Swiss Army Knives of Scholarly Communication
A few slides comparing ResearchGate, Academia, Mendeley and others.
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Methodologies for Identification and Assessment of Interdisciplinary Research
Methodologies for Identification and Assessment of Interdisciplinary Research
Choice of data, methodology and indicators can produce seriously inconsistent results despite a common set of disciplines and countries.
Funders and Publishers as Agents of Change
Funders and publishers have something in common: for better or worse, we have the ability to influence the behavior of researchers.
Wellcome Researchers and their Attitudes to Open Research
Results of a survey of Wellcome researchers to find out what they think about open research, how they practice it, and some of the barriers they face.
Commission Mandates Open Data From January 2017
A recent statement from Carlos Moedas told us that “as of the Work Programme 2017, the current Open Research Data Pilot will be extended to cover all thematic areas of Horizon 2020, making open research data the default setting. This means that as of January 1st 2017, all funded proposals will need to make all of the data and digital research outputs they generate openly available.
Digital Scholarship and the future of cross-disciplinary work in research
Digital Scholarship and the future of cross-disciplinary work in research
A figshare case study of Micah Vandegrift's Digital Humanities research.
Digital Science White Paper
Through highlighting six recent advances in research infrastructure, this whitepaper seeks to recast how we think about metadata - not as a series of static records, but as objects that move between systems and organizations.
Making research open and accessible
A figshare case study on Erin McKiernan's Physiological Science research.
University Research and the Fetishisation of Excellence
The rhetoric of “excellence” is pervasive across the academy. It is used to refer to research outputs as well as researchers, theory and education, individuals and organisations, from art history to zoology. But what does “excellence” mean? Does it in fact mean anything at all? And is the pervasive narrative of excellence and competition a good thing?
How many PLoS ONE papers said: All relevant data are within the paper
When PLoS announced its data policy that all data should be made publicly available, everyone applauded. It was a big step toward an open science and data sharing.
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
A review on the open citation advantage, media attention for publicly available research, collaborative possibilities, and special funding opportunities to show how open practices can give researchers a competitive advantage.
How the NIH, FDA, CDC, AHRQ & ASPR guidelines will define open science
Institutional public access plans for Open Science.
Author Insights 2014
Raw data from Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan's annual Author Insights survey.
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