Open is not forever: A study of vanished open access journals
Authors : Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge product...
Étiquette : scientific communication
Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic
Authors : Martijn Visser, Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web o...
Large coverage fluctuations in Google Scholar: a case study
Authors : Alberto Martín-Martín, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar Unlike other academic bibliographic databases, Google Scholar intentionally operates in a way that d...
Decolonizing Scholarly Communications through Bibliodiversity
Authors : Shearer Kathleen, Becerril-García Arianna Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem. In the field of scholarly communications,...
Journal Open Access and Plan S: Solving Problems or Shifting Burdens?
Authors : Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, David J. Allen, Bas de Bruin, Etienne Derat, Henrik Urdal This academic thought piece provides an overview of the histor...
Cite Unseen: Theory and Evidence on the Effect of Open Access on Cites to Academic Articles Across the Quality Spectrum
Authors : Mark J. McCabe, Christopher Snyder Our previous paper (McCabe and Snyder 2014) contained the provocative result that, despite a positive average effec...
The move to open: medical library leadership in scholarly communication
Author : Chris Shaffer Over the years, health sciences librarians have been change agents, leading the charge on issues of importance to the profession and the ...