The role of online search platforms in scientific diffusion
Author : Kyriakos Drivas After the launch of Google Scholar older papers experienced an increase in their citations, a finding consistent with a reduction in se...
Auteur/autrice : Hans Dillaerts
Publish or perish? Innovative models for scholarly publishing in Zimbabwe
Authors : Nomsa Chirisa, Mpho Ngoepe Innovative publishing models have emerged to meet the demands of the ‘publish or perish’ philosophy prevalent in academic a...
The Costs of Open Access Publication: A Case Study at Catalan Universities
Authors : Ángel Borrego, Lluís Anglada This article explores the financial dynamics of open access (OA) publication in Catalan universities by combining four da...
Open access publications drive few visits from Google Search results to institutional repositories
Authors : Enrique Orduña‑Malea, Cristina I. Font‑Julián Given the importance of Google Search in generating visits to institutional repositories (IR), a lack of...
The use of ChatGPT for identifying disruptive papers in science: a first exploration
Authors : Lutz Bornmann, Lingfei Wu, Christoph Ettl ChatGPT has arrived in quantitative research evaluation. With the exploration in this Letter to the Editor, ...
Open access improves the dissemination of science: insights from Wikipedia
Authors : Puyu Yang, Ahad Shoaib, Robert West, Giovanni Colavizza Wikipedia is a well-known platform for disseminating knowledge, and scientific sources, such a...
When researchers pay to publish: Results from a survey on APCs in four countries
Authors : Osvaldo Gallardo, Matías Milia, André Luiz Appel, Grip-APC Team, François van Schalkwyk This paper provides an empirical overview of the impact and pr...