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Category Archives: Academic Publishing
Jun 20 2013
Open Science: digging deeper into the assumptions that underpin openness and Web 2.0
Leave a commentBenedikt Fecher and Sascha Friesike take a closer look at the assumptions that underpin perspectives on scholarly communication and the benefits of communicating more openly with non-experts. Ultimately, the use of novel communication tools depends on quite a few variables and challenges … Continue reading
Posted by: June 20, 2013
Jun 17 2013
The old paradigm of a single definitive study in the social sciences should be abandoned
Leave a commentHow did journals like Science and Nature become so strongly associated with weak, overly-hyped research? Andrew Gelman speculates on the replicability crisis in the social sciences where conclusions derived from definitive studies based on small sample sizes not only lead to tabloid … Continue reading
Posted by: June 17, 2013
Jun 11 2013
What do academics want – a survey of behaviours and attitudes in UK higher education.
4 CommentsA new survey has been undertaken which looks at the changing practices of academics in the UK. Ben Showers of Jisc and Mike Mertens of RLUK discuss three key findings of the survey which demonstrate the influence of new technologies on research, the … Continue reading
Posted by: June 11, 2013
Jun 10 2013
Record how you search, not just what you find: Thoughtfully constructed search terms greatly enhance the reliability of digital research
1 CommentThe way in which digital search results are determined and displayed are continually changing and a lack of a defined approach can have significant repercussions on research. M. H. Beals recommends employing the Boolean search method because of the flexibility it provides in adjusting … Continue reading
Posted by: June 10, 2013
Tagged with: Boolean searching, database, search methods
Jun 6 2013
A CHORUS of boos: publishers’ “solution” to public access undermines government mandates and would invariably cost more money
3 CommentsThe Association of American Publishers recently proposed to implement a public access database called CHORUS on behalf of funding agencies. Given their vocal opposition to the US government’s public access mandates on federally funded research, Michael Eisen is very sceptical … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2013
Jun 4 2013
GitHub for Academics: the open-source way to host, create and curate knowledge
7 CommentsThough originally developed as a way to share and merge software code, any types of files can be part of a GitHub repository, making it a great collaborative tool for academics, finds Kris Shaffer. Since any open-licensed project can be hosted on GitHub … Continue reading
Posted by: June 4, 2013
Tagged with: GitHub
May 24 2013
Easy steps towards open scholarship
9 CommentsKnowing how and where to share your research may still seem a daunting task given the variety of channels. Ross Mounce, Community Coordinator for Open Science at the Open Knowledge Foundation, presents the best ways to ensure discoverable access to research … Continue reading
Posted by: May 24, 2013
Tagged with: institutional repositories, Zenodo
May 21 2013
Impact factors declared unfit for duty
2 CommentsLast week the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment was published. This document aims to address the research community’s problems with evaluating individual outputs, a welcome announcement for those concerned with the mis-use of journal impact factors. Stephen Curry commends the Declaration’s … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2013
Tagged with: impact factors
May 19 2013
5 minutes with Kathryn King from The Policy Press: “Digital publishing gives us the opportunity to offer content in ways impossible in print”
Comments OffTo mark their first birthday, the LSE Review of Books held an awards ceremony on 16 May 2013 to recognise the hard work of contributors and to thank all parties involved in helping to support the initiative. Kathryn King, Marketing Manager at The Policy Press, continues the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 19, 2013
May 16 2013
Elite journals are losing their position of privilege
2 CommentsHaving first documented the large-scale demise of the impact factor as a predictor of quality research, George Lozano and team examined whether this pattern also applies to the handful of elite journals. His recent study finds the proportion of top papers published … Continue reading
Posted by: May 16, 2013
Tagged with: impact factor
