New data, new possibilities: Exploring the insides of Altmetric.com
« This paper analyzes Altmetric.com, one of the most important altmetric data providers currently used. We have analyzed a set of publications with DOI number i...
Auteur/autrice : Hans Dillaerts
Using Crowdsourcing to Evaluate Published Scientific Literature: Methods and Example
« Systematically evaluating scientific literature is a time consuming endeavor that requires hours of coding and rating. Here, we describe a method to distribut...
Where to publish? Development of a recommender system for academic publishing
« This thesis using the method of research design is about creating a journal recommendation system for authors. Existing systems like JANE or whichjournal.com ...
Rise of the Rest: The Growing Impact of Non-Elite Journals
« In this paper, we examine the evolution of the impact of non-elite journals. We attempt to answer two questions. First, what fraction of the top-cited article...
La sérendipité sur Internet : égarement documentaire ou recherche créatrice?
« Caractérisée par une rupture apparente dans la causalité et un fonctionnement aléatoire, la sérendipité, ou le don de faire une découverte inattendue, interro...
Open access in South Africa : a case study and reflections
« In this paper, we locate open access in the South African higher education research context where it is, distinctively, not shaped by the policy frameworks th...
Research governance and scientific knowledge production in The Gambia
« Public research institutions and scientists are principal actors in the production and transfer of scientific knowledge, technologies and innovations for appl...