How to improve scientific peer review: Four schools of thought
Authors : Ludo Waltman, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Stephen Pinfield, Helen Buckley Woods Peer review plays an essential role as one of the cornerstones of the scho...
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How should evaluation be? Is a good evaluation of research also just? Towards the implementation of good evaluation
Authors : Cinzia Daraio, Alessio Vaccari In this paper we answer the question of how evaluation should be by proposing a good evaluation of research practices. ...
Are female scientists less inclined to publish alone? The gender solo research gap
Authors : Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka In solo research, scientists compete individually for prestige, sending clear signals about their research ability, avoid...
Free access to scientific literature and its influence on the publishing activity in developing countries: The effect of Sci-Hub in the field of mathematics
Authors : Kilian Buehling, Matthias Geissler, Dorothea Strecker This paper investigates whether free access to scientific literature increases the participation...
Research data management and services: Resources for different data practitioners
Author : Gilbert Mushi The emergence of data-driven research and demands for the establishment of Research Data Management (RDM) has created interest in academi...
Peer reviewers’ dilemmas: a qualitative exploration of decisional conflict in the evaluation of grant applications in the medical humanities and social sciences
Authors : Gaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau, Ana Wheelock, Tushna Vandrevala, Priscilla Harris Independent evaluations of grant applications by subject experts are an im...
Scientific research in news media: a case study of misrepresentation, sensationalism and harmful recommendations
Authors : Georgia Dempster, Georgina Sutherland, Louise Keogh Accurate news media reporting of scientific research is important as most people receive their hea...