The European Landscape Study of Research Data Management offers an overview of how to effectively support researchers in their data management. It looks at interventions by funding agencies, research institutions, national bodies and publishers across the European Union member states. The report also makes recommendations that organisations can adopt to help their researchers.
Sites de dépôt en libre accès et formes de médiations : quelles évolutions ?
Authors/Auteurs : Camille Prime-Claverie, Annaïg Mahé
Cette communication a pour ambition d’étudier les différentes formes de médiations mises en place autour des archives ouvertes en se centrant plus particulièrement sur le processus de dépôt des articles.
Elle présente les résultats d’une étude quantitative réalisée à partir du corpus HAL pour la thématique des sciences de la vie sur une période de dix ans. Elle est fondée sur un modèle théorique exposant trois formes de médiation différenciées selon les acteurs concernés par le dépôt.
L’objectif de cette recherche est de déterminer dans quelles proportions les logiques mises en œuvre dans ce corpus se rapprochent ou s’éloignent du modèle théorique proposé.
The Death of Review Articles in Humanities A…
The Death of Review Articles in Humanities: A Case study on World LIS Journals :
« This study reveals the current status of articles published in Library and Information Science (LIS) journals. Using the citation site “Scopus”, the number of published articles in 32 LIS journals were extracted, illustrated, and analyzed. Approximately 50.31 documents per year have been published in noted journals during 2007-2011. About 6 percent of these documents are devoted to review articles. The findings also show Springer LIS journals has the 1st rank of publishing scholarly documents per year (mean=63.84 documents), and the 1st rank of impact factor (Mean=1.9) among studied groups. American LIS publications showed the best rank in publishing review articles (%11.34 of all published documents) and also in Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) (mean=0.63). ScienceDirect LIS journals was in 1st rank of H-Index scores (Mean=24). In addition, the number of published documents in LIS journals has a positive significant relationship with SJR (R=0.45), IF (R=0.39), and H-Index (R=0.80). In addition, there is a positive significance between SJR and H-Index (R=0.46). Finally, some suggestions have been made to improve the current status of review articles publishing. »
URL : http://eprints.rclis.org/20162/
Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom…
Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom :
« The present publication arose from the two-day conference “Learning through Sharing: Open Resources, Open Practices, Open Communication” organised jointly by the EUROCALL Teacher Education and Computer Mediated Communication Special Interest Groups at the University of Bologna (Italy) on 29-30 March 2012. The main objective was to showcase the many ways in which practitioners in different settings are engaging with the concepts of open resources and practices, and to provide ideas for language teachers who might want to dip their toes into the Open Educational Resources/Open Educational Practices world, or experiment further. »
URL : http://research-publishing.net/publications/2013-beaven-comas-quinn-sawhill/
The Importance of Free and Open Source Software…
The Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in Modern Scientific Publishing :
« In this paper we outline the reasons why we believe a reliance on the use of proprietary computer software and proprietary file formats in scientific publication have negative implications for the conduct and reporting of science. There is increasing awareness and interest in the scientific community about the benefits offered by free and open source software. We discuss the present state of scientific publishing and the merits of advocating for a wider adoption of open standards in science, particularly where it concerns the publishing process. »
URL : http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/1/2/49
Just Roll with It Rolling Volumes vs Discrete…
Just Roll with It? Rolling Volumes vs. Discrete Issues in Open Access Library and Information Science Journals:
« INTRODUCTION : Articles in open access (OA) journals can be published on a rolling basis, as they become ready, or in complete, discrete issues. This study examines the prevalence of and reasons for rolling volumes vs. discrete issues among scholarly OA library and information science (LIS) journals based in the United States.
METHODS : A survey was distributed to journal editors, asking them about their publication model and their reasons for and satisfaction with that model.
RESULTS : Of the 21 responding journals, 12 publish in discrete issues, eight publish in rolling volumes, and one publishes in rolling volumes with an occasional special issue. Almost all editors, regardless of model, cited ease of workflow as a justification for their chosen publication model, suggesting that there is no single best workflow for all journals. However, while all rolling-volume editors reported being satisfied with their model, satisfaction was less universal among discrete-issue editors.
DISCUSSION : The unexpectedly high number of rolling-volume journals suggests that LIS journal editors are making forward-looking choices about publication models even though the topic has not been much addressed in the library literature. Further research is warranted; possibilities include expanding the study’s geographic scope, broadening the study to other disciplines, and investigating publication model trends across the entire scholarly OA universe.
CONCLUSION : Both because satisfaction is high among editors of rolling-volume journals and because readers and authors appreciate quick publication times, the rolling-volume model will likely become even more prevalent in coming years. »
URL : http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol1/iss4/2/
Publication fees for open access journals: Different disciplines—different methods
Many authors appear to think that most open access (OA) journals charge authors for their publications. This brief communication examines the basis for such beliefs and finds it wanting. Indeed, in this study of over 9,000 OA journals included in the Directory of Open Access Journals, only 28% charged authors for publishing in their journals. This figure, however, was highest in various disciplines in medicine (47%) and the sciences (43%) and lowest in the humanities (4%) and the arts (0%).
URL : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.22972/full