Author sharing via scholarly collaboration networks is widespread, despite strong support for copyright, says new survey - April 4, 2017
Kudos, the service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced headline results from a recent survey of authors' current sharing behaviours, carried out in partnership with 10 publishers including Cambridge University Press, The IET, De Gruyter and SAGE Publishing. The survey, which… Read More
New OCLC Research report explores the Realities of Research Data Management - April 3, 2017
A new OCLC Research report, 'A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space,' provides an overview of the RDM service space and sets the stage for further exploration of RDM at four universities around the world. This report is the first in a… Read More
Japanese science stalls over past decade, threatening position among world’s elite - March 27, 2017
According to the Nature Index, Japan's scientific output has failed to keep pace with other leading nations over the past decade, risking its position among the world's elite if renewed government efforts fail to reverse a downward trend in its performance. Japan's share of high-quality papers… Read More
New report on the current state of the OA publishing market evaluates the range of policy options available to increase access and enhance competition and sustainability - March 22, 2017
Research Consulting, within the scope of the OpenAIRE Work Package dealing with the FP7 Post Grant Open Access Pilot (WP5), was commissioned by LIBER in October 2016 to undertake an economic analysis study of the Open Access publishing market - "Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2014–2015 - March 20, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2014–2015, which presents data describing collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 59 health sciences libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. In fiscal year 2014–2015, the reporting health… Read More
New SPARC Europe report on Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe - March 17, 2017
SPARC Europe, together with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), has released a report that provides a snapshot of various Open Data and Open Science policies, as they currently stand throughout Europe. The report gives an overview and quick access via live links to the sourced policy… Read More
Evidence-based characteristics could help authors recognize predatory journals - March 16, 2017
A study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine identifies 13 evidence-based characteristics by which potential predatory journals may be distinguished from presumed legitimate ones. The 13 characteristics identified by researchers at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada include an interest in publishing research on… Read More
New report on digital transformation in publishing finds slow advancement in digital transformation, high emphasis on metadata investment - March 15, 2017
An in-depth study analyzing digital transformation in the publishing industry has found that 25 percent of publishers see themselves as "lagging" versus the rest of the industry in their current transformation efforts, while only 25 percent feel they are "leading." The study, which included 25 leading U.S. and U.K. publishers… Read More
New Overleaf report reveals new picture of collaborative research - March 13, 2017
Overleaf, a collaborative writing and publishing platform that makes the process of writing, editing and publishing academic papers quicker and easier, has released a report which takes an in-depth look at active collaborative research patterns. Rather than examining post-published collaboration patterns, ‘The Connected Culture of Collaboration’… Read More
New Digital Research Report highlights the need for a reference database of research organisations - March 3, 2017
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, has announced its latest Digital Research Report, Discovery and Analysis of Global Research Trends Using GRID. Using data from the open access journal PLOS ONE, the report highlights the need for a reference… Read More
