Category: open access
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Debunking the myths of Open Access
Myth: Open Access journals are not peer-reviewed. Reality: Most OA journals conduct peer-review, just like their subscription brethren. An inspection of the website of a journal helps you tell if the journal is doing quality work. How many articles have they published, are those articles found in curated databases such as Scopus or Pubmed (NB: Google…
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Free access to Science Direct for early career researchers
Research is not always a linear path, especially in a market squeezed by shrinking grant availability, changing job paths, and fewer permanent career positions. Compounding the issue for early career researchers between positions is the lack of access to resources like current and archived research. Elsevier is seeking to alleviate the pressures for between-jobs researchers…
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Wish PeerJ Charlie a Happy Birthday!
Our friends at PeerJ published their first articles on the birthday of Charles Darwin (Feb 12th) and today PeerJ has their first anniversary, so let’s wish Charlie a happy birthday. Exactly one year ago, we helped announce their launch with an interview of the co-founders Jason Hoyt and Peter Binfield. Since that time, the demand…
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Do you know an example of open access research helping the public good? Nominate the team for a $30k ASAP award!
The Public Library of Science, the Wellcome Trust, and Google recently announced the Accelerating Science Award Program. If you know someone who has applied or reused scientific research in an innovative way to advance science, medicine, or technology, you can nominate them for an ASAP award. The goal of ASAP is to reward people for…
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