Assessment of H2020 programme
An assessment of the first two years of Horizon 2020 programme, taking into account
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Why the referees' reports I receive as an editor are so much better than the reports I receive as an author?
Why the referees' reports I receive as an editor are so much better than the reports I receive as an author?
Authors tend to attribute manuscript acceptance to their own ability to write quality papers and simultaneously to blame rejections on negative bias in peer review, displaying a self-serving attributional bias.
How to boost scientific production?
A statistical analysis of research funding and other influencing factors.
Problems in academic research co-authoring
An empirically-informed conceptual model to explain co-author crediting outcomes.
The journal coverage of Web of Science and Scopus
The objective of this research is to describe the journal coverage of those two databases and to assess whether some field, publishing country and language are over or underrepresented.
Research productivity and academics' conceptions of research
This paper asks the question: do people with different levels of research productivity and identification as a researcher think of research differently?
Investigation of the degree to which articles supported by research grants
This study uses a bibliometric method to examine the relationship between two journal characteristics during 2009–2013: the article processing charges and the percentage of published articles based on work that is supported by grant-funded articles.
A human right to citizen science
The flourishing of citizen science is an exciting phenomenon with the potential to contribute significantly to scientific progress. However, we lack a framework for addressing in a principled and effective manner the pressing ethical questions it raises. We argue that at the core of any such framework must be the human right to science.
Incidence of data duplications in a randomly selected pool of Life Sciences
This study questions the reliability of life science literature, it illustrates that data duplications are widespread and independent of journal impact factor and call for a reform of the current peer review and retraction process of scientific publishing.
Lessons from the Séralini GM case
Lessons from the Séralini GM case
The publication, retraction and subsequent republication of the Séralini study raise important scientific and ethical issues for journal editors. Decisions to retract an article should be made on the basis of well-established policies. Articles should be retracted only for serious errors that undermine the reliability of the data or results, or for serious ethical lapses, such as research misconduct or mistreatment of animal or human subjects.
How have the Eastern European countries of the former Warsaw Pact developed since 1990? A bibliometric study
How have the Eastern European countries of the former Warsaw Pact developed since 1990? A bibliometric study
The study aims to shed light on international collaboration by researchers from the Eastern European countries
The Effects of International Mobility on European Researchers
Comparing Intra-EU and U.S. Mobility
Social capital in academia
Social capital in academia
This paper provides useful insights for the design of networks that promote research productivity. Overall, dense networks negatively affect the creation of new knowledge. In addition, the analysis shows that a division of labor in academia, in the sense of interdisciplinary research, increases the productivity of researchers. It is also found that the position in a network is critical. Researchers who are central tend to create more knowledge.
Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research
Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research
Highly fragmented and competitive system can undermine efforts to foster groundbreaking research.
Competitive research grants and their impact on career performance
The role of competitive funds as a source of funding for academic research has increased in many countries. For the individual researcher, the receipt of a grant can influence both scientific production and career paths.
A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications
A cross-disciplinary analysis of the presence of 'alternative metrics' in scientific publications
An analysis of the presence and possibilities of altmetrics for bibliometric and performance analysis is carried out.
Journals, repositories, peer review, non-peer review, and the future of scholarly communication
Journals, repositories, peer review, non-peer review, and the future of scholarly communication
Essay on the problems relating to reliance on subject-specific journals and peer review.
Science Bubbles
Science Bubbles
Much like the trade and traits of bubbles in financial markets, similar bubbles appear on the science market.
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