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Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database

Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database

No generalizable gold OA citation advantage at journal level.

Exploring Characteristics of Highly Cited Authors According to Citation Location and Content

Exploring Characteristics of Highly Cited Authors According to Citation Location and Content

Big Science and cross‐disciplinary collaborations have reshaped the intellectual structure of research areas. A number of works have tried to uncover this hidden intellectual structure.

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.