Opening Review in LIS Journals: A Status Report
Author : Emily Ford INTRODUCTION Peer-review practices in scholarly publishing are changing. Digital publishing mechanisms allow for open peer review, a peer re...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Researchers’ Individual Publication Rate Has Not Increased in a Century
Authors : Daniele Fanelli, Vincent Larivière Debates over the pros and cons of a “publish or perish” philosophy have inflamed academia for at least half a centu...
Changes in the digital scholarly environment and issues of trust: An exploratory, qualitative analysis
Authors : Anthony Watkinson, David Nicholas, Clare Thornley, Eti Herman, Hamid R. Jamali, Rachel Volentine, Suzie Allard, Kenneth Levine, Carol Tenopir The pape...
What does ‘green’ open access mean? Tracking twelve years of changes to journal publisher selfarchiving policies
Authors : Elizabeth Gadd, Denise Troll Covey Traces the 12-year self-archiving policy journey of the original 107 publishers listed on the SHERPA/RoMEO Publishe...
Impact de l’Open Access sur les citations : une étude de cas
Auteurs/Authors : Frédérique Bordignon, Mathieu Andro De multiples études, dans la littérature internationale, ont cherché à évaluer l’impact de l’Open Access s...
The Authorship Dilemma: Alphabetical or Contribution?
Authors : Margareta Ackerman, Simina Brânzei Scientific communities have adopted different conventions for ordering authors on publications. Are these choices i...
Measuring Scientific Impact Beyond Citation Counts
Authors : Robert M. Patton, Christopher G. Stahl, Jack C. Wells The measurement of scientific progress remains a significant challenge exasperated by the use of...