If we don’t know what citations mean, what does it mean when we count them? Revisiting a 2015 (!) post in light of recent developments in citation metrics and impact.
Authors need to understand more about producing web documents, particularly accessibility, if they want to forgo traditional publishing.
Clarivate Analytics announced today that all journals in the Web of Science Core Collection will get Impact Factors raising questions about the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Further, Clarivate will only report Impact Factors to the first decimal devaluing journal rank in subject categories.
A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.
Twitter does not increase citations, a reanalysis of author data shows. Did the authors p-hack their data?
When a reputable journal refuses to get involved with a questionable paper, science looks less like a self-correcting enterprise and more like a way to amass media attention.
Some scientific “urban legends” get debunked in today’s video. How does incorrect “common knowledge” become established?
The “version of record” is an organizing concept in scholarly publishing. It is by referent to that version that others are understood and it is the object of financial models, policies, and recognition and reward systems.
Learn how DataCite supports more than just data citation in today’s interview with Matt Buys, Helena Cousijn, and Paul Vierkant
Minhaj Rais looks at possible solutions for beneficial data mining activities that don’t infringe on user privacy.
FORCE11 hosts a diverse virtual conference to build global connections to improve scholarly communications.
In today’s post, Alice Meadows interviews Jodi Schneider of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign about the work she’s leading to reduce the inadvertent spread of retracted research.
As more publishers semantically enrich documents, Todd Carpenter considers whether links are the same as citations
For smaller and independent publishers, the Transformative Journal route to Plan S compliance seems like a viable option. At least until you see the reporting requirements.
In today’s post, Angela Cochran revisits her call to provide more editorial scrutiny to journal article references. Several new automated tools now available will help editors determine whether references are appropriate for including in scholarly works.