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Journal M3trics
I wrote a while back about Researcher ID and the notion of flipping the standard journal performance to look at researcher performance....
posted on: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Open Access Publishing Model
Just as the Journal of Maps is transitioning over to a subscription based model we see the government increasingly becoming interested in open access publishing....
posted on: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Geomorphological Mapping: Methods and Applications
The edited book I have been working on is in the final throes of publication. Titled "Geomorphological Mapping: Methods and Applications" by Mike Smith, Paolo Paron and James Griffiths, its Volume 15 in Elsevier's highly regarded Developments in Earth Surface Processes Series edited by Jack Shroder....
posted on: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology: Geomorphic Mapping
SAGE Handbook of GeomorphologyChapter: Geomorphic Mapping (Smith, M.J. and Pain, C.P.
Mapping of landforms is probably as old as the making of maps. Mountain ranges, volcanoes, and plains all appear on early representations of land. Often the mountains were represented as hachures or “hairy caterpillars”...
posted on: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Digital elevation models for research: UK datasets, copyright and derived products
Smith, M.J. (2010)
Geological Society Special Publications
The UK is served by a wide range of digital elevation models (DEMs) that have a variety of technical specifications from several different vendors....
posted on: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
CrossRef Annual Meeting: what's happening in the world of DOIs?
I attended the CrossRef annual meeting yesterday (see previous post). It's the first time it's been held outside the USA and London was certainly a fitting venue....
posted on: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Credit Where Credit’s Due: developing authorship strategies in the geosciences
Smith, M.J., Jordan, C. and Walsby, J.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
As research institutions seek to professionalise the workplace the use of metrics to assess an individual’s performance is becoming increasingly commonplace....
posted on: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Palaeoglaciology of the Last Irish Ice Sheet Reconstructed from Striae Evidence
Smith, M.J. and Knight, J.(in press)
Quaternary Science Reviews
A database comprising some ~5200 individual striation measurements on bedrock surfaces across the island of Ireland was used to produce maps of flowsets corresponding to individual ice flow events during the last (late Devensian) glacial cycle....
posted on: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
DEMView: 3-D Visualization of DEM Error
M.B. Gousie and M.J. Smith
Proceedings of Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Leicester
It is well known that a digital elevation model (DEM) may contain systematic or other errors....
posted on: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
Multi-scale analysis of surface roughness
Grohmann, C.H., Smith, M.J. and Riccomini, C. (in press)
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Surface roughness is an important geomorphological variable which has been used in the earth and planetary sciences to infer material properties, current/past processes and the time elapsed since formation....
posted on: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Characterising Chinese loess stratigraphy and past monsoon variation using field spectroscopy
Smith, M.J., Stevens, T., MacArthur, A., Malthus, T. and Lu, H. (in press)
Quaternary International
The loess record in China constitutes one of the most important archives of past environmental change and specifically, the East Asian monsoon system....
posted on: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Surface Roughness of Topography: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Landform Elements in Midland Valley, Scotland
C.H. Grohman, M.J. Smith and C. Riccomini
Proceedings of Geomorphometry, 140-148
In this paper we briefly review a selection of measures of surface roughness, with specific application to grid based digital elevation models (DEMs). A selection were assessed for the behaviour of roughness at different spatial scales and dataset resolutions using moving-window and raster algebra steps to a test area in the Midland Valley, Scotland.
posted on: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
£99 Netbook
Yes it looks to be true, a netbook that costs £99. The specs are fairly minimal, but at this price who cares!! Interestingly it comes loaded with Windows CE 6.0. The specs have more in common with a mobile phone than a netbook, which is probably why CE has been used. It'll be interesting to see if anyone gets Linux working on it, particularly as the 7" screen and keyboard make it a very usable specification.
posted on: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
ResearcherID Labs
In a recent editorial at the Journal of Maps I touched upon citation listing of journals and the importance to authors in terms of citation metrics....
posted on: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Applications of Remote Sensing in Geomorphology
Smith, M.J. and Pain, C.F. (2009)
Progress in Physical Geography, 33, 4, 568-582.
Remotely sensed imagery has been used extensively in geomorphology since the availability of early Landsat data, with its value measurable by the extent to which it can meet the investigative requirements of geomorphologists....
posted on: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
EThOS Update
I finally had an email back from the British Library concerning my earlier thesis request using the new EThOS service for digital thesis delivery. This was requested 17 February 2009 and was delivered today, which by my count is 129 days. So perhaps not the fastest service, but the product itself can't be sniffed at. Well scanned, in colour, delivered to your door. Of course, if it's already been scanned then it's instant delivery and this will improve as the back catalog increases, however for "serious" use it needs to be returned within the 2-4 week timeframe.
posted on: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Metrics in the Research Excellence Framework
As the Research Excellence Framework (REF) begins to take shape it is worth keeping an eye on developments over at HEFCE....
posted on: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
What's your DOI?
I would hope everyone in academic knows what a DOI (or digital object identifier) is. And to quote Wikipedia, it's a "permanent digital identifier given to an object."...
posted on: Mon, 04 May 2009 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Editorial: Summary of Activities 2008
Smith, M.J.
Journal of Maps, v2008, 510-516.
It is with much tiredness, and anticipation for 2009, that this annual December editorial is being written....
posted on: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Editorial: Quaternary of the British Isles and Adjoining Seas
Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Lukas, S.
Journal of Maps, v2008, 290-298.
This volume of the Journal of Maps is one of four volumes published from an Annual Discussion Meeting (ADM) of the Quaternary Research Association (QRA), in January 2008, to examine the Quaternary of the British Isles and the adjoining seas. This volume deals with evidence for Quaternary environmental change in map-form, and the other volumes, which will be published in the journals Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Quaternary Science and Proceedings of the Geologists' Association will be concerned, respectively, with Quaternary climates and climate change, Quaternary landscapes, and Quaternary Geology.
posted on: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Editorial: Applied Geomorphological Mapping
Paron, P. and Smith, M.J. (2008)
Journal of Maps, v2008, 197-200.
Mapping forms and deposits, and inferring processes, of a landscape is a very complex exercise (Demek, 1982)....
posted on: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records
Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S.(2008)
Journal of Maps, v2008, 378-398.
Glacial landform mapping is one of the primary inputs for the reconstruction of past glacial environments and processes, potentially inferring maximum ice sheet extent and dynamics....
posted on: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Glacial geomorphological maps of the Glasgow region, western central Scotland
Rose, J. and Smith, M.J. (2008)
Journal of Maps, v2008, 399-416.
This paper presents a 1:25,000 scale geomorphological map of the Glasgow region, western central Scotland, an area that was glaciated during the Last Glacial Maximum and, in part, during the Younger Dryas glaciation....
posted on: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
The Cookie Cutter: a method for obtaining a quantitative 3D description of glacial bedforms
Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Gousie, M.B.
Geomorphology, 108, 209-218.
Recording the position and attributes of subglacial bedforms, particularly drumlins, is paramount in determining the extent, and dynamics, of former ice sheets....
posted on: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
EThOS
The British Library have just launched an online beta service supplying theses from UK Higher Education institutions....
posted on: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Citations Alert!
Life as an academic is often described as "publish or perish." And to a certain extent this is true, with the mantra that you are only as good as your last paper....
posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Maximising the benfits of publication
As Editor of the Journal of Maps, I've recently been chatting to the British Geological Survey about the potential for publishing some maps....
posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Reviewers: an editors nightmare (or "Your can't live with em...")
I'm just completing a moderately busy spring season at the Journal of Maps which has left me feeling a little battle worn....
posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Open Access Journal Publication: implementation, copyright and dissemination, using the Journal of Maps as a case study
Smith, M.J.
US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1385, 43-46.
Open access (OA) journals are rapidly becoming an important channel for publishing academic articles and, although they represent a small proportion of the total number of journals published annually, it is significant that organisations such as British Medical Journals (BMJ) operate in this manner. This article explores the broad implementation of OA journals, issues pertaining to copyright and the distribution of (geospatial) research data.
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records
Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.
US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1385, 105-107.
Glacial landform mapping is one of the primarily inputs for the reconstruction of past glacial environments and processes, potentially inferring maximum ice sheet extent, primary ice flow configurations, and ice sheet dynamics....
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | path: /publications/proceedings | permanent link to this entry
High spatial resolution data acquisition for the geosciences: kite aerial photography
Smith, M.J., Chandler, J. and Rose, J.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 155-161.
This paper highlights the requirement for very high resolution (<0....
posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Residual Relief Separation: DEM Enhancement for Geomorphological Mapping
Hillier, J. and Smith, M.J.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 2266-2276.
Geomorphologically mapped data form a primary set of observations that can be used to infer former environmental conditions....
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Introduction to the Journal of Maps Student Edition
Smith, M.J. and Lynch, K.
Journal of Maps Student Edition, v2007, 1-10
This editorial introduces material for the launch edition of the Journal of Maps Student Edition....
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Editorial: summary of activities 2004-2007
Smith, M.J.Journal of Maps, v2007, 368-376
It has been an exciting period of growth at the Journal of Maps (JoM) over
the last three years and, as we come to the end of 2007, it seems particularly
appropriate to provide a summary of our activities, an outline of our future
plans and acknowledge the support from those involved with the journal.
posted on: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Open Peer Review
At the Journal of Maps we operate an open peer-review system when reviewing papers that have been submitted....
posted on: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
How popular is your journal article?
Well it's a good question and something many authors want to know. ScienceDirect, one of the largest distributors of online journals, now has a site dedicated to listing article downloads....
posted on: Wed, 16 May 2007 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Earth and Life: the birth of a new journal...
I received a circular last week to a new journal from Beijing entitled Earth and Life. in today's very crowded marketplace I either applaud those that can find a niche that isn't being serviced or sit back and scratch my head in wonder....
posted on: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
More Editorial Musings
Some more musings on the role of editors in academic journals as a result of a paper I submitted a paper to the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology last year....
posted on: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 | path: /publications | permanent link to this entry
Problems of bias in mapping linear landforms from satellite imagery.
M.J. Smith and S.M. Wise
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 9, 65-78....
posted on: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | path: /publications/journals | permanent link to this entry
Use Case Compendium of Derived Geospatial Data.
M.J. Smith
Final report to the GRADE Project, pp80.
This report explores data copyright issues surrounding the use and dissemination of derived data sets through the provision of eleven (geospatial) use-case scenarios describing the main actors, stakeholders, data sets and outputs....
posted on: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 | path: /publications/reports | permanent link to this entry
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