender and research programme. The study employed survey reserach design in which questionnaire was used to collect data. All MPhil. and PhD. life sciences research students at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan were sampled. Altogether 196 questionnaires were distributed and 114 were successfully returned with a response rate of 58 percent. The findings are presented based on the five aspects of PKIM practices of research students: (a) gathering and searching; (b) organising, keeping and securing; (c) selecting and evaluating; and (d) spreading and sharing; and (e) creating, analyzing, and presenting. The findings revealed that research student were exceptionally confident about their PKIM practices. The research students also acclaimed that they were gaining information literacy skills in practising PKIM. The PKIM practices validated in the study may help educators to design training programmes for research students in Pakistan. This study recommends library and information science researchers to investigate PKIM practices on larger scales with different populations as the idea needs more exploration to thoroughly understand the academic research environment.
Driving forces behind the management of Institutional Repositories: Qualitative evidences
Authors: Ahmed Adam Usman , K. Kiran
Published: July 2022

An Institutional repository (IR) is a contemporary paradigm of scholarly communication that operates on a open access initiative. IRs have become essential infrastructure for the global research community with the expectation that IRs will address the issues of visibility, and facilitate the rapid dissemination of knowledge in a sustainable manner. However, scholars show concern about these expectations due to some shortcomings in the management of repositories and digitization projects, especially in Africa. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of how personnel involved in institutional repository at their respective institutions are managing the IR, and identify the driving forces behind the management of these IRs. It also attempts to explore the key challenges in the context of IR management, specifically in Nigeria. The study adopts a descriptive qualitative approach using a semi-structured interview guide as the main instrument for data collection, supported by content analysis and group discussions. Three research questions were constructed to guide the investigation: (a) How are IRs being managed in Nigeria? (b) What are the driving forces behind the management of IRs in Nigeria? An (c) What are the challenges in the management of IRs in Nigeria? Findings reveal that manager of IRs are heavily dependent on mediated depositing and digitization processes. Increasing visibility and ranking of the institution, need for preservation, and need for organization of intellectual output, were among the key drivers of IR management. While, plagiarism, piracy, absence of guiding policies, and inadequate internet connectivity were among the hinderances faced in the management of IRs. The results are imperatively useful for practitioners, especially those managing or aspiring to manage successful IRs in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The study recommends strategic development and enforcement of policies by the institutions, use of similarity checkers, massive awareness creation and staff training for the success of IR management in Nigeria.
Document type assignment by Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and publishers to “Top 100” papers
Authors: Kan Yeung Andy Wai
Published: July 2022

Document type (DT) assignment is an important feature from literature databases. This work evaluated how the literature databases and the publisher websites labeled “Top 100” (T100) papers, a recurring act for which researchers identify and analyze the 100 most cited entities (e.g. articles) within a pre-defined literature set. T100 papers concurrently indexed in the Web of Science (WoS), Scopus and PubMed databses were identified. Among the 248 T100 papers analyzed, no general consensus or consistent pattern was found for labeling T100 papers by the three data sources and the publishers’ websites. All four sources labeled between 30–40% of the T100 papers as reviews. However, PubMed mostly did not give DT labels to the rest of the papers whereas WOS, Scopus, and publisher websites labeled them as articles. The inter-rater agreement was only fair; the decision seemed to be influenced by whether the authors mentioned the word “review” suggestive of the publication/document type in the title, abstract or keywords.