September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 1 Health & Comfort Old and New Knowledge What it is and how to handle it

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 2 History new-to-science Ever since the 17 th century researchers have shared their newly acquired knowledge ( new-to-science ) through periodicals called transactions or journals This supplemented the old and accepted knowledge in textbooks and reference works

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 3 Current Old Knowledge Textbooks & Reference Works Professional Publications Governmental & NGO websites

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 4 Policies & Politics Legislature & Professional Guidelines = Knowledge accepted by current and local policies & politics

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 5 New Knowledge Is acquired through: Combination & Deduction (including data mining) Experimentation All of the above Researchers have devised a quality assurance system for New Knowledge

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 6 Quality Checks for New Knowledge in Periodicals (i)Checked by the editors (ii)Assessed by peers (iii)Revised by the authors (iv)Assessed by the editors for acceptance or refusal (v)Checked by the reader (vi)Pubmed (Medline) & Web-of-Science contain only peer-reviewed journals

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 7 Peer Reviewed Research Journals (i)Carry an ISSN number (ii)State on the web and on each issue how the peer-reviewing process is handled (iii)Have an international editorial board (iv)Contain contributions with original, new results (v)Are commonly written in International English

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 8 The Expert (MSc, PhD) Oversees the body of Old Knowledge Renews technical legislation and professional guidelines Spreads New Knowledge through professional journals Researcher: makes New Knowledge in peer-reviewed contributions to scientific journals

September 27, 2003JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven 9 Expert Reading of New Knowledge Publication Keywords & Title to find relevant source Abstract to decide on relevance Methodology to assess quality Results to acquire new knowledge Introduction & Discussion to meet the authors