Gender inequality and self-publication are common among academic editors
Authors : Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan Scientific editors shape the content of academic journals and set standards f...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Characteristics of European Universities that Participate in Library Crowdfunding Initiatives for Open Access Monographs
Author : Mirela Roncevic The aim of the study was to identify the traits of 100 European universities across 26 countries that did or did not support one partic...
Factors that affect scientific publication in Africa—A gender perspective
Authors : Catherine Beaudry, Heidi Prozesky, Carl St-Pierre, Seyed Reza Mirnezami A large body of literature on gender differences in scientific publication out...
The pandemic and changes in early career researchers’ career prospects, research and publishing practices
Authors : Hamid R. Jamali, David Nicholas, David Sims, Anthony Watkinson, Eti Herman, Cherifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Blanca Rodrıguez-Bravo, Marzena Świgoń, Abdull...
Exploring enablers and barriers to implementing the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines: a theory-based survey of journal editors
Authors : Kevin Naaman, Sean Grant, Sina Kianersi, Lauren Supplee, Beate Henschel, Evan Mayo-Wilson The Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines pro...
Are papers published in predatory journals worthless? A geopolitical dimension revealed by content-based analysis of citations
Authors : Zehra Taşkın, Franciszek Krawczyk, Emanuel Kulczycki This study uses content-based citation analysis to move beyond the simplified classification of p...
Researchers and their data: A study based on the use of the word data in scholarly articles
Authors : Frédérique Bordignon, Marion Maisonobe Data is one of the most used terms in scientific vocabulary. This article focuses on the relationship between d...