Evolution of an Institutional Repository: A Case History from Nebraska
Author : Paul Royster The 13-year history of the institutional repository (IR) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is recounted with emphasis on local conditi...
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Assessing the Quality of Scientific Papers
Authors : Roman Vainshtein, Gilad Katz, Bracha Shapira, Lior Rokach A multitude of factors are responsible for the overall quality of scientific papers, includi...
Meta-Research: Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations
Authors : Erin C McKiernan, Lesley A Schimanski, Carol Muñoz Nieves, Lisa Matthias, Meredith T Niles, Juan P Alperin We analyzed how often and in what ways the ...
The Transcript OPEN Library Political Science Model: A Sustainable Way into Open Access for E-Books in the Humanities and Social Science
Authors : Alexandra Jobmann, Nina Schönfelder The strategic goal of the project “National Contact Point Open Access OA2020-DE” is to create the conditions for a...
Acceptance rates of scholarly peer-reviewed journals: A literature survey
Author : Bo-Christer Bjórk The acceptance rate of scholarly journals is an important selection criterion for authors choosing where to submit their manuscripts....
The citation from patents to scientific output revisited: a new approach to the matching Patstat / Scopus
Authors : Vicente P. Gerrero-Bote, Rodrigo Sánchez-Jiménez, Félix De-Moya-Anegón Patents include citations, both to other patents and to documents that are not ...
Publication in a medical student journal predicts short- and long-term academic success: a matched-cohort study
Authors : Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi, Cameron I. Wells, Tim J. Wilkinson Background Medical student journals play a critical role in promoting academic research and ...