Abstract Purpose Diaspora researchers work in one country but have ancestral origins another, either through moves during a research career (mobile diaspora researchers) or by starting the target (embedded researchers). Whilst mobile might be tracked affiliation changes bibliometric databases, embedded cannot. This article reports an evidence-based discussion of which countries’ can partially u...

National Statistical Institutes [NSIs] are increasingly investigating new ways of providing access to confidential microdata for research purposes. These innovations are being driven by the requirement for NSIs to ensure the best possible return for their investments in data collection coupled with researchers’ increasing demand for highly detailed microdata. After a long period of decline as N...

Described in this paper is a computer system, RESEARCHER, beine: develoDed at Columbia that reads natural languagk text-in th(? form of patent abstracts and creates.a permanent long-term memory based on concepts generaliz+ from these texts, forming an intelligent mformatlon s stem. This pa er is intended to give an overview of RESEARCHER & e will describe briefly the four main areas dealt ’ wit...

The initial journey that a developing researcher takes down the methodology ‘road’ can be fraught with confusion and dilemmas. Epistemological arguments can pull the researcher first one way and then the other. This paper describes and illustrates the research journey I experienced as a developing researcher while carrying out a case study of the practice of servant leadership in a higher educa...