eLife, a new open-access journal for outstanding scientific advancements, has published its first four research articles. “First announced in summer 2011, eLife is a researcher-led initiative for the best in science and science communication. Backed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust, the initiative’s first aim is to [...]
“Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: A guide for academics and researchers” by Amy Mollett, Danielle Moran and Patrick Dunleavy. Check out this guide on how get started using Twitter to use for scholarly efforts.
Tags:Authors at WU, Dissemination of Research, Publishing Models, Support for Authors
The Royal Society has announced the launch of Open Biology, a new open access journal.
Need help deciding which journal to submit your work to? Check out Jane (Journal/Author Name Estimator). “Have you recently written a paper, but you’re not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper? Or are you an editor, and do you need [...]
Interested in publishing an open access journal? If so, review this new guide: The Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing. “The Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing is a web-based, living document that allows users to navigate quickly to specific areas of interest. Each chapter contains links to additional resources on the same topic [...]
Tags:Open Access, Publishing Models
I found this interesting blog posting: The next decade is likely to bring more change to scientific publishing than the decade that just ended. However, it will likely continue to be incremental change that builds on the existing infrastructure rather than destroying it. It will be change that puts pressure on publishers to become even [...]
Tags:Dissemination of Research, Economics of Scholarly Resources, Publishing Models
The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth, has launched, Trailblazing, an online, interactive timeline launched to commemorate three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing. Trailblazing is a user-friendly, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 articles published by the Royal [...]
Tags:Publishing Models
Take a look at this interesting slide show titled “Technology Enabled Research.” It reviews how authors can establish a digital identity, keep track of research being done in their field and how to find collaborators using a variety of digital tools.
Tags:Collaboration, Dissemination of Research, Publishing Models, Support for Authors
Cell Press and Elsevier have launched a project called Article of the Future that is an ongoing collaboration with the scientific community to redefine how the scientific article is presented online. The project’s goal is to take full advantage of online capabilities, allowing readers individualized entry points and routes through the content, while using the [...]
In conjunction with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the libraries of Washington University along with its partners, the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, are pleased to host a free day-long workshop that covers scholarly communication and strategies for author support. There are two workshop sessions being offered: Scholarly Communication 101: [...]
Tags:Authors at WU, NIH Public Access Policy, Public Access Mandates, Publishing Models, Support for Authors
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