Posts Tagged ‘Research’
Virtual Workshop on Research in Scholarly Publishing
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering a virtual workshop titled, “Incorporating Research Objects in Scholarship” on December 12, 2017 at 1:00-3:45 p.m. (EST). Incorporating data sets, code, annotations, and pre-prints into the scholarly article improves the discoverability, reusability, and reproducibility of research. In this workshop you can learn what has been…
Read MoreWords Reveal Much
Words matter. They reveal who you are and reflect your character. Every child has heard the rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break my bones But names will never hurt me.” But we all know that is true. This interesting information came to us from The Herald out of Pennsylvania in their article, “Word misuse can…
Read MoreCollaboration Seeks to Improve Research
A group of not-for-profit scientific membership societies have announced the launch of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA). This is an initiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies. The American Society for Microbiology brought this exciting news to our attention in their article, “Scholarly Publishers Join…
Read MoreGender Bias in Scientific Publishing
Scientists strive to be objective in their peer review of grant applications and manuscript submissions. However, the threat to objectivity comes from all humans because they are all susceptible to biases in decision-making. But does this bias differ based on gender? This topic was brought to us by The Scholarly Kitchen in their post,”Gender Bias…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Research and Scientific Publishing
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee will be hearing from guest speaker David Lovinger, Editor-in-Chief, Alcohol on Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET) at the Wolters Kluwer/NY offices. David will be discussing the impact of present circumstances and policies in the biomedical research field on research and scientific publishing. This will include consideration of the present funding climate…
Read MoreAccessing Research
The Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Books Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) will be hearing from guest speaker Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian, Columbia University on Friday, October 20th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. (ET) at the McGraw-Hill/NY offices. As research libraries seek new ways to ensure preservation of the printed record and make research collections more…
Read MoreCollaboration Around Science Journals
ResearchGate and Springer Nature recently announced that they have been in discussions about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights. ResearchGate brought this news to us in their release, “ResearchGate and Springer Nature plan cooperation.” Scholarly collaboration networks (SCNs) are top of mind these days for…
Read MorePioneer Remembered for Significant Impact on Research
We spent last weekend remembering and celebrating the life of Eugene Garfield. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information; creator of the “impact factor” now used so broadly to assess the value of a journal; and is considered the father of the field called bibliometrics. I met Gene in 1976 when I was…
Read MoreTrue Taxonomists
Within the world of taxonomy — the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms — there are prolific people, and Raymond Hoser, an Australian researcher, is one of those. This interesting information came to us from the Smithsonian magazine in their article, “A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening to Topple Taxonomy.” By volume, Hoser is…
Read MoreThe Relationship Between Libraries and Research
What is the library’s role in the research enterprise, beyond purchasing and licensing content? The Chronicle of Higher Education brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Open-Access Platforms Are Key to Research Libraries’ Core Mission.” Libraries have provided services to researchers for many years. Changes in technology and new publishing models provide opportunities for…
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