Open Access in Near Time
The rise of Open Access publications during the Covid-19 pandemic – a living article and dashboard
A center of predatory publishing
An interview with Jeffrey Beall on South Asia and its reputation, a crosspost from Open Interview
The Rise and Fall of Dr. M.
A young scholar in the fast lane. Until the crash.
How libraries secure trust in the research process of the 21st century
Three examples for library engagement in trust: scholarly communication literacy, information quality and legal certainty.
What is the impact of retractions in science?
What should a scientist do if he or she realized that there is an error in research? What kind of implications can this have on their future career?
Impacting the ‘real world’: out of sight for science?
The conflict for scientists and research evaluation between scientific impact and tackling societal challenges.
The balance between bibliometric and societal impact
An interview with Kai Chan and his strategies to seek the combination of both kinds of impacts.
Prestige and inequality in the ivory tower
Do we have an inequality problem in academia? – Crossposting from ScienceMetrics
Putting data before the carrot
Self-citations and academic assessments: Including the s-index as an additional metric thus provides important context to guide decisions based on academic value.
Multidisciplinary science – multiple authors?
Bibliometrics for the 20 highest performing authors in Multidisciplinary Science.
What is impact?
3 questions to Jeremy M. Berg about the future of scholarly publishing.
Authorship in mathematics
The 20 highest performing authors in Mathematics publish third most articles but have comparably low bibliometrics.
Chemically linked authors
Bibliometrics for the subject areas Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, as well as Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics for the 20 highest performing authors
The Arts and the authorship
Bibliometrics for the subject areas Arts and Humanities as well as Social Sciences for the 20 highest performing authors.
11000111 authors
Bibliometrics for the subject areas Computer Science and Decision Sciences for the 20 highest performing authors.
Taking care of people – and authorship
Bibliometrics for the subject areas Dentistry, Health Professions, Nursing, and Psychology for the 20 highest performing authors.
Small organisms, high citation rates
On average, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology have the highest citation rates.
Earth, Environment, and authors
Bibliometrics of the 20 highest performing authors in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Sciences.
Old MacDonald had coauthors
Bibliometrics of the 20 highest performing authors in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Veterinary Science.
Authorship in business and economy
Bibliometrics of the 20 highest performing authors in Business, Management, and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.
Authorship in engineering
Bibliometrics of the 20 highest performing authors in Energy, Engineering, and Materials Science.
Doctor coauthor
The 20 highest performing authors in Medicine published more than 7700 articles in seven years.
Factory science
How many authors does it really need to write a paper?
How to analyse authorship
Methodology for analysing the number of authors per article using meta data from Scopus.
Et alia mille
On average, the 20 highest performing authors in Physics and Astronomy have more than 1200 coauthors per article.