How to improve scientific peer review: Four schools of thought
Authors : Ludo Waltman, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Stephen Pinfield, Helen Buckley Woods Peer review plays an essential role as one of the cornerstones of the scho...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Are female scientists less inclined to publish alone? The gender solo research gap
Authors : Marek Kwiek, Wojciech Roszka In solo research, scientists compete individually for prestige, sending clear signals about their research ability, avoid...
Scientific research in news media: a case study of misrepresentation, sensationalism and harmful recommendations
Authors : Georgia Dempster, Georgina Sutherland, Louise Keogh Accurate news media reporting of scientific research is important as most people receive their hea...
Editors publishing in their own journals: A systematic review of prevalence and a discussion of normative aspects
Authors : Gert Helgesson, Igor Radun, Jenni Radun, Gustav Nilsonne Journal editors are the main gatekeepers in scientific publishing. Yet there is a concern tha...
Predatory journals and publishers: Characteristics and impact of academic spam to researchers in educational sciences
Authors : Jaume Sureda-Negre, Aina Calvo-Sastre, Rubén Comas-Forgas This study focuses on the phenomenon of presumed predatory scientific publications in the fi...
Extraction and validation of scientific data for the identification of publications in open access journals
Authors : Patrícia Mascarenhas Dias, Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias, Gray Farias Moita, Adilson Luiz Pinto This work aims to identify articles published in open a...
De l’intérêt du livre numérique dans le contexte de l’édition scientifique ?
Autrice/Author : Sandrine Chenevez Partant d’une brève histoire des écrits scientifiques, ce mémoire souligne le rôle croissant d’une diffusion numé...