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The epistemological chaos of platform capitalism and the future of the social sciences

Author: Mark Carrigan and Lambros Fatsis Networked digital platforms have destabilised and reconfigured long-established forms of knowledge production and communication, changing the ways in which we consume media and engage with the public sphere and expert knowledge. In this extract from their new book, The Public and Their Platforms, Mark Carrigan and Lambros Fatsis, outline […]

Revisiting: Turning a Critical Eye on Reference Lists

Author: ANGELA COCHRAN Automated tools to help flag references is absolutely the direction we should be moving in. No doubt, the willingness of publishers to open and share their full reference lists via CrossRef and the I4OC initiative will further shed a light on areas in need of improvement. In this post, Angela Cochran revisits […]

Scientific publishing’s new weapon for the next crisis: the rapid correction

Author: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and James Heathers The world has gained a better understanding of the relevant Covid-19 disease processes, assembled a solid clinical research base for managing the disease, and produced multiple vaccines that are driving down infections and deaths. Yet the infrastructure for producing empirical knowledge about the SARS-CoV-2 virus frequently failed, leading to […]

Security, Safety, SeamlessAccess

Author: TODD A CARPENTER, HYLKE KOERS, HEATHER FLANAGAN In the past year of the pandemic, researchers increasingly required remote access to their academic institutions, ranging from library resources to the data gathered by their research group or in the lab. These changes in access patterns – some of which are looking like they will be […]

Research data infrastructure needs to keep pace with technology, look to the future, and focus on trust

Author: Victoria Moody Back in the mid-2000s, the open-source ‘data lake’ emerged. Structured and unstructured data could flow in, promising innovative and unlimited insights. Today data science, machine learning, and algorithmic approaches to data intensive research have become a cornerstone of research. It is a complex space, and research is increasingly dependent on infrastructure to […]

How Much Is Better Rights Management Worth? A New Study Finds Out

Author: Bill Rosenblatt All publishers need to manage rights. But what value does effective rights management have to a publisher? Apart from the obvious value of legal risk avoidance, this question has gone largely unanswered for a very long time. Publishers say they want to improve their rights management capabilities, but they often don’t invest […]

Goodbye, Microsoft Academic – Hello, open research infrastructure?

Author: Aaron Tay, Alberto Martín-Martín, Sven E. Hug The announcement of the closure of Microsoft Academic later this year, may have left the research community largely unmoved, although its demise has significant implications for those working with the service’s substantial database. Here, Aaron Tay, Alberto Martín-Martín, and Sven E. Hug¸ discuss what set Microsoft Academic […]

Proving and Improving – Evaluating policy engagement is an opportunity for researchers and institutions to learn as well as demonstrate impact

Author Chris Roche, Alana Tomlin, Ujjwal Krishna, Will Pryor The challenges of evaluating the contribution of research to policy making are well documented. In this post Chris Roche, Alana Tomlin, Ujjwal Krishna and Will Pryor outline seven principles for effective monitoring, evaluation and learning for policy engagement. They were developed through consultation with researchers, support […]

Journal Citation Indicator. Just Another Tool in Clarivate’s Metrics Toolbox?

Author PHIL DAVIS On May 20, Clarivate Analytics announced that it had created a new metric for comparing the relative citation performance of journals across different disciplines. It calls this metric, the Journal Citation Indicator (JCI). Given the perennial criticism that the Impact Factor — its go-to hammer for comparative journal metrics — is being […]

Benchmarking Your Library on a Global Scale

Author: Yoel Kortick What if you could instantly see how your library was performing compared to other libraries the world over? Surely, that kind of benchmarking would provide valuable insight into where you should focus improvement efforts and where your library is already topflight. It would be even more informative if the data could be […]