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IEEE Now Provides Open-Access Option for All Peer-Reviewed Journals
Logo :: Burkina Faso | 7 hours ago
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Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research articles online for free, as opposed to the traditional scholarly publishing model that requires paid subscriptions...Additionally, studies have shown OA publishing may
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Let us seek innovative ways to address dearth of research at local universities
Nairobi :: Kenya | 20 days ago
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Stories The last few years have seen a rapid expansion of higher education in Kenya. This is in response to growing demand and a desire by institutions to increase revenues occasioned by the introduction of new courses. However, the hiring of new
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University Of California Sides With Journal Publishers Over Its Own Struggling Libraries
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 28 days ago
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the public is paying for this research via federal funding, therefore it should have access to what it's paid for. The resistance usually comes from journal publishers who are very concerned about their main source of revenue -- access fees (usually
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For Scientists, an Exploding World of Pseudo-Academia
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too) Kevin Moloney for The New York Times Jeffrey Beall, a research librarian at the University of Colorado at Denver, has developed a blacklist of predatory journals. Published: April 7, 2013 The
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Law journal publishes second QScience.com issue
Singapore :: Singapore | 3 months ago
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The International Review of Law Journal has Tuesday published issue 2 on QScience.com, the digital publishing portal for research journals, Qatar Foundation (QF) said. Commenting on the latest issue, Editor in Chief of the International Review of Law
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Publishers Flip Out, Call Bill To Provide Open Access To Federally Funded Works A 'Boondoggle'
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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As we've been discussing for years , the academic journal business is a huge boondoggle. Unlike just about any other publication, the journals don't pay their writers (and in many subject areas, authors need to pay to submit), they don't pay the peer
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Academic promotion criteria should include social media
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 3 months ago
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It is interesting how I approach my academic pursuits now. It used to be that it was publish or perish in the world of academic medicine. Of course, even now the only publishing that counts to the academic world is that of conventional peer-
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Researchers publish Bigfoot genome in brand-new journal they themselves founded
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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So were all the peer-reviewed journals they tried to publish in...So the researchers went and founded their own, brand-new journal in which to publish their findings (yes, really). From the website of first author Melba Ketchum (emphasis added):
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MIT Should Make All Its Research Open Access In Honor Of Aaron Swartz
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Of course, MIT is in the middle of a self-investigation into its role in the Aaron Swartz prosecution, as many people familiar with the case have said that it helped prosecutors, and drove the case forward, rather than recognizing that Swartz's
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How MIT can honour Aaron Swartz
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
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On January 11, facing the near certainty of a jail sentence, Swartz committed suicide. Soon afterwards, MIT's president released a heartfelt public statement. "It pains me to think that MIT played any role in a series of events that have ended in
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