Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK
Authors : Yasaman Sarabi, Matthew Smith Gender diversity in STEM remains a significant issue, as the field continues to be a male dominated one, despite increas...
Étiquette : scientific communication
How unpredictable is research impact? Evidence from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework
Authors : Ohid Yaqub, Dmitry Malkov, Josh Siepel Although ex post evaluation of impact is increasingly common, the extent to which research impacts emerge large...
Judging Journals: How Impact Factor and Other Metrics Differ across Disciplines
Authors : Quinn Galbraith, Alexandra Carlile Butterfield, Chase Cardon Given academia’s frequent use of publication metrics and the inconsistencies in metrics a...
Why are these publications missing? Uncovering the reasons behind the exclusion of documents in free-access scholarly databases
Authors : Lorena Delgado-Quirós, Isidro F. Aguillo, Alberto Martín-Martín, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, Enrique Orduña-Malea, José Luis Ortega This study analyse...
The Predatory Paradox : Ethics, Politics, and Practices in Contemporary Scholarly Publishing
Authors : Amy Koerber, Jesse C. Starkey, Karin Ardon-Dryer, R. Glenn Cummins, Lyombe Eko, Kerk F. Kee In today’s ‘publish or perish’ academic setting, the insti...
Academic co-authorship is a risky game
Authors : Teddy Lazebnik, Stephan Beck, Labib Shami Conducting a project with multiple participants is a complex task that involves multiple social, economic, a...
The use of shadow libraries at Universitas Indonesia
Authors : Fauzan Eka Kusuma, Rahmi Rahmi Shadow libraries (SLs), such as Sci-Hub, Z-Library, and Library Genesis (LibGen), are online databases that provide con...