Mega-authorship implications: How many scientists can fit into one cell?
Author : Daniel S. Dotson The past 20 years has seen a significant increase in articles with 500 or more authors. This increase has presented problems in terms ...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology
Authors : Amanda D. Clark, Tanner C. Myers, Todd D. Steury, Ali Krzton et al. Authors are often faced with the decision of whether to maximize traditional impac...
How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?
Author : Najko Jahn The ongoing controversy surrounding transformative agreements, which aim to transition journal publishing to full open access, highlight the...
Peer review’s irremediable flaws: Scientists’ perspectives on grant evaluation in Germany
Authors : Eva Barlösius, Laura Paruschke, Axel Philipps Peer review has developed over time to become the established procedure for assessing and assuring the s...
How transformative are transformative agreements? Evidence from Germany across disciplines
Author : W. Benedikt Schmal Research institutions across the globe attempt to change the academic publishing system as digitization opens up new opportunities, ...
Scholar Metrics Scraper (SMS): automated retrieval of citation and author data
Authors : Yutong Cao, Nicole A. Cheung, Dean Giustini, Jeffrey LeDue, Timothy H. Murphy Academic departments, research clusters and evaluators analyze author an...
Bibliometric analysis of Sci-Hub downloads by Egyptian researchers
Authors : Ismail Ragab Osman, Hendy Abdullah Hendy Ahmed In this study we present an in-depth bibliometric analysis of Sci-Hub downloads by Egyptian researchers...