Browsing by Author "Darvish, Hamid"

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Assessing the Diffusion of Nanotechnology in Turkey: a Social Network Analysis Approach
(Taru Publications, 2012) Darvish, Hamid
According to the United Nations, nanotechnology is one of the emerging research fields which will have a positive impact on both developing and developed countries. For example, nanotechnology is used for water purification in poor countries. On the other hand, it is used in developed countries (rich) to manufacture better computer devices. Nanotechnology is a part of the strategic plan for each developing country. For example, the 7th European Union Scientific Framework (EUSF) has invested tremendously in nanotechnology since 2000. The Turkish government also has adopted a new approach by becoming part of the EUSF and has invested heavily in research and development. Focusing on an invisible college in the scientific community in Turkey, this study aims to evaluate the diffusion of nanotechnology among scientists. Using social network analysis metrics, we identified and analyzed the role and status of scientists in the two most prominent universities (Hacettepe University & Bilkent University) regarding nano-related technologies diffusion in Turkey. We found that co-authorship across the two universities is minimal, even in subject area research in both universities. However, the number of nano-related articles have increased exponentially in past decade in Turkey. Furthermore, a co-word analysis revealed the scientific trends in both universities. Keywords description revealed that the scientific trends in Hacettepe University are mostly nano biomedical research oriented whereas in Bilkent University scientific trends are metallurgical oriented in nano-related technologies. Data were derived from Thomson Reuters' Web of Science (WoS) version 4 database and CiteSpace was used to map the co-author network structure.
Intellectual freedom and libraries: A quantitative discourse analysis
(2010) Darvish, Hamid; 19489
United Nation published Human Rights Declaration in 1948. The most important part of the Human Right Declaration is that, everyone has the right to search and receive information at any time. To this respect, libraries play a significant task in disseminating information (Knowledge) to each individual. An exploratory approach is applied to selected discourses from organizations such as IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), ALA (American Library Association) and TLA (Turkish Librarians’ Association) to find out if there is a coherent relation among texts, by applying Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) technique. Results yield that there existed a positive relation among discourses.
Open Access Awareness in Scholarly Communication: The Case of Çankaya University
(2011) Darvish, Hamid
The Scholarly Communications processes consist of collecting and analyzing of data—including published information—through its transformation into publications or other output, and its usage or preservation by other users. In this respect, researchers, publishers, libraries and data managers play important roles in applying and implementing of scholarly communications.1 Conventionally, the flow of scientific papers’ publication starts by a research activity followed by manuscript submission, peer review, publishing cost by publisher and so on. Whereas, in open access publication, after peer review the cost of publication is paid by the author (See, Figure 1).