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In the news: December 2018 Digest
…Plan S analysis The British Academy published a point-by-point analysis of Plan S, the broad reaching proposal by Science Europe which is 'aimed at accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications'. The Academy… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2022: Relationship between universities and publishers
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/daniel-kulp">Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, and Director of editorial development for journals, American Chemical Society (ACS). He received his PhD in materials science and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and worked for the American Physical Society for nearly 24 years in their editorial office. Dan has been involved in all aspects of publishing including peer review, production,… - News
In the news: October-November 2021
…Global South The number of times the term "Global South" appeared in the title, abstract or keywords in Scopus went from near zero in 2003, to more than 1600 in 2020. But what is "the Global South"? These authors argue that the "Global South" should be… - News
In the news: February 2018 Digest
…href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/concordatonopenresearchdata-pdf/ the draft principles for aligning research data management requirements included: 1. Open access to research data is an enabler of high quality research, a facilitator of innovation and safeguards good research practice.2. There are sound reasons why the openness of research data may need… - News
Case discussion: Editor manipulation of impact factor
…Citation Report for excessive journal self-citation or citation stacking to help inflate another journal’s impact factor. Similarly, researcher-level metrics such as the h-index have raised the importance of article-level citations, but - News
Case discussion: Possible breach of reviewer confidentiality
…peer reviewer pool. Online training resources include the Clarivate Analytics Publons Academy, the ACS Reviewer Lab, and others mentioned in a European Association of Science Editors (EASE) - News
Case discussion: repeated complaints about a review
…guidelines), registered publicly in advance (eg, on PROSPERO), or submitted to a peer-reviewed journal as a protocol paper or registered report before the actual research starts. Meta-analyses may need statistical adjustments to minimise or correct for biases. An additional sensitivity analysis that omits inferior primary studies may be… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 1: COPE commentary
…names together with numbers and timeliness of reviews, fee reductions for future submissions, or more formal mechanisms such as Publons (now absorbed into Clarivate). A 2007