Étiquette : scientific communication

Le blog de recherche comme journal de bord informatique. Un soutien à la réflexivité, à l’analyse, à la communication et à la scientificité?

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 17 janvier 2017

Auteur/Author : Christophe Lejeune

En recherche qualitative, le journal de bord permet aux chercheurs de se rappeler leurs observations, de réfléchir à leurs pratiques et de catalyser leurs analyses via l’écriture. Patiente et personnelle, sa rédaction est solitaire et son contenu reste privé.

Pour leur part, les blogs de recherche mobilisent l’écriture pour expliciter publiquement les questions, les résultats intermédiaires et le cheminement des chercheurs. Adossé aux pratiques de publication sur les blogs scientifiques, un journal de bord informatisé peut se doter de différents niveaux de publicité : certaines notes restent privées, d’autres s’élaborent au sein de l’équipe de recherche, d’autres encore sont accessibles aux commanditaires ou aux informateurs, les dernières enfin sont publiques.

Outre ses vertus de coordination du travail collectif, une telle plateforme permettrait d’expliciter publiquement le parcours de recherche et, ce faisant, de démontrer la scientificité des recherches qualitatives.

URL : http://www.recherche-qualitative.qc.ca/documents/files/revue/hors_serie/HS-20/rq-hs-20-lejeune.pdf

Étiquettes Christophe Lejeune, Scholarly Blogging, scientific communication

Open access articles receive more citations in hybrid marine ecology journals

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 14 janvier 2017

Author : Jeff C. Clements

The accumulation of evidence that open access publishing can increase citation rates highlights one benefit of universal accessibility to scholarly works. However, studies investigating the effect of open access publishing on citations are typically conducted across a wide variety of journals and disciplines, introducing a number of potential issues and limiting their utility for specific disciplines.

Here, I used three primary marine ecology journals with an open access option as a “microcosm” of scientific publishing to determine whether or not open access articles received more citations than non-open access articles during the same time frame, controlling for self-citations, article type, and journal impact factor.

I also tested for the effects of time since publication and the number of authors. Citations were positively correlated with time since publication and differed across the three journals. In addition, open access articles received significantly more citations than non-open access articles.

Self-citations increased with author number and were affected by a complex interaction between open access, journal, and time since publication. This study demonstrates that open access articles receive more citations in hybrid marine ecology journals, although the causal factors driving this trend are unknown.

URL : Open access articles receive more citations in hybrid marine ecology journals

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/facets-2016-0032

Étiquettes citations, Jeff C. Clements, marine ecology, open access, open access publishing, scientific communication

Elsevier: Among the World’s Largest Open Access Publishers as of 2016

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 14 janvier 2017

Author : Heather Morrison

Highlights of this broad-brush case study of Elsevier’s Open Access (OA) journals as of 2016: Elsevier offers 511 fully OA journals and 2,149 hybrids. Most fully OA journals do not charge article processing charges (APCs). APCs of fully OA journals average $660 US ($1,731 excluding no-fee journals); hybrid OA averages $2,500.

A practice termed author nominal copyright is observed, where copyright is in the name of the author although the author contract is essentially a copyright transfer. The prospects for a full Elsevier flip to OA via APC payments for articles going forward are considered and found to be problematic.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5260/chara.18.3.53

Étiquettes article-processing charges, Elsevier, Heather Morrison, hybrid open access, open access, open access journals, scholarly publishing market, scientific communication

Améliorer l’exposition des données de la recherche : la publication de data papers

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 7 janvier 2017

Auteur/Author : Nathalie Reymonet

Les données de la recherche sont l’objet de l’intérêt des financeurs de la recherche publique, qui incitent les chercheurs à partager ces données, afin de répondre à des enjeux financiers comme de circulation des savoirs.

Parmi les différentes modalités de la communication scientifique, la publication d’un « data paper » est une démarche relativement nouvelle. Le « data paper », ou article sur des données, décrit des données scientifiques et propose un lien vers un entrepôt de données qui les stocke.

La description est en particulier très précise sur les points techniques et la méthodologie de production des données. Cette démarche va dans le sens de l’exposition des données, de leur accessibilité, leur interopérabilité et leur réutilisabilité, répondant ainsi aux recommandations des communautés d’intérêt de la recherche académique.

Ce texte présente la structure et le contenu d’un « data paper » ainsi que des exemples de revues qui publient de tels articles.

URL : Améliorer l’exposition des données de la recherche : la publication de data papers

Alternative location : https://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_01427978

Étiquettes data papers, Nathalie Reymonet, research data, scientific communication

Open Science: a revolution in sight?

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 2 janvier 2017

Author : Bernard Rentier

Purpose

This article aims at describing the evolution of scientific communication, largely represented by the publication process. It notes the disappearance of the traditional publication on paper and its progressive replacement by electronic publishing, a new paradigm implying radical changes in the whole mechanism.

It aims also at warning the scientific community about the dangers of some new avenues and why, rather than subcontracting an essential part of its work, it must take back a full control of its production.

Design/methodology/approach

The article reviews the emerging concepts in scholarly publication and aims to answer frequently asked questions concerning free access to scientific literature as well as to data, science and knowledge in general.

Findings

The article provides new observations concerning the level of compliance to institutional open access mandates and the poor relevance of journal prestige for quality evaluation of research and researchers. The results of introducing an open access policy at the University of Liège are noted.

Social implications

Open access is, for the first time in human history, an opportunity to provide free access to knowledge universally, regardless of either the wealth or the social status of the potentially interested readers. It is an essential breakthrough for developing countries.

Value

Open access and Open Science in general must be considered as common values that should be shared freely. Free access to publicly generated knowledge should be explicitly included in universal human rights.

There are still a number of obstacles hampering this goal, mostly the greed of intermediaries who persuade researchers to give their work for free, in exchange for prestige. The worldwide cause of Open Knowledge is thus a major universal issue for the 21st Century.

URL : http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/198865

Étiquettes Bernard Rentier, case study, open access, open access mandates, open repositories, open science, scientific communication

Joining Networks in the World of Open Science

Auteur de l’article Par Hans Dillaerts
Date de l’article 27 décembre 2016

Author : Riitta Maijala

Whereas the first digital revolution of science by digitisation changed the scientific practices of data collection, analysis and reporting of results, the second digital revolution, i.e. open science, will also challenge the current roles of researchers, research organisations, libraries and publishers.

From the early days of development, research libraries have joined different networks
and been among the most active stakeholders working towards open science. Cohesive networks are needed for coordinated actions and support, whereas bridging networks can provide new approaches and novel information.

The Finnish Open Science and Research Initiative is presented in this paper as an example of joining networks, motivating individuals and organisations to deliver high-quality services, infrastructures and competence building to promote a transition towards open science.

This paper also presents milestones such as the publication of the academic publishing costs of Finnish research organisations and the maturity level of open science operating cultures in HEIs.

Based on the experience of the Finnish open science initiative, joining different networks at the national level on an open mode of operation can significantly speed up the transition towards the era of open science.

URL : Joining Networks in the World of Open Science

Alternative location : https://www.liberquarterly.eu/article/10.18352/lq.10179/

Étiquettes Finland, open science, Riitta Maijala, Scholarly Publishing, scientific communication