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Variability, Irregular Publisher Metadata, and the Ongoing Evolution of Databases Complicates Reproducibility in Bibliometrics Research

Bibliometric databases are essential tools for research and publishing strategy. But the variability in how they parse publisher metadata and their constant evolution makes it difficult, if not impossible, to exactly reproduce any given piece of research.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 15, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Jennifer Gibson of Dryad

Today in Kitchen Essentials, Alice Meadows interviews Jennifer Gibson, Executive Director of the Dryad data repository.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Nov 22, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Guest Post — Workplace Equity 2023 Versus 2018: Reckoning or Retrenchment?

We invite you to participate in the 2023 Workplace Equity Survey. What has changed since the last (2018) Survey? Is DEIA still a priority, or are we seeing organizations take a step back?

  • By Susan Spilka
  • May 30, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Guest Post – Mapping Open Science Resources from Around the World by Discipline

Jo Havemann presents a map containing more than 200 resources and supplementary data nodes across the spectrum of available tools, guidelines, events, and services by research discipline, also including general resources that are sortable by Open Science principle, language or country.

  • By Johanna Havemann
  • Apr 19, 2023
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post – Of Special Issues and Journal Purges

Christos Petrou takes a look at the Guest Editor model for publishing and its recent impact on Hindawi and MDPI, as Clarivate has delisted some of their journals.

  • By Christos Petrou
  • Mar 30, 2023
  • 28 Comments

Guest Post: A Decade of Open Data in Research — Real Change or Slow Moving Compliance?

Mark Hahnel looks at the progress that’s been made toward open research data — what’s been achieved, what still needs work, and what happens next?

  • By Mark Hahnel
  • Mar 30, 2022
  • 9 Comments

FORCE11 Engages a Global Audience at FORCE2021

FORCE11 hosts a diverse virtual conference to build global connections to improve scholarly communications.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Dec 15, 2021
  • 0 Comments

“Positively Disrupt(ing) Research Culture for the Better”: An Interview with Alexandra Freeman of Octopus

Octopus is a new sharing platform that hopes to disrupt research culture for the better. An interview with founder Dr. Alexandra Freeman.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 18, 2021
  • 17 Comments

Changing Journal Impact Factor Rules Creates Unfair Playing Field For Some

Some journals are expected to benefit immensely under Clarivate’s new counting model.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Feb 1, 2021
  • 14 Comments

Guest Post — Citing Software in Scholarly Publishing to Improve Reproducibility, Reuse, and Credit

Daniel Katz and Hollydawn Murray present the FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Working Group’s guidelines for citing the software used in research publications.

  • By Daniel S. Katz, Hollydawn Murray
  • Jan 21, 2021
  • 4 Comments

Data Visualization: Shuffling a Deck of Cards

Complex datasets can be difficult to visualize. Here, the position of each card in a deck of 52 is shown during shuffling.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 15, 2019
  • 0 Comments

Two Competing Visions for Research Data Sharing

New today: In a crowded and confusing landscape for research data preservation and sharing, two fundamentally competing visions are emerging. Which will win?

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Oct 14, 2019
  • 7 Comments

Data Transparency and Civil Engineers

Civil Engineers rely on data from a multitude of sources. Angela Cochran shares what ASCE has learned in the process of setting up Data Availability Statements as well as insights from a recent Ithaka S+R study on the subject.

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Feb 6, 2019
  • 6 Comments

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