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ECONOMICS AND FUNDING14 December 2006K. Douglas and D. L. Roth, 2006, Looming Threats to Society Journals, Chemical Engineering News 84(47): 82-84. The authors, librarians at the California Institute of Technology, warn learned society publishers, […]
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PUBLISHING11 December 2006The PLoS Medicine Editors. 2006. Are we publishing “the right stuff”? PLoS Med 3(11): e512. The editors of PLOS Medicine wonder whether they, as editors, are publishing the right stuff […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES10 December 2006Johnson C. 2006 Repetitive, Duplicate, and Redundant Publications: A Review for Authors and Readers. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 29(7): 505-509 This editorial defines and discusses a range of […]
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PUBLISHING10 December 2006Fyfe A. 2006. Information revolution: William Chambers, the publishing pioneer. Endeavour. 30(4):120-125 This general-interest article reviews the contribution of William Chambers (1800–1883), who was one of the first science publishers […]
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PUBLISHING25 November 2006Swan A. 2006. Open Access. What has been going on? High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine. 13. October Overview of what happened on the Open Access (OA) scene in the last […]
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RESEARCH EVALUATION15 November 2006Godin B. 2006. On the origins of bibliometrics. Scientometrics 68 (1): 109-133. This article is very interesting since it highlights an undoubtedly unusual issue: the origins of bibliometrics. In the […]
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RESEARCH EVALUATION15 November 2006Grens K. 2006. NSF examines plateau in US publications. US scientists’ share of publications is declining in the face of competition from countries like China. The Scientist, November 14. The […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES14 November 2006Elliott, K. C. 2006. An Ethics of Expertise Based on Informed Consent. Science and Engineering Ethics. 12(4):637-661. Scientists are believed to serve society by the informing both the public and […]
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ECONOMICS AND FUNDING, RESEARCH EVALUATION14 November 2006King, D. W., Tenopir, C., Clarke, M. 2006. Measuring Total Reading of Journal Articles. D-Lib Magazine. 12(10). This article states that from the perspective of cost–benefit analysis the amount of […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES7 November 2006Jaffer U, Cameron AEP. 2006. Deceit and fraud in medical research. International Journal of Surgery 4 (2):122-126 Reported incidences of deceit and fraud in medical literature are alarming.The problem ranges […]
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ECONOMICS AND FUNDING3 November 2006Frankfurt Group. 2006. Survey on the impact of VAT on libraries and the scientific publication markets. Final report. Frankfurt Group. 16 p. Printed and electronic versions of publications are treated […]
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ETHICAL ISSUES2 November 2006Couzin J, Unger K. 2006. Scientific misconduct. Cleaning up the paper trial. Science 312:38-42 Using Thomson Scientific’s ISI Web of Knowledge and Google Scholar, Science found dozens of citations of […]