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The oligopoly of academic publishers in the digital era
(Public Library of Science, 2015-06-10)
The consolidation of the scientific publishing industry has been the topic of much debate
within and outside the scientific community, especially in relation to major publishers’ high
profit margins. However, the share ...
The sum of it all : revealing collaboration patterns by combining authorship and acknowledgements
(Elsevier, 2016-12-01)
Acknowledgments are one of many conventions by which researchers publicly bestow recognition towards individuals, organizations and institutions that contributed in some way to the work that led to publication. Combining ...
The rise of the middle author : investigating collaboration and division of labor in biomedical research using partial alphabetical authorship
(Public library of science, 2017-09-14)
Contemporary biomedical research is performed by increasingly large teams. Consequently, an increasingly large number of individuals are being listed as authors in the bylines, which complicates the proper attribution of ...
On the topicality and research impact of special issues
(MIT Press, 2019)
The publication of special issues constitute an important yet underinvestigated phenomenon of
scholarly communication. In an attempt to draw attention to the proliferation of special issues,
Priem (2006) suggested that ...
Big publishers, bigger profits : how the scholarly community lost the control of its journals
(Carleton University. Department of English language and literature, 2015)
Despite holding the potential to liberate scholarly information, the digital era has, to the contrary, increased the control of a few for-profit publishers. While most journals in the print era were owned by academic ...
Vanishing industries and the rising monopoly of universities in published research
(Public library of science, 2018-08-14)
Anecdotes abound regarding the decline of basic research in industrial and governmental
settings, but very little empirical evidence exists about the phenomenon. This article provides a systematic and historical analysis ...
Words by the tail : assessing lexical diversity in scholarly titles using frequency-rank distribution tail fits
(Public library of science, 2018-07-09)
This research assesses the evolution of lexical diversity in scholarly titles using a new indicator based on zipfian frequency-rank distribution tail fits. At the operational level, while both
head and tail fits of zipfian ...
Scientists popularizing science : characteristics and impact of TED talk presenters
(Public library of science, 2013-04-30)
The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference and associated website of recorded conference presentations
(TED Talks) is a highly successful disseminator of science-related videos, claiming over a billion online ...
A community of curious souls : an analysis of commenting behavior on TED talks videos
(Public library of science, 2014-04-09)
The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks website hosts video recordings of various experts, celebrities, academics,
and others who discuss their topics of expertise. Funded by advertising and members but provided ...
Authorship, citations, acknowledgments and visibility in social media : symbolic capital in the multifaceted reward system of science
(SAGE, 2018-02-01)
The reward system of science is undergoing significant changes, as traditional indicators
compete with initiatives that offer novel means of disseminating and assessing scholarly
impact. This paper considers a number of ...