Universal Citations
Italian researchers may have discovered the solution to comparing citation impact across disciplines. Is the Impact Factor next?
The Article Download Game
The Usage Factor may come with unanticipated consequences: article spam and malfeasance.
Citation Controversy
A new study shows conflicting results over whether scholars are citing fewer papers. Is science becoming more elite or more democratic?
The Collapse of Peer Review
Is peer review in decline? Evidence from the field of economics suggests that top authors are bypassing the journal certification process and distributing their papers on their own. Will other authors follow?
The Social Networks Horse Race
We need to focus less on social media and more on social function, lest we find ourselves chasing an elusive, fickle user around the Internet.
Want Citations? Publish First!
A new paper describes why early papers get big returns on citations. Fortunately, it is not a case of winner-takes-all.
The COUNTER House
Project COUNTER releases its third Code of Practice for the counting and reporting of usage data. Is COUNTER also promoting overconfidence in its products?
reCAPTCHA: Workforce of Accuracy
Software that protects against spam can also help digitize old text.
Author-choice Open Access Publishing
A new study suggests that the open access citation advantage is small and diminishing with time.
Does Information Behave Like Viruses?
Research on Internet chain-letters reveals that information may not spread like diseases
Scholarly Chicken
A scholarly recipe for satisfying the stomaches and minds of the publishing world
The Importance of Being First
Position in a daily arXiv email report can determine future citations. A German physicist struggles to determine why.
Anonymity Meets Aggression on Web 2.0
Web 2.0 may be shattering the established control of elite media. In their place are loud and aggressive voices.
Unfair Use
Blogging, like journalism, amplifies the dissemination of scientific information. But tensions still exist between bloggers and the mainstream media.
Eigenfactor
Does the Principle of Repeated Improvement Result in Better Journal Impact Estimates than Raw Citation Counts?