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...
Étiquette : scientific communication
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...
Beyond journals and peer review: towards a more flexible ecosystem for scholarly communication
Author : Michael Wood This article challenges the assumption that journals and peer review are essential for developing,evaluating and disseminating scientific ...
Dataset Artefacts are the Hidden Drivers of the Declining Disruptiveness in Science
Authors : Vincent Holst, Andres Algaba, Floriano Tori, Sylvia Wenmackers, Vincent Ginis Park et al. [1] reported a decline in the disruptiveness of scientific a...