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Ten simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper
Science is increasingly done in large teams, making it more likely that papers will be written by several authors from different institutes, disciplines, and cultural... -
Using egocentric analysis to investigate professional networks and productivi...
: Prior studies showed that scientists' professional networks contribute to research productivity, but little work has examined what factors predict the formation of... -
Authorship and citation manipulation in academic research
Some scholars add authors to their research papers or grant proposals even when those individuals contribute nothing to the research effort. Some journal editors coerce authors... -
Peer review and preprint policies are unclear at most major journals
AbstractClear and findable publishing policies are important for authors to choose appropriate journals for publication. We investigated the clarity of policies of 171 major... -
An early career researcher perspective
Peer-reviewed journal publication is the main means for academic researchers in the life sciences to create a permanent public record of their work. These publications are also... -
Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life...
Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the explosion of bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the completion... -
Medicine and the media: Medical experts' problems and solutions while working...
Medical experts are one of the main sources used by journalists in reporting on medical science. This study aims to 1) identify problems that medical experts encounter in... -
Open access publishers: The new players
The essential role of journals as registries of scientific activity in all areas of knowledge justifies concern about their ownership and type of access. The purpose of this... -
Vanishing industries and the rising monopoly of universities in published res...
Anecdotes abound regarding the decline of basic research in industrial and governmental settings, but very little empirical evidence exists about the phenomenon. This article... -
Journals’ instructions to authors: A cross-sectional study across scientific ...
In light of increasing calls for transparent reporting of research and prevention of detrimental research practices, we conducted a cross-sectional machine-assisted analysis of... -
Double-edged sword of interdisciplinary knowledge flow from hard sciences to ...
: Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) increasingly absorb knowledge from Hard Sciences, i.e., Science, Technology, Agriculture and Medicine (STAM), as testified by a growing... -
A measure of knowledge flow between specific fields: Implications of interdis...
Encouraging knowledge flow between mutually relevant disciplines is a worthy aim of research policy makers. Yet, it is less clear what types of research promote... -
Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed.
Target 19, set by the Convention on Biological Diversity, seeks to improve the knowledge, science base, and technologies relating to biodiversity. We will fail to achieve this... -
Wikipedia as a gateway to biomedical research: The relative distribution and ...
: Wikipedia is a gateway to knowledge. However, the extent to which this gateway ends at Wikipedia or continues via supporting citations is unknown. Wikipedia's gateway... -
Why we publish where we do: Faculty publishing values and their relationship ...
AbstractUsing an online survey of academics at 55 randomly selected institutions across the US and Canada, we explore priorities for publishing decisions and their perceived...
