By Ruth A. Pagell* (8 Feb 2021) I presented existing journal quality metrics in Ruth’s Rankings 46 Part 1. JCR is adding “Early Access” documents to its 2021 calculations (Quaderi, McVeigh). Before writing about this and other updates from Clarivate Analytics and Scopus, I realized I needed to know more about the make-up of the…
The pandemic prompted many scientists to pivot their research to the coronavirus. That’s not an entirely good thing. By Julie K. Pfeiffer and Terence S. Dermody (29 Jan 2021, feed from Knowable Magazine) For many researchers, the choice to spend decades working in a lab or in the field comes from a desire to…
(25 Jan 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about tremendous changes to our daily lives, and libraries everywhere now face the challenge of maintaining and improving their services while ensuring the safety of patrons and staff. The National Diet Library will host a web lecture featuring Ms. Christine Mackenzie, president of the International Federation of Library Associations…
(20 Jan 2021) Covid-19 research papers account for around 30 per cent of the Altmetric Top 100 list, released today. The annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights research and scholarly commentary published in 2020 that generated significant international online attention and discussion – from patents and public policy documents to mainstream media, blogs, Wikipedia and social…
(4 Dec 2020) Health librarians really need to have a broad picture of the health environment to have an impact and connect all the dots,” says Gemma Siemensma, Library Manager at Ballarat Health Services (BHS), Australia. Librarians “need to continue to excel in reference consultations and literature searching to advanced forms of evidence synthesis and…
(30 Dec 2020) This issue on Fun Facts on Numbers: the pandemic has dramatically changed the landscape of everyday life as well as research. Huge resources have been put in place trying to eliminate its impact. Do you know how many research funds, or grants, have been awarded to support COVID-19 research? Curious…
(9 Dec 2020) From the latest release of Ithaka S+R survey: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ithaka S+R surveyed library directors nationally to examine the strategic changes libraries have made to continue operating. A total of 638 library directors responded to questions about library leadership and decision making, COVID-19 management, budget allocations and…
(12 Nov 2020) News from New Zealand: The National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library are preserving millions of online digital communications to create a snapshot of Aotearoa’s response to COVID-19. The collection includes online posts that are already within the public realm and donated material. Here is the full news with…
(5 Nov 2020) COVID-19 has transformed academic publishing, for books and journals. In this post Min Pun, shares his experiences as editor of two journals in Nepal. He outlines some of the opportunities posed by COVID-19, including the increased demand for research. However, there are also multiple barriers to the production and dissemination of knowledge…
(25 Oct 2020) As the COVID-19 crisis continues to disrupt higher education, ITHAKA is extending the JSTOR and Artstor expanded access program through June 30, 2021 to help institutions in their shift to remote teaching. Institutions that have opted in don’t need to take any action — they will continue receiving access to unlicensed JSTOR…