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Essay: The Future of Scientific Publishing9 June 2009Sandweiss, J. Essay: The Future of Scientific Publishing. Physical Review Letters, 2009, May 11 This essay was the last in a series of nine essays written to celebrate last year’s 50th anniversary of Physical Review Letters. Both physicists and editors contributed to the series. This particular offering looks ahead to the future of scientific publishing […]
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B – Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 20099 June 2009Van Orsdel LC, Born K. Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 2009. In the face of the downturn, libraries and publishers brace for big cuts. Library Journal 2009 /4)15 http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6651248.html Libraries of all types and sizes are facing dramatic budget cuts. Journal prices are here reported and discusssed. Data are provided for the average 2009 price […]
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B – How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research?9 June 2009Fanelli D. How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE. 2009,4(5): e5738 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005738 The frequency with which scientists fabricate and falsify data, or commit other forms of scientific misconduct is a matter of controversy. Many surveys have asked scientists directly whether they have committed or know […]
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B – Marketing data: has the rise of impact factor led to the fall of objective language in the scientific article?8 June 2009Fraser VJ, Martin JG. Marketing data: has the rise of impact factor led to the fall of objective language in the scientific article? Respiratory Research 2009, 10:35.doi:10.1186/1465-9921-10-35 http://respiratory-research.com/content/10/1/35 This investigation stresses the fact that the use of value-laden terms in clinical and biomedical journals has increased in the past 25 years. And this is particularly […]
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B – Assessing the impact of biomedical research in Academic Institutions of disparate sizes8 June 2009Sypsa V, Hatzakis A. Assessing the impact of biomedical research in Academic Institutions of disparate sizes. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:33. Epub ahead of printdoi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-33 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/9/33 A valid and transparent evaluation of universities is increasingly needed. However, it continues to be a controversial issue. In particular, as regards the assessment of biomedical research, peer-review […]
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B – Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models8 June 2009Houghton J, Rasmussen B, Sheehan P, Oppenheim C, Anne Morris, Creaser C, Greenwood H, Summers M, Gourlay A.Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models: Exploring the costs and benefits. JISC EI-ASPM Project. A report to the Joint Information Systems Committee. JISC 2009 (Document 510 Version 1.1) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/rpteconomicoapublishing.pdf Advances in information and communication technologies are disrupting […]
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B . H Index and Midlife Crisis of Impact31 May 2009Williamson JR. My h-index Turns 40: My Midlife Crisis of Impact. ACS Chem Biol 2009, 4 (5:311–313. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cb9001014?cookieSet=1 The h-index, or Hirsch index, is a sort of personal impact factor, based on citations of published work. In this letter the author tells about his recent discover in the web of science on how to “Create […]
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B – Do We Need the h Index and Its Variants in Addition to Standard Bibliometric Measures?18 May 2009L Bornmann, R Mutz, HD Daniel. Do We Need the h Index and Its Variants in Addition to Standard Bibliometric Measures? JASIS&T,2009 60(6):1286–1289 The study investigates whether there is a need for the h index and its variants in addition to standard bibliometric measures (SBMs). There are two types of indices: One type (e.g., h […]
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B – The rise and fall of a physics fraudster15 May 2009Reich, Eugenie Samuel. The rise and fall of a physics fraudster. Physics World 2009;22(5):24-29 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/38903 Article based on the author’s book: Plastic fantastic: how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world (copyright 2009 by the author and edited and reprinted in Physics World by permission of Palgrave Macmillan). The author traces the history […]
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B – The most influential journals: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor11 May 2009Fersht A. PNAS 2009;106(17): 6883-6884. To to rate the influence of journals a new bibliometric parameter, the Eigenfactor(www.eigenfactor.org), has recently been created and is now listed by Journal Citation Reports. The Eigenfactor ranks journals in a manner similar to that used by Google for ranking the importance of Web sites in a search. Practically, there […]
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B – RCUK publishes report on open access study10 May 2009RCUK . Report on open access study. May 2009 www.rcuk.ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/news/oareport.pdf Research Councils in UK published an independent study regardng open access to research outputs. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects and impacts of open access on publishing models and institutional repositories in light of national and international trends. This included the […]
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B – Citation violations8 May 2009Gallagher R. Citation violations. The Scientist 2009;23(5):13. The authors of scientific articles do not always cite properly previous research works. The “bibliographic negligence” or “citation amnesia”, as the improper citation or disregard of antecedent research is defined by Eugene Garfield, Editor Emeritus of The Scientist, is due to the fact that actually there is no […]
