The rise of software as a research object is mirrored by increasing interests in quantitative studies of scientific software. However, inconsistent citation practices have led most existing studies of this type to base their analysis of software impact on software name mentions, as identified in ful
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How important is software to library and information science research? A content analysis of full-text publications
We investigate the contributions of scientific software to library and information science (LIS) research using a sample of 572 English language articles published in 13 journals in 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017. In particular, we examine the use and citation of software freely available for academic u
Despite its rising position as a first-class research object, scientific software remains a marginal object in studies of scholarly communication. This study aims to fill the gap by examining the co-mention network of R packages across all Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals. To that end, we d
Examining the usage, citation, and diffusion patterns of bibliometric mapping software: A comparative study of three tools
This study investigates the use, citation and diffusion of three bibliometric mapping software tools (CiteSpace, HistCite and VOSviewer) in scientific papers. We first conduct a content analysis of a sample of 481 English core journal papers-i.e., papers from journals deemed central to their respect
Software plays an important role in the advancement of science. Software developers, users, and funding agencies have deep interests in the impact of software on science. This study investigates the use and impact of software by examining how software is mentioned and cited among 9548 articles publi
Assessing the impact of software on science: A bootstrapped learning of software entities in full-text papers
Although software has helped researchers conduct research, little is known of the impact of software on science. To fill this gap, this article proposes an improved bootstrapping method to extract software entities from full-text papers and assess their impact on science. Evaluation results show tha