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COMMENTARY Open Access Openness as infrastructure
"... The advent of open access to peer reviewed scholarly literature in the biomedical sciences creates the opening to examine scholarship in general, and chemistry in particular, to see where and how novel forms of network technology can accelerate the scientific method. This paper examines broad trends ..."
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The advent of open access to peer reviewed scholarly literature in the biomedical sciences creates the opening to examine scholarship in general, and chemistry in particular, to see where and how novel forms of network technology can accelerate the scientific method. This paper examines broad
Commentary on “Scientific Utopia: I. Opening scientific communication”
"... Nosek and Bar-Anan suggest that psychologists should embrace digital communication in order to create a system that accomplishes a number of worthy goals. Their proposed system would improve access to research, reduce the burden on reviewers, and reduce the financial burden on universities. It would ..."
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to editors and reviewers who altruistically donate their efforts toward the production of better knowledge. There is no pretense of efficiency, but the hope is that expert peer review leads to the dissemination of articles with well-The Wisdom of Crowds in a Data Rich Utopia supported results
Article Predatory Publishers Threaten to Erode Scholarly Communication
"... the ones that exploit the gold (author-pays) publishing model for their own prof-it—threaten the reputation of rigorously peer-reviewed OA journals. Many OA advocates singularly champion the open licensing of scholarly works but largely ignore the emerging serious quality issues. The result is an ev ..."
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the ones that exploit the gold (author-pays) publishing model for their own prof-it—threaten the reputation of rigorously peer-reviewed OA journals. Many OA advocates singularly champion the open licensing of scholarly works but largely ignore the emerging serious quality issues. The result
Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 2347-5374 (Online) Grappling with open and distance learning challenges in Southern Africa: A review of the harmonisation of ODL policy frameworks in the SADC Region
, 2014
"... Abstract: Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has become an accepted and indispensable part of education systems in both developed and developing countries. The emergence of ODL within the last decade particularly via information communication technologies has altered global market structures. In a dy ..."
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Abstract: Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has become an accepted and indispensable part of education systems in both developed and developing countries. The emergence of ODL within the last decade particularly via information communication technologies has altered global market structures. In a
Opinion Paper Open Access Opportunities for the Humanities
, 2013
"... recommendations of the Science Europe Position Statement on ‘Principles for the Transition to Open Access to Research Publications ’ (April 2013). However, the Committee recognises that Open Access is not as culturally embedded in Humanities disciplines as it is in other scientific areas. 1 Publishi ..."
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an evolution of the current practices in the Humanities – relying heavily on hard copy publications, slow processes of peer review and extended embargo periods – could provide the prospect of greater impact of Humanities research, transformation in the methods of scholarly communication, and innovation
Socio-cognitive perverse effects in peer review Reflections and proposals
"... Peer review is the evaluation method that has characterized the scientific growth of the last four centuries, the first four of what is called modern science, indeed. It is matter of scientific communication inside scientific community, a subject too poorly studied in comparison with its critical im ..."
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Peer review is the evaluation method that has characterized the scientific growth of the last four centuries, the first four of what is called modern science, indeed. It is matter of scientific communication inside scientific community, a subject too poorly studied in comparison with its critical
From castalia to wikipedia: openness and closure in knowledge communities. E-Learning and Digital
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, 2011
"... ABSTRACT This article explores different forms of openness and closure in two knowledge communities: the fictional world of Castalia in Hermann Hesse’s great work The Glass Bead Game, and the twenty-first-century cyberspatial universe of Wikipedia. These two worlds differ in some important respects, ..."
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be learned that is helpful in advancing current discussions of openness as an ideal. In recent years, ‘openness ’ has emerged as a key theme in discussions of education, scholarly communication and social life. Much has been written about open access publishing, open peer review, open source software, open
RESEARCH ARTICLE Researcher Perspectives on Publication and Peer Review of Data
"... Data “publication ” seeks to appropriate the prestige of authorship in the peer-reviewed liter-ature to reward researchers who create useful and well-documented datasets. The scholar-ly communication community has embraced data publication as an incentive to document and share data. But, numerous ne ..."
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Data “publication ” seeks to appropriate the prestige of authorship in the peer-reviewed liter-ature to reward researchers who create useful and well-documented datasets. The scholar-ly communication community has embraced data publication as an incentive to document and share data. But, numerous
Developing the Greek Reference Index for the Social Sciences and Humanities
"... Abstract. The Greek Reference Index for the Social Sciences and Humanities (GRISSH) is a service that collects, documents, stores and, where possible, provides access to peer-reviewed publications in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) by Greek publishers. It also provides long-term preserv ..."
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Abstract. The Greek Reference Index for the Social Sciences and Humanities (GRISSH) is a service that collects, documents, stores and, where possible, provides access to peer-reviewed publications in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) by Greek publishers. It also provides long
Selected Bibliography of German-language Books in Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies (2000-2005)
"... Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, and the Critical and Cultural Studies Commons Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press selects, develops, and distributes quality resources in several key subject areas for which its parent universit ..."
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university is famous, including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, the peer-reviewed, full-text, and open-access learned journal in the humanities and social sciences, publishes new
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