At the beginning of 2020, a massive open access (OA) contract was finalized between 700+ research institutions in Germany and the major academic publisher Springer Nature. How does this agreement affect researchers in Hong Kong?
It's still Open Access Week 2019 and how better to celebrate it than to watch a movie?
Academic publishing is undergoing a transformational change. Many institutions collectively negotiated agreements with major publishers with non-traditional coverage. What does this trend mean to researchers like you?
Writing peer reviews for journals is more than an academic contribution; it improves your research writing, and help you see like an editor. Early career researchers can use Publons Academy to enter the world of peer reviewers.
As a researcher and author, do you prefer "pay to read" or "pay to publish"? A related question is, who pays?
Almost all researchers at HKUST have ORCID iD. Do you have yours? ORCID is an example of researcher identifiers, which is one out of three types of persistent identifiers (PID). What are all these identifiers? Why should researchers care?
From a draft to a published journal paper, your work transforms through different versions. Understanding the terminology in this publishing process has become necessary for effective communication in the scholar community.
“In general, we observe that it is better to publish in Open Access venues to optimise citation and Altmetric attention. Both measures are improved by being funded and collaborating internationally.”1
Having confidence in my own academic honesty, I used to pay little attention to anti-plagiarism, believing that I would never have the intention to cheat in my research writing. But recently I realize I had missed the point!
Prepared by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission), this report analyses the present states of scholarly communication and publishing, and proposes ten principles through which a vision for scholarly communication should be shaped over the next decade. The report also offers recommendations to key stakeholders including researchers, institutions, funder and others in the scholarly communication landscape. The full report is available at Publications Office of the European Union.
