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Telling the Story of How Open Access Benefits Society: A Vision for the Future

Traditional metrics do not allow us to fully express how OA publishing benefits society; here’s a vision for the future of storytelling with usage data in scholarly communications.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Feb 6, 2025
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Richard Jefferson of The Lens

In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Richard Jefferson, founder of The Lens, which enables discovery and analysis for scholarly works, patents, and patent sequences.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jul 11, 2024
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  • Time To Read: 13 mins

How Related are Journal Impact and Research Impact?

Journal-level impact feeds academic impact, which in turn feeds broader impacts potential

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 11, 2023
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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