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September 27, 2003 JEMH van Bronswijk, TU/e Eindhoven
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Health & ComfortHealth & ComfortOld and New KnowledgeOld and New Knowledge
What it is and how to handle it
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HistoryHistory
Ever since the 17th century researchers have shared their newly acquired
knowledge (new-to-sciencenew-to-science) through periodicals called transactions or
journals
This supplemented the old and accepted knowledge in textbooks and reference
works
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Current Old KnowledgeCurrent Old Knowledge
• Textbooks & Reference Works
• Professional Publications
• Governmental & NGO websites
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Policies & PoliticsPolicies & Politics
Legislature & Professional Guidelines
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Knowledge accepted by current and local policies & politics
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New KnowledgeNew Knowledge
Is acquired through:• Combination & Deduction
(including data mining)
• Experimentation
• All of the above
Researchers have devised a quality Researchers have devised a quality assurance system for New Knowledgeassurance system for New Knowledge
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Quality Checks for New Quality Checks for New Knowledge in PeriodicalsKnowledge 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
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Peer Reviewed Research Peer Reviewed Research JournalsJournals
(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
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The Expert (MSc, PhD)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
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Expert Reading of New Expert Reading of New Knowledge PublicationKnowledge 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