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Project Aims to Bring PLoS-Style Openness to the Humanities
Posted by | Jan 29th 2013 | Comment
Author: Jennifer Howard Open access isn't just for scientists. Opening up research is an idea that appeals to more and more humanists and social scientists. The trick has been how those fields can...
About GMEs and Data: Geese and Golden Eggs
Posted by Maryann Martone | Jan 22nd 2013 | Comment
Authors: Geoff Sawyer Marc de Vries The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Programme, with consequent investment by the European Union (EU) and Member States of the European Space...
Altmetrics are the central way of measuring communication in the digital age but what do they miss?
Posted by pebourne | Dec 17th 2012 | Comment
Author: Nick Scott Inspired by the push towards altmetrics, Nick Scott sees great potential to better communicate indicators of academic success. But this does constitute impact? Here, he puts...
Top seven predictions for the future of research
Posted by Maryann Martone | Dec 14th 2012 | Comment
Author: Sarah Porter Torsten Reimer Series Title: JISC Inform 2012
FORCE11 Gains Momentum: Creating the Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship
Posted by Maryann Martone | Dec 3rd 2012 | Comment
Authors: Anita de Waard, Maryann Martone Scientists, scholars, publishers, and librarians in many locations and disciplines are developing methods and tools to improve the process of creation,...
Metrics and Meaning — Can We Find Relevance and Quality Without Measurements?
Posted by Maryann Martone | Nov 29th 2012 | 1 Comment
Author: Kent Anderson
Report on the International Workshop on Scholarly Attribution
Posted by Maryann Martone | Nov 19th 2012 | Comment
Author: Irene Hames There are no universal conventions that determine which scholarly contributions qualify individuals as authors or that unambiguously convey authorship precedence. As a consequence...
How to Build a Bad Biological Database
Posted by Maryann Martone | Nov 5th 2012 | Comment
Author: woodforthetrees http://woodforthetrees.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/how-to-build-a-bad-biological-database/
Altmetrics can help surface quality content: Jason Priem on the Decoupled Journal as the achievable future of scholarly communication
Posted by Maryann Martone | Nov 5th 2012 | Comment
Author: Jodi Schneider http://jodischneider.com/blog/2012/11/04/altmetrics-can-help-surface-quality-content-jason-priem-on-the-decoupled-journal-as-the-achievable-future-of-scholarly-communication/
More Than Just Access: Delivering on a Network-Enabled Literature
Posted by Maryann Martone | Oct 30th 2012 | 1 Comment
Author: Cameron Neylon