Reproducible data citations for computational research
Author : Christian Schulz The general purpose of a scientific publication is the exchange and spread of knowledge. A publication usually reports a scientific re...
Étiquette : scientific communication
The rent’s too high: Self-archive for fair online publication costs
Authors : Robert T. Thibault, Amanda MacPherson, Stevan Harnad, Amir Raz The main contributors of scientific knowledge, researchers, generally aim to disseminat...
How open is open access research in Library and Information Science?
Authors : Wanyenda Leonard Chilimo, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha The study investigates Library and Information Science (LIS) journals that published research article...
Vanishing industries and the rising monopoly of universities in published research
Authors : Vincent Larivière, Benoit Macaluso, Philippe Mongeon, Kyle Siler, Cassidy R. Sugimoto Anecdotes abound regarding the decline of basic research in indu...
Systematic analysis of agreement between metrics and peer review in the UK REF
Authors : Vincent Traag, Ludo Waltman When performing a national research assessment, some countries rely on citation metrics whereas others, such as the UK, pr...
Ethical Concerns in the Rise of Co-Authorship and Its Role as a Proxy of Research Collaborations
Author : Sameer Kumar Increasing specialization, changes in the institutional incentives for publication, and a host of other reasons have brought about a marke...
Enhancing scholarly communication through institutional repositories: salient issues and strategies by libraries in Nigeria
Author : Ngozi B. Ukachi The place of institutional repositories in enhancing scholarly communication is becoming obvious as academic institutions are embracing...