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Improving the Measurement of Scientific Success by Reporting a Self-Citation Index

Improving the Measurement of Scientific Success by Reporting a Self-Citation Index

Self-citations, if left unchecked, can have a negative impact on the scientific workforce, the way that we publish new knowledge, and ultimately the course of scientific advance.

Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?

Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?

Established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour.

Automatic Jargon Identifier for Scientists Engaging with the Public

Automatic Jargon Identifier for Scientists Engaging with the Public

Scientists are required to communicate science and research not only to other experts in the field, but also to scientists and experts from other fields, as well as to the public and policymakers. One fundamental suggestion when communicating with non-experts is to avoid professional jargon.

The Distribution of P-values in Medical Research Articles Suggested Selective Reporting Associated with Statistical Significance

The Distribution of P-values in Medical Research Articles Suggested Selective Reporting Associated with Statistical Significance

Published P-values provide a window into the global enterprise of medical research. The aim of this study was to use the distribution of published P-values to estimate the relative frequencies of null and alternative hypotheses and to seek irregularities suggestive of publication bias.

Science With No Fiction: Measuring the Veracity of Scientific Reports by Citation Analysis

Science With No Fiction: Measuring the Veracity of Scientific Reports by Citation Analysis

We propose to use an approach that yields a simple numerical measure of veracity, the R-factor, by summarizing the outcomes of already published studies that have attempted to test a claim.

A Simple Proposal for the Publication of Journal Citation Distributions

A Simple Proposal for the Publication of Journal Citation Distributions

Although there are differences among journals across the spectrum of JIFs, the citation distributions overlap extensively, demonstrating that the citation performance of individual papers cannot be inferred from the JIF.

A Collection of Papers that Should Never Have Been Published

A Collection of Papers that Should Never Have Been Published

A collection of thirteen papers that were intended to be unpublishable. All were submitted to predatory journals to expose non-existent peer review and exploitative practices.

Case Study on Researcher Strategies Against Fear of Scooping in the Context of Open Science

Case Study on Researcher Strategies Against Fear of Scooping in the Context of Open Science

Openness requires trust in close peers, but not necessarily in research community or society at large.

Sci-Hub Provides Access to Nearly All Scholarly Literature

Sci-Hub Provides Access to Nearly All Scholarly Literature

Sci-Hub's contains 68.9% of all 81.6 million scholarly articles, which rises to 85.2% for those published in closed access journals and 77.0% of the 5.2 million articles published by inactive journals.

Research Funding: The Case for a Modified Lottery

Research Funding: The Case for a Modified Lottery

On awarding research funds on the basis of a modified lottery in which peer review is used to identify the most meritorious proposals, from which funded applications are selected by lottery.

Study Finds Large Share of Cases Involving Faculty Harassment of Graduate Students Are Serious

Study Finds Large Share of Cases Involving Faculty Harassment of Graduate Students Are Serious

New study of harassment of graduate students by faculty members suggests that the problem is worse -- both in level of offense and prevalence of repeat offenders -- than many believe.

Becoming Professor. With Almost no Publications

Becoming Professor. With Almost no Publications

I think I am the only living person in Sweden who achieved a professor chair with only one international journal publication.

A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics

A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics

A set of criteria for the identification of emerging topics is proposed according to the adjusted definition and attributes of emergence.