http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/08/07/the-importance-of-being-first/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/08/07/the-importance-of-being-first/#comment-4066 Downloads, Citations, and Positional Effects in the arXiv « The Scholarly Kitchen Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:41:49 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=544#comment-4066 [...] and confirming an earlier study on the positional effects in the arXiv, Haque and Ginsparg focused this time on articles deposited between 2002-2004 in three subsections [...] [...] and confirming an earlier study on the positional effects in the arXiv, Haque and Ginsparg focused this time on articles deposited between 2002-2004 in three subsections [...]

]]> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/08/07/the-importance-of-being-first/#comment-655 Bench Marks » Blog Archive » Link Roundup Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:03:02 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=544#comment-655 [...] The Importance of Being First The Scholarly Kitchen looks at the ways scientists are gaming the arXiv system, and submitting their papers at specific times to ensure a higher listing in e-mailed announcements, which results in more citations. This is something very worrying about switching from our current editorially-supervised system of publishing papers to an open system. Sure, the current system isn’t perfect, but things like arXiv and social networks are very open to manipulation. A switch from one to the other may just be a lateral move in terms of bias and favoritism. Note that most of the proponents of Web 2.0 for science are all well-networked and well-versed in how things work, so adoption of these technologies would give the evangelists a distinct advantage over everyone else. [...] [...] The Importance of Being First The Scholarly Kitchen looks at the ways scientists are gaming the arXiv system, and submitting their papers at specific times to ensure a higher listing in e-mailed announcements, which results in more citations. This is something very worrying about switching from our current editorially-supervised system of publishing papers to an open system. Sure, the current system isn’t perfect, but things like arXiv and social networks are very open to manipulation. A switch from one to the other may just be a lateral move in terms of bias and favoritism. Note that most of the proponents of Web 2.0 for science are all well-networked and well-versed in how things work, so adoption of these technologies would give the evangelists a distinct advantage over everyone else. [...]

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