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 framewor...
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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...
7R Data Value Framework for Open Data in Practice: Fusepool
“Based on existing literature, this article makes a case for open (government) data as supporting political efficiency, socio-economic innovation and admi...
Assessing Social Value in Open Data Initiatives: A Framework
“Open data initiatives are characterized, in several countries, by a great extension of the number of data sets made available for access by public admini...
The Research Data Alliance: globally co-ordinated action against barriers to data publishing and sharing
“This article discusses the drivers behind the formation of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), its current state, the lessons learned from its first full y...
Preserving the integrity of the scientific record: data citation and linking
“The production of research data is increasing rapidly, meaning that it is now rarely possible to publish the data that underpins a piece of research with...
Altmetrics as a means of assessing scholarly output
“Career progression for scientists involves an assessment of their contribution to their field and a prediction of their future potential. Traditional mea...