Virtual conferences raise standards for accessibility and interactions
Author : Sarvenaz Sarabipour Scientific conferences have an important role in the exchange of ideas and knowledge within the scientific community. Conferences a...
Étiquette : scientific communication
A metaresearch study revealed susceptibility of Covid-19 treatment research to white hat bias: first, do no harm
Author : Ioannis Bellos Objective To investigate the presence of white hat bias in Covid-19 treatment research by evaluating the effects of citation and reporti...
Fear of the academic fake? Journal editorials and the amplification of the ‘predatory publishing’ discourse
Authors : Kelsey Inouye, David Mills This analysis of 229 editorials and opinion pieces published in science and medical journals explores the affective discour...
The Pioneering Role of Sci in Post Publication Public Peer Review (P4R)
Authors : Ahmad Yaman Abdin, Muhammad Jawad Nasim, Yannick Ney, Claus Jacob Scientists observe, discover, justify and eventually share their findings with the s...
Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World
Author : Raminta Pranckutė Nowadays, the importance of bibliographic databases (DBs) has increased enormously, as they are the main providers of publication met...
Research impact evaluation and academic discourse
Author : Marta Natalia Wróblewska The introduction of ‘impact’ as an element of assessment constitutes a major change in the construction of research evaluation...
Assessment of gender divide in scientific communities
Authors : Antonio De Nicola, Gregorio D’Agostino Increasing evidence of women’s under-representation in some scientific disciplines is prompting researchers to ...