NO ONE CAN READ EVERYTHING.We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of new, online scholarly tools allows us to make new filters; these alt-metrics reflect the broad, rapid impact of scholarship in this burgeoning eco-system. We call for more tools and research based on altmetrics.
FORMER WEST is a long-term international research, education, publishing, and exhibition project (2008–2014), which from within the field of contemporary art and theory: (1) reflects upon the changes introduced to the world (and thus to the so-called West) by the political, cultural, artistic, and economic events of 1989; (2) engages in rethinking the global histories of the last two decades in dialogue with post-communist and postcolonial thought; and (3) speculates about a “post-bloc” future that recognizes differences yet evolves through the political imperative of equality and the notion of “one world.”
Sherpa-RoMEO provides information on the self-archiving policies of journals, informing people about whether, and under what conditions, they may deposit articles in repositories.
Sherpa-FACT is a service that provides information and guidance to researchers on whether a journal in which they wish to publish complies with Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Wellcome Trust Open Access policies, and offers advice on available options.
In this post I'm going to try to set down my current thoughts about the evolution of academic publishing. This is very much a work in progress so please excuse me if it's not entirely coherent. I came back from Science Online London fired up and this is the next stage in me grokking the tools discussed there such as Figshare and ORCID.
figshare allows researchers to publish all of their data in a citable, searchable and sharable manner. All data is persistently stored online under the most liberal Creative Commons licence, waiving copyright where possible. This allows scientists to access and share the information from anywhere in the world with minimal friction.
K. Eaton, L. Wiles, and D. O'Malley. Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), 19 (2):
85-91(April 2012)6687<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>JID: 9617339; ppublish;<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>Disseny.
P. Cummings, and F. Rivara. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 157 (4):
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D. Moher, I. Simera, K. Schulz, J. Hoey, and D. Altman. BMC medicine, (January 2008)4674<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>LR: 20081120; JID: 101190723; OID: NLM: PMC2438435; 2008/05/08 received; 2008/06/16 accepted; 2008/06/16 aheadofprint; epublish;<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>Publicació.