Library funding for open access at KU Leuven
Authors : Demmy Verbeke, Laura Mesotten As main buyers of scholarly literature, research libraries have always provided essential economic support for sustainin...
Étiquette : scientific communication
The Uptake and Impact of a Label for Peer-Reviewed Books
Authors : Eline Vandewalle, Raf Guns, Tim C. E. Engels This article presents an analysis of the uptake of the GPRC label (Guaranteed Peer Reviewed Content label...
Perspectives on Open Science and The Future of Scholarly Communication: Internet Trackers and Algorithmic Persuasion
Authors : Tiberius Ignat, Paul Ayris, Beatrice Gini, Olga Stepankova, Deniz Özdemir, Damla Bal, Yordanka Deyanov The current digital content industry is heavily...
Open access in the humanities, arts and social sciences: Complex perceptions of researchers and implications for research support
Author : Niamh Quigley Adoption of open access in the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) is a work in progress, with lower engagement in HASS than most...
Why does library holding format really matter for book impact assessment?: Modelling the relationship between citations and altmetrics with print and electronic holdings
Author : Ashraf Maleki Scholarly books are important outputs in some fields and their many publishing formats seem to introduce opportunities to scrutinize thei...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on publication dynamics and non-COVID-19 research production
Authors : Marc Raynaud, Valentin Goutaudier, Kevin Louis, Solaf Al‑Awadhi, Quentin Dubourg, Agathe Truchot, Romain Brousse, Nouredine Saleh, Alessia Giarraputo,...
Membership of the editorial boards of journals published by the predatory publisher OMICS: willing and unwilling participation
Author : Michael Downes Introduction OMICS is the largest and most successful predatory publisher, with numerous subsidiaries. In 2019 it was convicted of uneth...