The public impact of Latin America’s approach to open access
“This study explores the extent to which research published in Latin America—where the vast majority of which is made freely available to the public—has a...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Amplifying the Impact of Open Access: Wikipedia and the Diffusion of Science
Authors : Misha Teplitskiy, Grace Lu, Eamon Duede With the rise of Wikipedia as a first-stop source for scientific knowledge, it is important to compare its rep...
The Changing Publication Practices in Academia: Inherent Uses and Issues in Open Access and Online Publishing and the Rise of Fraudulent Publications
“Open access and online publishing present significant changes to the Australian higher education sector in a climate demanding increasing research output...
Donations as a Source of Income for Open Access Journals: An Option To Consider?
“Online open access journals allow readers to view scholarly articles without a subscription or other payment barrier. However, publishing costs must stil...
Data journals: A survey
Data occupy a key role in our information society. However, although the amount of published data continues to grow and terms such as data deluge and big data t...
Revues scientifiques et droit d’auteur : la rupture de l’open access
“L’apparition du numérique a constitué pour l’édition scientifique une étape essentielle, comme pour de nombreux autres secteurs des industrie...
Characterizing Social Media Metrics of Scholarly Papers: The Effect of Document Properties and Collaboration Patterns
“A number of new metrics based on social media platforms—grouped under the term “altmetrics”—have recently been introduced as potential indicators of rese...