Studying the Publication Pattern of Canadian Computer Scientists / Étude des pratiques de publication des scientifiques canadiens en informatique

This study explored the publication pattern of Canadian computer scientists and compared the impact of conference papers and journal articles published by these researchers. It was found that conference proceedings are the preferred venue for scholarly communication, but the impact of conference papers is not comparable to that of journal articles. The potential reasons for the lower impact of conference papers are discussed, and possible approaches to improve the current scholarly communication system in computer science are proposed.Cette recherche explore les pratiques de publication des scientifiques canadiens en informatique et compare l’impact des présentations à des colloques et des articles de revues savantes publiées par ces chercheurs. Nous avons constaté que les actes de colloque sont le lieu privilégié pour la communication scientifique, mais que l’impact des présentations à des colloques n’est pas comparable à celui des articles de revues. Nous discutons des raisons possibles de l’impact plus faible des présentations à des colloques, et nous proposons des approches possibles pour améliorer le système actuel de communication savante en informatique.

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