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Research Article: “Developmental Function of Peer Review: A Multi-Dimensional, Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Peer Review Reports From 740 Academic Journals”
The article linked below was published today by PeerJ. Title Developmental Function of Peer Review: A Multi-Dimensional, Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Peer Review Reports From 740 Academic Journals Authors Daniel Garcia-Costa University of Valencia Flaminio Squazzoni University of Milan Bahar Mehmani Elsevier Francisco Grimaldo University of Valencia Source PeerJ 10:e13539 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13539 Abstract Reviewers do not […]
Roundup (June 7, 2022)
Coherent Digital Acquires the Index to Current Urban Documents Database Elsevier Closes Interfolio Acquisition Frontiers Is the First Publisher to Sign ‘Stick to Science’ Initiative Japan Launches Preprint Server — but Will Scientists Use It? (via Nature) JMIRx Med: First Preprint Overlay Journal Accepted in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) OpenAire Announces Launch […]
Journal Article: “A Framework for Librarians to Inform the Citizenry During Disasters: Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic”
The article linked below was recently published by Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. Title A Framework for Librarians to Inform the Citizenry During Disasters: Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic Authors Collence T. Chisita Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa Patrick Ngulube University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Source Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster […]
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Elsevier Appoints Judy Verses to the Newly Created Role of President, Academic and Government Markets
From Elsevier: Elsevier is pleased to announce the appointment of Judy Verses to the newly created role of President, Academic and Government Markets. Judy will join Elsevier on May 2, 2022, as a member of the company’s executive leadership team, reporting to Kumsal Bayazit, CEO; she will be based in Amsterdam. Judy will be responsible […]
Pilot Project Intro: “Show US the Data”
From Harvard Data Science Review: Data search and discoverability is high on the wish list of scientists and U.S. government agencies alike. Scientists want to learn what’s already been done, connect with other researchers, and reuse code when possible. And research agencies are under legislative pressure from the Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, […]
Elsevier Releases “Research Futures 2.0” Report
From Elsevier The research ecosystem has been undergoing rapid and profound change, accelerated by COVID-19. This transformation is being fueled by many factors, including advances in technology, funding challenges and opportunities, political uncertainty, and new pressures on women in research. [Clip] The Research Futures Report 2.0 shows that the past two years have driven progress […]
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Roundup (April 18, 2022)
Americans are Drowning in Spam (via Axios) Penn Libraries Joins Elsevier Open Access Pilot (via Penn Libraries) Scholarly Publishing and Electric Cars: A Comment on “The Big Idea: Should We Get Rid of the Scientific Paper?” (via SciELO) Supporting Ukrainian Scholars Through Interlibrary Loan (via Internet Archive)
Report: “Russian Site Peddles Paper Authorship in Reputable Journals for Up to $5000 a Pop”
From Science: Since 2019, Anna Abalkina has been monitoring a website that offers an illicit way for scientists to burnish their CVs. The site, operated from Russia, openly offers to sell authorship slots on soon-to-be-published scientific papers, for fees ranging from several hundred dollars to nearly $5000. Abalkina, a sociologist at the Free University of […]
LIBER Posts “Four Urgent Recommendations for Open Access Negotiations with Publishers”
From LIBER (Assoc. of European Research Libraries): Today, with the ESAC Market Watch documenting more than half a million research articles enabled for immediate Open Access publication in the past five years,[1] transformative agreements (TAs)[2] have emerged as a highly impactful Open Access transition strategy. Yet beyond the sheer amount of openness achieved, the process […]
Open Access: UK Universities Reach a Three-Year Agreement with Elsevier
From the Russell Group: Jisc, which co-ordinates digital services for the higher education sector, has announced today (23 March) that UK universities have agreed a three-year agreement with Elsevier providing both unlimited open access publishing and access to paywalled journal articles for a significant reduction on current institutional spend. Responding to the news, a Russell Group spokesperson […]
