Dataverse 4.0: Defining Data Publishing
The research community needs reliable, standard ways to make the data produced by scientific research available to the community, while getting credit as data ...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Open Science in Poland 2014 : A Diagnosis
The process of producing and distributing scientific knowledge has been undergoing significant changes recently, termed collectively as “opening” of science. Th...
Too much of a good thing? An observational study of prolific authors
Introduction Researchers’ productivity is usually measured in terms of their publication output. A minimum number of publications is required for some medical q...
A New Ranking Scheme for the Institutional Scientific Performance
We propose a new performance indicator to evaluate the productivity of research institutions by their disseminated scientific papers. The new quality measure in...
Open Access Indicators and Scholarly Communications in Latin America
This book is the result of a joint research and development project supported by UNESCO and undertaken in 2013 by UNESCO in partnership with the Public Knowledg...
Retraction policies of top scientific journals ranked by impact factor
Objective This study gathered information about the retraction policies of the top 200 scientific journals, ranked by impact factor. Methods Editors of the top ...
Publishing Ethics and Predatory Practices: A Dilemma for All Stakeholders of Science Communication
Publishing scholarly articles in traditional and newly-launched journals is a responsible task, requiring diligence from authors, reviewers, editors, and publis...