MORE 'PLOS' POSTS
From the University of Texas at Austin: In a new article published by PLOS ONE, researchers reviewed 128,781 articles published in 159 different medical journals for markers of pro-industry bias, evaluating whether accepting advertising revenue, fulfilling reprint contracts or being owned by a large multinational publishing firm made a journal more likely to publish articles favorable […]
Roundup: July 20, 2020
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, PLOS, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
|Deepfake Used to Attack Activist Couple Shows New Disinformation Frontier (via Reuters) Europeana Foundation Restructures its Governance House Sets Floor Vote on TikTok (via Politico) International Publishers Association (IPA) Concerned Over Reports of Hong Kong Book Bans Public Library of Science Releases (PLOS Posts: “Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” Why is Intra-Campus Collaboration […]
The article linked to below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Case Study Exploring Associations Between Popular Media Attention of Scientific Research and Scientific Citations Authors Note: Affiliation of All Authors: Brigham Young University (BYU) P. Sage Anderson Aubrey R. Odom Hunter M. Gray Jordan B. Jones William F. Christensen Todd Hollingshead Joseph G. […]
cOAlition S: Open Access Lessons During Covid-19: No Lockdown For Research Results! Heightened Demand for Federal Privacy Legislation, FTC Commissioner Says (via MeriTalk) IOP Publishing and Hungarian Consortium Sign Open Access Publishing Agreement Letter to Congress: EDUCAUSE Comments: Broadband Infrastructure and Student Access OER: Rice’s OpenStax Institutional Partner Program to Offer Expanded Benefits PLOS and […]
Research Article: “Open Access Publishers: The New Players”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Open Access, PLOS, Publishing
|The article linked to below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Open Access Publishers: The New Players Authors Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Ernest Abadal University of Barcelona Breno Kricheldorf Hermes de Araújo Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Source PLoS ONE 15(6): e0233432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233432 Abstract The essential role […]
Roundup (May 20, 2020)
Digital Collections, Funding, Gale, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, PLOS, Publishing, Roundup
|2020 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum and Other Fall Events Will Transition to Virtual Format Emergency Funding Allows NLM to Expand COVID-19 Research and Services Gale Digital Scholar Lab Adds Instructional Support and Gains Customer Momentum Misinformation About Coronavirus Finds New Avenues on Unexpected Sites (via Washington Post) National Library of Latvia Announces Reopening Plan […]
Roundup (April 29, 2020)
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, PLOS, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|Arizona State University: Librarian’s Gift to Advance Archival Research at ASU Audit Critical Of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum (via NPR Illinois) Microsoft Teams Now Has 75 Million Daily Active Users, Adding 31 Million in Just Over a Month Move Over, Zoom. This Magic Interface is the Future of Videoconferencing (via FastCompany) New Cluster […]
A Group of Publishers and Scholarly Communications Organizations Launch Initiative to “Ensure a Rapid, Efficient, Yet Responsible Review Of Covid-19 Content”
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Open Access, PLOS, Scholarly Communications
|From the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association: Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to COVID-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible. The group of publishers and scholarly communications organizations — initially comprising eLife, Hindawi, PeerJ, PLOS, Royal Society, F1000 Research, […]
Journal Article: “The Citation Advantage of Linking Publications to Research Data”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Public Libraries, Publishing, Springer Nature
|The following article was published earlier today by PLOS One. Title Citation Advantage of Linking Publications to Research Data Authors Giovanni Colavizza The Alan Turing Institute University of Amsterdam Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Springer Nature Public Library of Science Isla Staden The Alan Turing Institute Queen Mary University Kirstie Whitaker The Alan Turing Institute University of Cambridge […]
Roundup (April 1, 2020)
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Roundup
|National Archives Donates Protective Gear for COVID-19 Response Report from Stanford: Is Learning About AI in Libraries Preparation For a Future Without Librarians? (via Stanford Libraries) University of California: PLOS Open Access Agreement Goes Live