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BISG Releases White Paper on Open Access Ebook Usage
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published a white paper on “Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage”.
European Universities Dismal at Reporting Results of Clinical Trials
Analysis of 30 leading institutions found that just 17% of study results had been posted online as required by EU rules.
How Journals and Publishers Can Help to Reform Research Assessment
How Journals and Publishers Can Help to Reform Research Assessment
It is well established that administrators and decision-makers use journal prestige and impact factors as a shortcut to assess research. But it is not enough to recognize the problem. Identifying specific approaches that publishers can take to address these concerns really is key.
Why You Should Cite Open Source Tools
Open-source software is largely developed by active scientists, yet university hierarchies and national funding bodies generally do not recognise code as valuable output.
Cabell's Predatory Journal Blacklist: An Updated Review
Two years after its initial entry into the marketplace, Cabell's Blacklist has matured into a carefully crafted and highly useful directory of predatory and deceptive journals.
The NYC March For Science Had A Lineup Of All Women Speakers
Marches were held at some 100 locations worldwide as part of a global day of action. Speakers at the NYC march touched on issues ranging from climate change and a Green New Deal to sexual harassment, gender inequity, and activism within STEM.
The "Impact" of the Journal Impact Factor in the Review, Tenure, and Promotion Process
The "Impact" of the Journal Impact Factor in the Review, Tenure, and Promotion Process
The Journal Impact Factor has been widely critiqued as a measure of individual academic performance. However, it is unclear whether these criticisms and high profile declarations, such as DORA, have led to significant cultural change.
Sustainable Open-Access Model for Monographs
A project that aims to slash the cost of producing monographs could help make more of them available to the public for free. But will scholars participate?
Nominations Now Open for ORCID Board Elections 2020
The ORCID Nominations Committee is now welcoming nominations for Board members to serve from 2020 - 2022. Learn how, when and why to get involved.
Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities
Common Struggles: Policy-based Vs. Scholar-led Approaches to Open Access in the Humanities
The thesis argues that the UK governmental policy framework promotes a form of OA that intends to minimise disruption to the publishing industry. The scholar-led ecosystem of presses, in contrast, reflects a diversity of values and struggles that represent a counter-hegemonic alternative to the dominant cultures of OA and publishing more generally.
How Former Elsevier Editors Started a Community-led Publisher and Launched Their First OA Journal
How Former Elsevier Editors Started a Community-led Publisher and Launched Their First OA Journal
After serving as editor-in-chief of an Elsevier journal for over seven years, Lajos Balogh decided to channel his publishing knowledge to a new endeavor. He and a group of fellow editors started a publishing organization and journal of their own.
Open Science: European Universities Have More Homework to Do on Data Handling
Open Science: European Universities Have More Homework to Do on Data Handling
According to the latest data from the European University Association (EUA), only few higher education institutions have policies on research data management in place.
Statisticians Want to Abandon Science's Standard Measure of 'Significance'
For years, scientists have declared P values of less than 0.05 to be "statistically significant." Now statisticians are saying the cutoff needs to go.
Self-organising Peer Review for Preprints - A Future Paradigm for Scholarly Publishing
Self-organising Peer Review for Preprints - A Future Paradigm for Scholarly Publishing
The development of preprint servers as self-organising peer review platforms could be the future of scholarly publication.
Male Researchers' 'Vague' Language More Likely to Win Grants
Grant reviewers favour 'broad' words used more often by men, but proposals using those terms don't produce better research.
How China is Redrawing the Map of World Science
The Belt and Road Initiative, China's mega-plan for global infrastructure, will transform the lives and work of tens of thousands of researchers.
Open Science Day - EPF Lausanne
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of EPFL, the important topic of open and reproducible science is given the place it deserves.
New-Look EU Research Department Aims to Overcome Bureaucratic Silos
EU Commissioners approved on 30 April details of an experimental new "matrix" design for their research policy department, which its chief says will force staff to work together across bureaucratic lines. "This is really about establishing an agile, modern, cross-cutting administration, which really can elaborate policies and projects differently," said Jean-Eric Paquet, director-general of DG Research and Innovation, known as DG RTD.
Making Science Open with the New Europe PMC Plus
We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Europe PMC Plus - the manuscript submission system for authors supported by Europe PMC funders.
Platform Capitalism and the Governance of Knowledge Infrastructure
The dominant academic publishers are busy positioning themselves to monetize not only on content, but increasingly on data analytics and predictive products on research assessment and funding trends. Their growing investment and control over the entire knowledge production workflow, from article submissions, to metrics to reputation management and global rankings means that researchers and their institutions are increasingly locked into the publishers' "value chain".
Scite: Making Science More Reliable
scite is a platform that allows anyone to see if a scientific report has been supported or contradicted by subsequent work. Its aim is to make it easier to tell what is fact and what is not.
Productivity, Prominence, and the Effects of Academic Environment
Past studies have shown that faculty at prestigious universities tend to be more productive and prominent than faculty at less prestigious universities. This pattern is usually attributed to a competitive job market that selects inherently productive faculty into prestigious positions. Here, we test the extent to which, instead, faculty's work environments drive their productivity. Using comprehensive data on an entire field of research, we use a matched-pair experimental design to isolate the effects of training at, versus working in, prestigious environments.
Researchers Meet Innovators
In this 2-day meeting participants will learn how to contribute to innovation covering a large variety of roles in the value chain.
Turning the Tables: A University League-Table Based On Quality Not Quantity
Turning the Tables: A University League-Table Based On Quality Not Quantity
League tables predominantly reward measures of research output, such as publications and citations, and may therefore be promoting poor research practices by encouraging the “publish or perish” mentality. The authors examined whether a league table could be created based on good research practice.
An Open Toolkit for Tracking Open Science Partnership Implementation and Impact
An Open Toolkit for Tracking Open Science Partnership Implementation and Impact
An open toolkit to guide and facilitate data collection about Open Science (OS) and non-OS collaborations with the aim of measuring the implementation and impact of OS partnership across these organizations.
US Science Academy Leaders Approve Plan to Expel Sexual Harassers
The National Academy of Sciences has come under pressure to address misconduct in recent years.
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