Burns, C.S., Kaufmann, R., & Limperos, A. (2021). Mixed findings in directly replicated experimental studies on fake news. First Monday, 26(12). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v26i12.11774
Burns, C.S., Shapiro II, R.M., Nix, T., & Huber, J.T. (2019). Search result outliers among MEDLINE platforms. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 107(3). doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.622
Fox, C.W., Burns, C.S., Muncy, A.D., & Meyer, J.A. (2017). Author-suggested reviewers: Gender differences and influences on the peer review process at an ecology journal. Functional Ecology, 31, 270-280. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12665 Alternate: via C Fox
Bossaller, J., Burns, C.S., & VanScoy, A. (2016). Advancing research for library and information science with qualitative secondary analysis. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 5(3), 593-600. London, UK. http://www.qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/21
Kim, Y., & Burns, C.S. (2016). Norms of data sharing in biological sciences: The roles of metadata, data repository, and journal and funding requirements. Journal of Information Science, 42, 230-245. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551515592098
Fox, C.W., & Burns, C.S. (2015). The relationship between manuscript title structure and success: Editorial decisions and citation performance for an ecological journal. Ecology and Evolution, 5(10), 1970-1980. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1480
Burns, C.S. (2011). Social justice and an information democracy with free and open source software. Information, Society and Justice, 4(2), 19-28. Open Access copy: http://works.bepress.com/cseanburns/8/
Smith, C., & Burns, C.S. (2011). The First International Workshop on Opportunistic Discovery of Information. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 16(3). http://informationr.net/ir/16-3/paper490.html
Chen, H., Kochtanek, T., Burns, C., & Shaw, R. (2010). Analyzing users' retrieval behaviors and image queries of a photojournalism image database. The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 34(3), 249-268. doi:http://doi.org/10.1353/ils.2010.0003
• Equal authorship
Rejected
(Rejected in 2018). Classifying reproducible search queries in MEDLINE-based databases: A case study.
(Rejected in 2017). Challenges and discrepancies replicating search queries and results across multiple vendors: The case of MEDLINE.
(Rejected in 2017). The challenge of replicating literature search results in today's health information environment: A comparison of six database systems.
(Rejected in 2014). Profiling a megajournal: A bibliometric analysis of the birth of PeerJ.
MODERATED ARTICLES
Burns, C.S., Lana, A., & Budd, J.M. (January/February 2013). Institutional repositories: Exploration of costs and value. D-Lib Magazine, 19(1/2). doi:https://doi.org/10.1045/january2013-burns
EDITORIALS
Spence, P.R., & Burns, C.S. (2020). Retrieving Arguments and Support after Publication: Archiving Links in Communication Research. Communication Studies, 71(5). doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2020.1836781
Bossaller, J., & Burns, C.S.. (2020, May). Bibliographic subject analysis of fake news. International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML), Barcelona, Spain. Presented virtually due to COVID-19.
Burns, C.S., & Kaufmann, R. (2019, September). How the presentation of metadata of a news article influences perceptions of fake news. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105350
Burns, C.S., Nix, T., Shapiro II, R.M., & Huber, J. T. (2019, September). Codifying discrepancies among MEDLINE platforms to advance instruction and practice. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105316
Shapiro II, R.M., Nix, T., Burns, C.S., & Huber, J. T. (2019, May). Variation and outliers in search results among MEDLINE-based platforms: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
VanScoy, A., & Burns, C. S. (2015, June). Time in the experience of reference and information service work. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congres annuel de l'ACSI, 2015, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Burns, C. S. (2014, January). The scholarly journal and disciplinary identity: An autoethnographic reading of The Library Quarterly. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science (ALISE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Burns, C. S., Lana, A., & Budd, J. M. (2012, May/June). Institutional repositories: Costs and benefits. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congres annuel de l'ACSI, 2012, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. http://www.cais-acsi.ca/ojs/index.php/cais/article/view/621
Burns, C. S., & Altman, M. C. (2012, January). Who or what is constrained by the Library Bill of Rights? A theoretical analysis of intentionality and collective action for library and information science. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Dallas, Texas, USA. http://www.alise.org/assets/documents/juried%20papers%20abstract.pdf
Burns, C. S., & Bossaller, J. (2011, June). Experiencing communication overload: A phenomenological study of academic reference librarians at research universities. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Library Association (ALA), Library Research Round Table's (LRRT) Four Star Research Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Burns, C. S. (2011, June). Collecting bibliographic references: A bibliometric analysis of CiteULike's collection as grounds for in-depth interviews. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congres annuel de l'ACSI, 2011, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. http://www.cais-acsi.ca/ojs/index.php/cais/article/view/249
Burns, C. S. (2011, January). Ralph H. Parker and the history of library automation. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group, San Diego, California, USA.
Burns, C. S. (2010, October). Measuring preferences & finding best strategies: A game theoretical approach to a historical investigation of an academic library. Paper presented at the meeting of the Library Research Seminar (LRS) V, College Park, Maryland, USA. http://www.lrsv.umd.edu/abstracts/Burns.pdf
Sample, A., Burns, C. S., & Budd, J. M. (2010, October). Exploring intentional information evaluation: Students' assessment of complex issues. Paper presented at the meeting of the Library Research Seminar (LRS) V, College Park, Maryland, USA. http://www.lrsv.umd.edu/abstracts/Budd.pdf
Burns, C. S. (2010, May). An analysis of bibliographic references collected by a social computing group. Paper presented at the meeting of Connections, London, Ontario, Canada. http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/connections/May15/Presentations/3
MODERATED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS
Richardson, B., Burns, C. S., Stewart, K., & Vogler, R. (2011, August). Challenges to funding in U.S. public libraries. Paper presented at the meeting of the Transforming Lives Conference: A UK & US Dialogue on the Value of Information and Public Libraries, Barking Learning Centre, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, United Kingdom.
INVITED TALKS, EXTERNAL
Burns, C.S., (2021, December 16). Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Science [Conference presentation, invited]. Fall 2021 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), New Orleans, LA, United States. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Session/123042
Burns, C.S., (2021, April 29). The Tacit Knowledge Dilemma in Open Science. Talk given to the ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Knowledge Management (online). Slides: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/slis_present/2/
Assefa, D. & Burns, C.S., (2019, March 18). Using machine learning in apps. Talk given to high school students at the Kentucky Community & Technical College System.
Burns, C.S., (2015, October 30). Using the R programming language for mixed-methods research. Talk given to the University of Missouri, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, Columbia, MO, USA.
Burns, C.S., (2015, October 27). Open science and knowledge management. Talk given to the University of Missouri, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, Columbia, MO, USA.
INVITED TALKS, INTERNAL
Burns, C.S. (2020, September 9). Functional search problems among MEDLINE databases. Talk given to the University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, Research Seminar Series, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Slides: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/slis_present/1/
Burns, C.S. (2020, July 29). Engaging students in discussion board forums and encouraging TCE participation. Talk given to the University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, Lexington, KY, USA. Slides: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/slis_present/3/
Burns, C.S., Hammer, M., Randall, D.C., & O'Dowd, P. (2018, June 1). The new scholarly communications landscape: What to look for (and avoid) in book and journal publishing. Panel discussion at the 4th Annual University of Kentucky Postdoctoral Research Symposium, Society of Postdoctoral Scholars, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Burns, C.S., (2016, February 16). RQDA and qualitative data analysis. Talk given to the UK ALA Student Chapter, University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, Lexington, KY, USA.
Burns, C.S., Shapiro, R.M., & Peters, C.L. (2015, November 30). Altmetrics and communicating science. Talk given to NIOSH and the University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, Lexington, KY, USA.
Burns, C.S., & Fox, C. W. (2015, March 25). Patterns of bias or partiality in editorial and peer review. Talk given to the University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, Research Seminar Series, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Burns, C.S. (2013, November 12). Career talk. Panel discussion given to the University of Kentucky, School of Library and Information Science, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Burns, C.S. (2013, October 22). #Altmetrics: Background and overview. Panel discussion given to the University of Kentucky Libraries, Open Access Week, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Slides: http://uknowledge.uky.edu/oaweek2013/Program/Events/3/
POSTERS
Burns, C. S., Shapiro II, R. M., Nix, T., & Huber, J. T. (2019, April). Examining MEDLINE search query reproducibility and resulting variation in search results. Poster session presented at the iConference, Washington, DC, March 31- April 3, 2019. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103369
Burns, C.S. (2010, January). Social computing and citation analysis: Identifying future scholarly impact. Poster session presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chen, H., Kochtanek, T., & Burns, C. (2009). An analysis of users' image queries of a photojournalism image database: A Web analytics approach. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 46(1), 1-5. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2009.1450460359
WORKSHOPS
Burns, C. S. (2020). Introduction to plotting in R. Workshop for faculty and graduate students in Instructional Communication Research at the University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky, USA. March 4, 2020.
Burns, C. S. (2019). Introduction to R programming. Workshop for faculty and graduate students in Instructional Communication Research at the University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky, USA. November 8, 2019.
Radford, M. L., Kitzie, V., Floegel, D., Connaway, L. S., Bossaller, J., & Burns, S. (2019). InVivo inspiration: Investigating computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). iConference, Washington, DC, March 31- April 3, 2019. My slides: https://tinyurl.com/iConf-RQDAintro
Kochtanek, T.R., Burns, S., Erdelez, S., & Borwick, J. (2008, February 29). A qualitative assessment of the MoDOT Web site: Final report. Missouri Department of Transportation, Project #RI07-040
FUNDING
Funded
Research and Creative Activities Program (RCAP), University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information. How News Articles as Documents Influence Perceptions of Fake News. $2,336. Dates: May 2020 - May 2021. Status: Awarded
Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, College of Communication and Information. Examining Variances and Deviances in Health and Medical Databases to Support Systematic Review Research. $5,000. Dates: Summer 2018. Status: Awarded.
IMLS. Consultant on Planning Research Data Services in Academic Libraries: Designing a Conceptual Services Model based on Patron Needs Assessment. No. RE-32-16-0140-16, $49,844.00, Principal Investigator: Soohyung Joo. Dates: 2016-2017. Status: Awarded.
Not Funded
Testing a Tax on Sharing False Information on Social Media. Meta. Requested amount $50,000. Submitted November 2022. Status: Declined.
RCN: Episodic Risk Communication Network. Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, National Science Foundation (NSF), No. 1632916, $497,811.00, Principal Investigator: Jeannette N. Sutton. Dates: 2016-2020. Submitted 2/15/2016. Status: Declined.
Standard Grant: Benefit Cost Analysis of U.S. Dual Use Research of Concern Policies. Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF), No. 1556619, $462,888.00, Principal Investigator: Carole R. Baskin. With Co-PIs: Kavita M. Berger, Scott Farrow, and Terri Rebmann. Dates: 2016-2018. Submitted 8/1/2015. Status: Declined.
Digital Media + Learning Competition 5. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Information Ethics Collective. Collaborating Research with with Jasmine McNealy (PI), Sean Burns, Seungahn Nah, and Jayson Richardson. Requested amount $130,251. Submitted 2/15/2015. Status: Declined.
Knight Foundation. Building Digital Literacy: Libraries in Action (LIA). Collaborating Research with Deloris Foxworth, Brandi Frisby, Jeffrey Huber, Jasmine McNealy, Seungahn Nah, Shannon Oltmann, Michael Tsikerdekis, and Sherali Zeadally. Requested amount varies. Submitted 9/30/2014. Status: Declined.
TEACHING
University of Kentucky, as Assistant/Associate Professor
Undergraduate Courses
Composition and Communication, CIS 110
General Information Sources, IS/ICT 201
Personal Knowledge Management, IS/ICT 201
Systems Administration with Linux, ICT 418
Semantic Web Development, ICT 420
Graduate Courses
Information Seeking, LIS 601
Information Resources and Services, LIS 621
Knowledge Management, LIS/ICT 658
Electronic Resource Management, LIS 617
Systems Librarianship, LIS 690
University of Missouri, as Lecturer
Graduate Courses
Reference Sources and Services, ISLT 7314
Information in the Disciplines, ISLT 9420
Academic Libraries, ISLT 9443
University of Missouri, as Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate Courses
Managing Collections and Access, ISLT 7313, with Dr. John M. Budd
Foundations of Library and Information Science, ISLT 7350, with Dr. Linda Esser
Seminar: Metadata, ISLT 9410, with Dr. Heather Moulaison
Seminar: Social Constructs of Information, ISLT 9410, with Dr. Melanie Brooks
Information Storage and Retrieval, ISLT 9412, with Dr. Thomas Kochtanek
Ethics and Information, ISLT 9423 with Dr. John M. Budd
Guest Lectures
Geo-Spatial Mapping in Exploring and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches, Dr. Jessalyn Vallade, University of Kentucky, Fall 2018.
Scholarly Communication in Proseminar in Communication, Dr. Kelly McAninch, University of Kentucky, Fall 2018.
Peer Review in Proseminar in Communication, Dr. Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky, Fall 2017.
Geo-Spatial Mapping in Exploring and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches, Dr. Brandi N. Frisby, University of Kentucky, Fall 2016.
Secondary Qualitative Analysis in Proseminar in Communication, Dr. Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky, Fall 2016.
Bibliometrics and Altmetrics in Publishing Process and Ethics, Dr. Charles W. Fox, Spring 2016
Megajournals and the State of Scholarly Publishing in Proseminar in Communication, Dean Dan O'Hair and Dr. Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky, Fall 2015
Social Media and Altmetrics in Publication Process and Ethics, Dr. Charles W. Fox, University of Kentucky, Fall 2013
Emerging Technologies in Scholarly Communication in Emerging Technologies, Dr. Heather Moulaison, University of Missouri, Fall 2011