A Powerful Partnership Brings Open Annotation to EPUBs
The world's first open-source, standards-based annotation capability in an EPUB viewer.
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Coko & eLife Partner on First PubSweet Fueled Journals Submission and Peer-Review Platform
Coko & eLife Partner on First PubSweet Fueled Journals Submission and Peer-Review Platform
Earlier this week, eLife announced a partnership with Coko to build an open source solution for submission, peer review and processing of manuscripts. The limitations of the currently available systems are substantial.
Open Notebook Science as an Emerging Epistemic Culture within the Open Science Movement
Open Notebook Science as an Emerging Epistemic Culture within the Open Science Movement
The paper addresses the concepts and practices of “open notebook science” as an innovation within the contemporary Open Science movement.
Open APC
The Open APC initiative releases datasets on fees paid for Open Access journal articles by universities and research institutions under an Open Database License.
Putting Data Before the Carrot
Self-citations and academic assessments: Including the s-index as an additional metric thus provides important context to guide decisions based on academic value.
The Case for Tracking Self-Citations
As the h-index becomes the standard for measuring researcher impact, the risk for gaming the system grows.
Misuse of Received Manuscripts by Peer Reviewers
Trust that reviewers will treat manuscripts received for peer review as confidential communications is an essential tenet of peer review. New results suggest that breaches of this trust do occur.
Should Research Funding Be Distributed Equally Among Scientists?
Instead of making scientists compete for grants based on project proposals, research funding could simply be divided equally among all ‘qualified’ researchers, according to a new paper.
bioRxiv Selects Hypothesis to Enable Annotation on Preprints
Hypothesis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are today announcing the selection of the Hypothesis open source annotation framework for the bioRxiv preprint service as their primary annotation mechanism.
How Post-Publication Peer Review Is Improving the Quality of Science
How Post-Publication Peer Review Is Improving the Quality of Science
With science needing to always be reviewed to be sure it is correct, using Post-publication peer review is useful for scientific accuracy.
Making Peer Reviews Citable, Discoverable, and Creditable
Peer review infrastructure will arrive at Crossref in one month.
She Was A Rising Star at a Major University
Then a lecherous professor made her life hell...
How Retractions Hurt Scientists' Credibility
Study finds faulty research creates a significant drop in use of prior published work.
Options for Scientists
Most PhD students in the biological sciences will not go on to become academics.
Centre for Open Science Announces Elsevier as New Signatory to TOP Guidelines
Elsevier develops and implements comprehensive new journal data guidelines.
10+ Scientists Reveal Their Most Embarrassing Fieldwork Fails
When scientists step outside their safe laboratories, anything can happen. Of course, studying wild animals or digging out million-year-old fossils sounds exotic and exciting, but that's only one side of the spectrum.
3 Examples Of Crowdsourcing Science
The time for crowdsourcing science has arrived. From idea generation to job hunting, crowdsourcing science can have an impact in your research.
No Deal, No Review – #nodealnoreview
A template for responding the invitations for editorial and reviewer tasks for journals that you wish to boycott.
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
Ultimately, a key question is emerging for higher education institutions: to what extent, and under what conditions, does it make sense to outsource core scholarly infrastructure?
Cryptocurrency and Independent Scientific Funding
How cryptocurrencies may generate capital for scientific funding via dividend reinvestment.
Six New Preprint Services Join a Growing Community Across Disciplines
This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research.
How Universities Promote Putting It into Practice
A few examples that demonstrate how universities design their open science guides.
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
At a research facility in France 35 countries are working on a project that could transform energy.
Welcome to Dissemin
Dissemin detects papers behind pay-walls and invites their authors to upload them in one click to an open repository.
Announcing the new British Library Research Data Strategy
Our vision for the British Library is that research data are as integrated into our collections, research and services as text is today. The
Multidisciplinary Science – Multiple Authors?
Bibliometrics for the 20 highest performing authors in Multidisciplinary Science.
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