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Journal Article: “National Differences in Dissemination and Use of Open Access Literature”
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The article linked below was published today PLOS One. Title National Differences in Dissemination and Use of Open Access Literature Authors Marc-André Simard Université de Montréal Gita Ghiasi Université de Montréal Philippe Mongeon Dalhousie University Vincent Larivière Université du Québec à Montréal Source PLOS One 17(8): e0272730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272730 Abstract Open Access (OA) dissemination has […]
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Holds Information Session on Digital Equity Project; Web Archiving the War in Ukraine; and More Headlines
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Common Practices for National Bibliographies in the Digital Age Now Available in IFLA Repository Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Holds Information Session on Digital Equity Project (via DPLA) EDGI’s Response to the EPA’s Announcement it Will Retain its Online Archive (via Environmental Data and Governance Initiative) PLOS and OA Switchboard Announce Partnership South Carolina […]
Journal Article: “Click Me…! The Influence of Clickbait on User Engagement in Social Media and the Role of Digital Nudging”
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The article linked below was recently published by PLoS One. Title Click Me…! The Influence of Clickbait on User Engagement in Social Media and the Role of Digital Nudging Authors Anna-Katharina Jung University of Duisburg-Essen Stefan Stieglitz University of Duisburg-Essen Tobias Kissmer University of Duisburg-Essen Milad Mirbabaie Paderborn University Tobias Kroll University of Duisburg-Essen Source […]
CNI: Designing Libraries IX Conference at Charles Library in Philadelphia (November 6–8, 2022) Google Says It Bans Gun Ads. It Actually Makes Money From Them. (via ProPublica) How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data (via EFF) Natural Disasters: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress (via LC) Published Peer […]
Research Article: “One-Year in: COVID-19 Research at the International Level in CORD-19 Data”
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The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One Title One-Year in: COVID-19 Research at the International Level in CORD-19 Data Authors Caroline S. Wagner The Ohio State University Xiaojing Cai Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Yi Zhang University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Caroline V. Fry University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Source PLOS One, 17(5): […]
From a ScholCommLab Post: Scholarly metrics are widely applied to assess research quality and impact despite their known limitations. One of the most popular scholarly metrics is the h-index—which is defined as the “h number of papers with at least h number of citations.” This means that if a researcher has an h-index of 12, […]
Advancing Open Science in Africa – Three Organizations Collaborate to Implement Open Science Principles in Seven Partner States
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From the Public Library of Science (PLOS): From the Public Library of Science (PLOS): Note: EASTECO published the following news on its website in collaboration with TCC Africa and PLOS. Kigali City, Rwanda — The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO), the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC […]
The article linked below was published by PLOS One. Title Downstream Retraction of Preprinted Research in the Life and Medical Sciences Author Michele Avissar-Whiting Research Square Source PLOS One 17(5): e0267971. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267971 Abstract Retractions have been on the rise in the life and clinical sciences in the last decade, likely due to both broader […]
WIRED: “Making Science More Open is Good for Research—but Bad for Security”
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From WIRED: Increasingly journals have published research that’s free for anyone to read, and scientists have shared their data among each other. The open science movement has also entailed the rise of preprint servers: repositories where scientists can post manuscripts before they go through a rigorous review by other researchers and are published in journals. […]
The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Why People Listen: Motivations and Outcomes of Podcast Listening Authors Stephanie J. Tobin Queensland University of Technology Rosanna E. Guadagno Stanford University Source PLOS One 17(4): e0265806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265806 Abstract The aim of this preregistered study was to identify dispositional predictors of podcast listening […]
