Exposing the predators. Methods to stop predatory journals
« The internet is greatly improving the impact of scholarly journals, but also poses new threats to their quality. Publishers have arisen that abuse the Gold Op...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Using Crowdsourcing to Evaluate Published Scientific Literature: Methods and Example
« Systematically evaluating scientific literature is a time consuming endeavor that requires hours of coding and rating. Here, we describe a method to distribut...
Where to publish? Development of a recommender system for academic publishing
« This thesis using the method of research design is about creating a journal recommendation system for authors. Existing systems like JANE or whichjournal.com ...
Rise of the Rest: The Growing Impact of Non-Elite Journals
« In this paper, we examine the evolution of the impact of non-elite journals. We attempt to answer two questions. First, what fraction of the top-cited article...
Research governance and scientific knowledge production in The Gambia
« Public research institutions and scientists are principal actors in the production and transfer of scientific knowledge, technologies and innovations for appl...
Data and scholarly publishing: the transforming landscape
« This article sets the scene for the special issue on research data and publishing. Research data – that material commonly accepted by the scholarly community ...
L’offre de réseaux socio numériques pour les scientifiques : services et stratégies d’acteurs
Auteur/Author : Emma Bester Aux côtés des services généralistes et professionnels de sites de réseaux socio numériques (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn), se développe u...