Is Predatory Publishing a Real Threat? Evidence from a Large Database Study
Authors : Marcelo Perlin, Takeyoshi Imasato, Denis Borenstein Using a database of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals, the...
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Are the FAIR Data Principles Fair?
Authors : Alastair Dunning, Madeleine de Smaele, Jasmin Böhmer This practice paper describes an ongoing research project to test the effectiveness and relevance...
Integration of an Active Research Data System with a Data Repository to Streamline the Research Data Lifecyle: Pure-NOMAD Case Study
Authors : Simone Ivan Conte, Federica Fina, Michalis Psalios, Shyam Ryal, Tomas Lebl, Anna Clements Research funders have introduced requirements that expect re...
The Journal Impact Factor: A brief history, critique, and discussion of adverse effects
Authors : Vincent Lariviere, Cassidy R. Sugimoto The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its introduction o...
Supporting Open Access at Kent—New Staff Roles
Authors : Rosalyn Bass, Sarah Slowe Open Access has been supported at the University of Kent from an early stage with the establishment of the Kent Academic Rep...
Digital Publishing: A Home for Faculty in the Library — Exercises in Innovation from Harvard Law School
Authors : Claire DeMarco, Kyle Courtney This article highlights specific examples of desire by faculty at Harvard Law School to push legal scholarship beyond th...
The World’s Approach toward Publishing in Springer and Elsevier’s APC-Funded Open Access Journals
Authors : Hajar Sotudeh, Zahra Ghasempour Purpose The present study explored tendencies of the world’s countries—at individual and scientific development levels...