TY - CHAP
T1 - Media reporting of cancer research in China and the UK, 2014-19
AU - Qu, Yuping
AU - Davies, Elizabeth
AU - Lewison, Grant
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2021. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper reports research in progress on a PhD project to investigate how cancer research is reported in some newspapers in China and the UK during the six years 2014-19. The stories were selected if they cited identifiable cancer research papers recorded by the Web of Science, whose details were appended to those of the news stories in a big spreadsheet. We are comparing the coverage by cancer site (e.g., lung, breast) with the disease burden from different cancers in the two countries, and also with the amount of research taking place. We are also examining the location of the researchers whose work is being cited to see how much own-country work is being described, and whether research outwith the main cities is being neglected. Many research stories also quote commentators who can put the results in context. Finally, we are planning to determine if citation of research in newspapers leads to more than expected numbers of citations from researchers in the country of their publication. Some early results from the popular Chinese newspaper, Global Times, and New Scientist, are presented.
AB - This paper reports research in progress on a PhD project to investigate how cancer research is reported in some newspapers in China and the UK during the six years 2014-19. The stories were selected if they cited identifiable cancer research papers recorded by the Web of Science, whose details were appended to those of the news stories in a big spreadsheet. We are comparing the coverage by cancer site (e.g., lung, breast) with the disease burden from different cancers in the two countries, and also with the amount of research taking place. We are also examining the location of the researchers whose work is being cited to see how much own-country work is being described, and whether research outwith the main cities is being neglected. Many research stories also quote commentators who can put the results in context. Finally, we are planning to determine if citation of research in newspapers leads to more than expected numbers of citations from researchers in the country of their publication. Some early results from the popular Chinese newspaper, Global Times, and New Scientist, are presented.
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M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:85112666020
T3 - 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2021
SP - 943
EP - 948
BT - 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2021
A2 - Glanzel, Wolfgang
A2 - Heeffer, Sarah
A2 - Chi, Pei-Shan
A2 - Rousseau, Ronald
PB - International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
T2 - 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, ISSI 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 15 July 2021
ER -
