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  Hans Dillaerts le 23 April 2014 à 17 h 47 min Permalien | Connectez-vous pour laisser un commentaire
  Mots-clefs: Elsevier ( 3 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  Bringing Digital Science Deep Inside the Scientific Article: the Elsevier Article of the Future Project :

  « The ICT revolution of the last decades impacted scientific communication as it has impacted many other forms of communications, changing the way in which articles are delivered and how they can be discovered. However, the impact of ICT on the research itself has been much more profound, introducing digital tools to the way in which researchers gather data, perform analyses, and exchange results. This brought new, digital forms of research output, and disseminating those calls for changes deeply impact the core format of the scientific article.
  In 2009, Elsevier introduced the “Article of the Future” project to define an optimal way for the dissemination of science in the digital age, and in this paper we discuss three of its key dimensions. First we discuss interlinking scientific articles and research data stored with domain-specific data repositories — such interlinking is essential to interpret both article and data efficiently and correctly. We then present easy-to-use 3D visualization tools embedded in online articles: a key example of how the digital article format adds value to scientific communication and helps readers to better understand research results. The last topic covered in this paper is automatic enrichment of journal articles through text-mining or other methods. Here we share insights from a recent survey on the question: how can we find a balance between creating valuable contextual links, without sacrificing the high-quality, peer-reviewed status of published articles? »

  URL : Bringing Digital Science Deep Inside the Scientific Article: the Elsevier Article of the Future Project
  Alternative URL : http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/article/view/8446

  

   

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  Hans Dillaerts le 23 April 2014 à 17 h 42 min Permalien | Connectez-vous pour laisser un commentaire
  Mots-clefs: research data ( 33 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  Enhanced Publications: Data Models and Information Systems :

  « “Enhanced publications” are commonly intended as digital publications that consist of a mandatory narrative part (the description of the research conducted) plus related “parts”, such as datasets, other publications, images, tables, workflows, devices. The state-of-the-art on information systems for enhanced publications has today reached the point where some kind of common understanding is required, in order to provide the methodology and language for scientists to compare, analyse, or simply discuss the multitude of solutions in the field. In this paper, we thoroughly examined the literature with a two-fold aim: firstly, introducing the terminology required to describe and compare structural and semantic features of existing enhanced publication data models; secondly, proposing a classification of enhanced publication information systems based on their main functional goals. »

  URL : Enhanced Publications: Data Models and Information Systems
  Alternative URL : http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/article/view/8445

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 22 April 2014 à 16 h 04 min Permalien | Connectez-vous pour laisser un commentaire
  Mots-clefs: megajournal ( 2 ), open access ( 624 ), open access publishing ( 87 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 ), scientific practices ( 28 )   

  A survey of authors publishing in four megajournals :

  « Aim. To determine the characteristics of megajournal authors, the nature of the manuscripts they are submitting to these journals, factors influencing their decision to publish in a megajournal, sources of funding for article processing charges (APCs) or other fees and their likelihood of submitting to a megajournal in the future.

  Methods. Web-based survey of 2,128 authors who recently published in BMJ Open, PeerJ, PLOS ONE or SAGE Open.

  Results. The response rate ranged from 26% for BMJ Open to 47% for SAGE Open. The authors were international, largely academics who had recently published in both subscription and Open Access (OA) journals. Across journals about 25% of the articles were preliminary findings and just under half were resubmissions of manuscripts rejected by other journals. Editors from other BMJ journals and perhaps to a lesser extent SAGE and PLOS journals appear to be encouraging authors to submit manuscripts that were rejected by the editor’s journals to a megajournal published by the same publisher. Quality of the journal and speed of the review process were important factors across all four journals. Impact factor was important for PLOS ONE authors but less so for BMJ Open authors, which also has an impact factor. The review criteria and the fact the journal was OA were other significant factors particularly important for PeerJ authors. The reputation of the publisher was an important factor for SAGE Open and BMJ Open. About half of PLOS ONE and around a third of BMJ Open and PeerJ authors used grant funding for publishing charges while only about 10% of SAGE Open used grant funding for publication charges. Around 60% of SAGE Open and 32% of PeerJ authors self-funded their publication fees however the fees are modest for these journals. The majority of authors from all 4 journals were pleased with their experience and indicated they were likely to submit to the same or similar journal in the future.

  Conclusions. Megajournals are drawing an international group of authors who tend to be experienced academics. They are choosing to publish in megajournals for a variety of reasons but most seem to value the quality of the journal and the speed of the review/publication process. Having a broad scope was not a key factor for most authors though being OA was important for PeerJ and SAGE Open authors. Most authors appeared pleased with the experience and indicated they are likely to submit future manuscripts to the same or similar megajournal which seems to suggest these journals will continue to grow in popularity. »

  URL : A survey of authors publishing in four megajournals
  Alternative URL : https://peerj.com/articles/365/

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 17 April 2014 à 16 h 59 min Permalien | Connectez-vous pour laisser un commentaire
  Mots-clefs: HSS ( 18 ), open access ( 624 ), open access journals ( 35 ), open access publishing ( 87 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  Open access journals in Humanities and Social Science :

  « This British Academy research project on the effects of current UK open access policies was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and was overseen by a Steering Committee set up by the Academy to manage the project. The project was led by Professor Chris Wickham, FBA (British Academy Vice-President, Publications), with support and co-writing from Dr Rebecca Darley and Dr Daniel Reynolds. It investigates some of the issues involved in open access publishing, seeking to examine various practical issues and difficulties that may arise, using the example of twelve disciplines across the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). The key issues investigated were:
  • the degree to which non-UK journals are ‘compliant’ with current UK open-access policies, particularly ‘green’ open-access policies;
  • the differences between journal half-lives across the same disciplines;
  • library acquisition policies and the degree to which these are affected by embargoes before articles are openly available. »

  URL : Open access journals in humanities and social science

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 14 April 2014 à 17 h 46 min Permalien | Connectez-vous pour laisser un commentaire
  Mots-clefs: academic libraries ( 39 ), open access ( 624 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  Access to Research: the experience of implementing a pilot in public libraries :

  « The Access to Research project is a collaboration between scholarly publishers and librarians to provide free licensed access to research journals via terminals in public libraries. The project is an element of the ‘balanced package’ proposed by the Finch Working Group on how to expand access to published research in the UK, which reported its recommendations to the UK government in June 2012. We describe the setting up of the project and the findings from a three-month technical pilot prior to the launch of a two-year national pilot in February 2014. The project has already attracted support from the major scholarly publishers, with about 8,400 journal titles now available. The access platform has been shown to be usable by public librarians and library patrons. We are now addressing the challenge of understanding how the public will make use of the system and exploring how best to provide training and education for librarians and users. »

  URL : http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/20140202

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 18 March 2014 à 17 h 41 min Permalien
  Mots-clefs: open access ( 624 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 ), scientific practices ( 28 )   

  Open Access Journals & Academics’ Behaviour :

  « The rising star of scholarly publishing is Open Access. Even some traditional journals now offer this option on author payment, and many full freely accessible journals are now available to scholars, providing relief to research institutions increasingly unable to afford the escalating subscription rates of serials. However, proper recognition of full Open Access journals by the community remains a major obstacle to overcome if they are to become a viable alternative for scholarly communication. Through a survey, this work investigates economics scholars’ attitudes to OA, and attempts to outline the state of practices and norms governing individuals’ publication choices. »

  URL : http://www.icer.it/docs/wp2014/ICERwp03-14.pdf

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 12 March 2014 à 12 h 38 min Permalien
  Mots-clefs: article-processing charges ( 2 ), business models ( 30 ), gold open access ( 8 ), open access ( 624 ), open access publishing ( 87 ), Scholarly Publishing   

  Developing an Effective Market for Open Access Article Processing Charges :

  « This report was commissioned by a consortium of European research funding organizations led by the Wellcome Trust. The study was undertaken to stimulate thinking among research funders who have set up, or are considering setting up, mechanisms for direct “earmarked” funding of article processing charges (APCs) in open access (OA) journals. The report covers both full OA journals (referred to in the report as “full OA”, such as those published by Biomed Central and PLOS) and subscription journals which offer authors the possibility of making their individual articles OA by paying an APC. This latter category is known as “hybrid OA”. There are many full OA journals that are funded by means other than APCs and the term “gold OA” also includes these journals. When they are included in the discussion this will be make clear, the focus of the report is however on the segment of gold OA funded by APCs. »

  URL : Developing an Effective Market for Open Access Article Processing Charges
  
  Alternative URL : http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtp055910.pdf

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 22 January 2014 à 17 h 28 min Permalien
  Mots-clefs: business models ( 30 ), open access ( 624 ), open access publishing ( 87 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 ), state of the art ( 37 )   

  Open Access Publishing: A Literature Review :

  « Within the context of the Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy (CREATe) research scope, this literature review investigates the current trends, advantages, disadvantages, problems and solutions, opportunities and barriers in Open Access Publishing (OAP), and in particular Open Access (OA) academic publishing. This study is intended to scope and evaluate current theory and practice concerning models for OAP and engage with intellectual, legal and economic perspectives on OAP. It is also aimed at mapping the field of academic publishing in the UK and abroad, drawing specifically upon the experiences of CREATe industry partners as well as other initiatives such as SSRN, open source software, and Creative Commons. As a final critical goal, this scoping study will identify any meaningful gaps in the relevant literature with a view to developing further research questions. The results of this scoping exercise will then be presented to relevant industry and academic partners at a workshop intended to assist in further developing the critical research questions pertinent to OAP. »

  URL : http://www.create.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CREATe-Working-Paper-2014-01.pdf

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 22 January 2014 à 17 h 23 min Permalien
  Mots-clefs: Elsevier ( 3 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  Bringing Digital Science Deep Inside the Scientific Article: the Elsevier Article of the Future Project :

  « The ICT revolution of the last decades impacted scientific communication as it has impacted many other forms of communications, changing the way in which articles are delivered and how they can be discovered. However, the impact of ICT on the research itself has been much more profound, introducing digital tools to the way in which researchers gather data, perform analyses, and exchange results. This brought new, digital forms of research output, and disseminating those calls for changes deeply impact the core format of the scientific article.
  In 2009, Elsevier introduced the “Article of the Future” project to define an optimal way for the dissemination of science in the digital age, and in this paper we discuss three of its key dimensions. First we discuss interlinking scientific articles and research data stored with domain-specific data repositories — such interlinking is essential to interpret both article and data efficiently and correctly. We then present easy-to-use 3D visualization tools embedded in online articles: a key example of how the digital article format adds value to scientific communication and helps readers to better understand research results. The last topic covered in this paper is automatic enrichment of journal articles through text-mining or other methods. Here we share insights from a recent survey on the question: how can we find a balance between creating valuable contextual links, without sacrificing the high-quality, peer-reviewed status of published articles? »

  URL : http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/article/view/8446

  

   
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  Hans Dillaerts le 11 January 2014 à 15 h 43 min Permalien
  Mots-clefs: open access ( 624 ), Peer Review ( 20 ), Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication ( 223 )   

  L’Avenir du contrôle par les pairs dans la publication scientifique face au défis du libre accès :

  « Le sujet de notre thèse « L’Avenir du contrôle par les pairs dans la publication scientifique face aux défis du libre accès » aborde la problématique du contrôle par les pairs à l’ère d’Internet. Composé de trois parties (Brève histoire de la communication humaine, Evolution et outils du libre accès et Contrôle par les pairs et libre accès), il retrace l’évolution de la communication humaine associée à une étape primordiale et indispensable de la Science : le contrôle par les pairs. Il essaye de répondre à la question de son devenir et orientation dans un monde en changement constant ainsi qu’au devenir de la publication de la science et de la construction science elle-même dans un monde de plus en plus ouvert et rapide. »

  « The subject of our thesis « The future of peer review in the scholarly publication and the challenge of open access  » pertains to the subject of peer review in the Internet age .Made up of three distincts parts (« Short history of human communication , Evolution and open access tools , Peer review and open access ) it relates the human communication associated to an important and unavoidable stage of Science : peer review .it tries to answer the question of its future and orientation in a world in a perpetual change and also the future of science publication and its construction in a more and more rapid and open world. »

  URL : http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00922600