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Is partial behaviour a plausible explanation for the unavailability of the IC...
This case study about the ethical behaviour in the field of scholarly publishing documents an exception on the rule for research articles in the medical journal BMJ Open that... -
Reporting—the final phase of scientific research—can and should be supported....
Writing for peer-reviewed research journals is difficult and requires specialized skills and knowledge—in language, logical argumentation, data presentation, publication ethics... -
Policy Considerations for Random Allocation of Research Funds
There are now several proposals for introducing random elements into the process of funding allocation for research, and some initial implementation of this policy by funding... -
Selecting applications for funding: why random choice is better than peer review
A widely-used method of research funding is through competitive grants, where the selection of which of the applications to fund is made using anonymous peer review. The aim of... -
Invention through bricolage: epistemic engineering in scientific communities
It is widely recognised that knowledge accumulation is an important aspect of scientific communities. In this essay, drawing on a range of material from theoretical biology and... -
Some remarks on the division of cognitive labor
Since the publication of Kitcher’s influential paper The Division of Cognitive Labor, some philosophers wondered about these two related issues: (1) which is the optimal... -
Supervision, mentorship and peer networks: how Estonian early career research...
The paper analyses issues related to supervision and support of early career researchers in Estonian academia. We use nine focus groups interviews conducted in 2015 with... -
Blue skies, impacts, and peer review
This paper describes the results of a survey regarding the incorporation of societal impacts considerations into the peer review of grant proposals submitted to public science... -
An element of evaluation of the quality of university teaching
Da molti anni le Università italiane hanno l'obbligo di somministrare questionari sul gradimento degli insegnamenti. Non è chiaro tuttavia come utilizzare questi questionari. In... -
Il Punto Organico: una storia italiana
The Recruitment of professors and researchers by Italian public Universities is limited not only by the financial constraints imposed by National laws, but... -
The Social Science Centre, Lincoln: the theory and practice of a radical idea
The Social Science Centre, Lincoln (SSC), is a co-operative organising free higher education in the city of Lincoln, England. It was formed in 2011 by a group of academics and... -
L'università italiana in Europa: riflessioni sull'equipollenza dei titoli e s...
In this paper I discuss aspects of the problems arising when a recognition of qualifications for the profession of university professor acquired in foreign states members of the... -
Metajournals. A Federalist Proposal For Scholarly Communication And Data Aggr...
While the EU is building an open access infrastructure of archives (e.g. Openaire) and it is trying to implement it in the Horizon 2020 program, the gap between the tools and... -
Stato giuridico, reclutamento ed evoluzione della docenza universitaria (1975...
The changes in the legal status and in the recruiting procedures of Italian University professors and researchers occurred in the last forty years are summarily described. The... -
Managing the Future Imaginary: Does ‘Post-Normal’ Science need Public Relations?
Contemporary conditions of so-called ‘post-normal’ science characterised by fundamental uncertainty and high decision stakes have been met by the call for an ‘extended peer... -
How accessibility influences citation counts: The case of citations to the fu...
It is generally believed that the number of citations to an article can positively be correlated to its free online availability. In the present study, we investigated the...
