Thoughts on Publishing the Research Article over the Centuries
Author : David Banks The first academic periodical was the Journal des Sçavans, which first appeared in January 1665. It was followed two months later by the Ph...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Opening the Heart of Science: A Review of the Changing Roles of Research Libraries
Author : Jorge Revez In a world of information overload and data deluge, is opening science a research library’s duty? Or is the openness of science deeply chan...
Reflective Practice: Eight Stages of Publishing a Scientific Research Paper
Author : Stephen K. Donovan This paper suggests a methodology of academic paper classification for the scientist intending to contribute to peer-reviewed scient...
Collectivity and collaboration: imagining new forms of communality to create resilience in scholar-led publishing
Authors : Janneke Adema, Samuel A. Moore The Radical Open Access Collective (ROAC) is a community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other ope...
Ethnic Diversity Increases Scientific Impact
Authors : Bedoor K AlShebli, Talal Rahwan, Wei Lee Woon Inspired by the numerous social and economic benefits of diversity, we analyze over 9 million papers and...
Format Aside: Applying Beall’s Criteria to Assess the Predatory Nature of both OA and Non-OA Library and Information Science Journals
Authors : Joseph D. Olivarez, Stephen Bales, Laura Sare, Wyoma vanDuinkerken Jeffrey Beall’s blog listing of potential predatory journals and publishers, as wel...
How to counter undeserving authorship
Authors: Stefan Eriksson, Tove Godskesen, Lars Andersson, Gert Helgesson The average number of authors listed on contributions to scientific journals has increa...