Open Access Determinants and the Effect on Article Performance
Author : Sumiko Asai Although open access has steadily developed with the continuous increase in subscription journal price, the effect of open access articles ...
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Social Media Attention Increases Article Visits: An Investigation on Article-Level Referral Data of PeerJ
Authors : Xianwen Wang, Yunxue Cui, Qingchun Li, Xinhui Guo In order to better understand the effect of social media in the dissemination of scholarly articles,...
“Let the community decide”? The vision and reality of soundness-only peer review in open-access mega-journals
Authors : Valerie Spezi, Simon Wakeling, Stephen Pinfield, Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Peter Willett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand th...
Retraction Notices: Who Authored Them?
Authors : Shaoxiong Brian Xu, Guangwei Hu Unlike other academic publications whose authorship is eagerly claimed, the provenance of retraction notices (RNs) is ...
Advancing Scientific Knowledge: Ethical Issues in the Journal Publication Process
Author : Richard H. McCuen The goal of this paper is to assess the journal publication process from value and ethical perspectives. The specific objectives are:...
Automating semantic publishing
Author : Silvio Peroni Semantic Publishing involves the use of Web and Semantic Web technologies and standards for the semantic enhancement of a scholarly work ...
Data Sharing: Convert Challenges into Opportunities
Author : Ana Sofia Figueiredo Initiatives for sharing research data are opportunities to increase the pace of knowledge discovery and scientific progress. The r...