The Future of Taxpayer-Funded Research: Who Will Control Access to the Results?
This report examines the costs and benefits of increased public access, and proposals to either extend or overturn the NIH policy. It looks at increased public ...
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Trends in Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Dissemination in the Age of Online Social Media
It is no secret that Online Social Media (OSM) has become mainstream in recent years, and their adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of their growing popularit...
The Rise of the Knowledge Broker
Knowledge brokers are people or organizations that move knowledge around and create connections between researchers and their various audiences. This commentary...
Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact
Background Citations in peer-reviewed articles and the impact factor are generally accepted measures of scientific impact. Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, blogs ...
Citations to Wikipedia in Chemistry Journals: A Preliminary Study
Wikipedia has been the subject of an increasing number of studies. Many of these have focused on the quality of Wikipedia articles and the use of Wikipedia by s...
Do age and professional rank influence the order of authorship in scientific publications? Some evidence from a micro-level perspective
Scientific authorship has important implications in science since it reflects the contribution to research of the different individual scientists and it is cons...
Open Access Part II: The Structure, Resources, and Implications for Nurses
Electronic publishing has changed the landscape for broadcasting scholarly information. Now Open Access is globalizing scholarly work. Open Access facilitates l...