(31 Jan 2023) After almost 4 years of effort, the ISO standard for the ARDC’s Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) has been published. RAiD is a persistent identifier for research projects and activities. It is one of the identifier services owned and offered by the ARDC. RAiD connects existing persistent identifiers for researchers, institutions, outputs and tools with key…
(5 Jan 2023) Almost 70% of researchers based in Europe say that they have been involved in projects in the past three years that listed authors who did not contribute sufficiently to the work, according to a major survey. The survey also raises questions about whether academics in the United States are underestimating the prevalence of…
(30 Dec 2022) Goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023; let’s look at what stories at LibraryLearningSpace.com (LLS) attracted our readers the most in 2022. The statistics show that the reader’s interest lies in specific topics that make more sense by looking at a higher level. But feel free to go directly to the…
(20 Dec 2022) As we close out 2022, our 10th year since the launch of the ORCID registry, staff writer Élan Young sat down with Executive Director Chris Shillum to capture some of his thoughts about his highlights for the year, as well as some things he expects ORCID to do in 2023. Find…
(28 Dec 2022) Research communication is a moveable feast and as varied as the media and communication channels used to reach an intended audience. This annual review pulls out eleven posts focusing on different aspects of research communication that have been featured on the LSE Impact Blog in 2022. The focus on misinformation leads…
(16 Dec 2022) In 2021, the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) E–Resources Management Working Group revised its licensing principles to include updated accessibility language to better reflect the member libraries’ values and priorities around collections and e–resources. As the group reviewed model language and determined which iterations and clauses would be most ideal, discussions ensued…
(27 Dec 2022) From Retraction Watch: “On several occasions this year, publishers announced they were retracting several times that number, all at once. (For some of the stories among 2022’s retractions that captured the most attention, see our 10th annual roundup for The Scientist.) This year’s 4,600-plus retractions bring the total in the Retraction…
(2 Dec 2022) Publishers are testing prototypes of automatic systems to flag submitted manuscripts bearing the hallmarks of paper mills — businesses that produce fake research papers. The tools, which will eventually form part of an online integrity hub, are the result of a year-long collaboration between 24 publishers and scholarly analytics providers. Together, the companies…
(31 Oct 2022) Open Science, as a movement, evolved, grew, and now shapes the future through a variety of projects, initiates, organizations, and services. Consequently, on one hand, Open Science offerings to users grow in number, like the exponential growth of scholarly works. On the other hand, new and even more experienced users of Open Science…
(21 Nov 2022) The phenomenon of predatory publishing is well known following the work of Jeffrey Beall and others in highlighting and popularising the issue. In a new book titled The Predator Effect, Simon Linacre draws on his experience in tackling deceptive publishing practices, and urges the scholarly communications industry to focus, less on predatory…