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The academic advantage : gender disparities in patenting
(Public library of science, 2015-05-27)
We analyzed gender disparities in patenting by country, technological area, and type of assignee using the 4.6 million utility patents issued between 1976 and 2013 by the United
States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO). Our ...
Researchers’ individual publication rate has not increased in a century
(Public library of science, 2016-03-09)
Debates over the pros and cons of a “publish or perish” philosophy have inflamed academia
for at least half a century. Growing concerns, in particular, are expressed for policies that
reward “quantity” at the expense of ...
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 ...
Misconduct policies, academic culture and career stage, not gender or pressures to publish, affect scientific integrity
(Public library of science, 2015-06-17)
The honesty and integrity of scientists is widely believed to be threatened by pressures to
publish, unsupportive research environments, and other structural, sociological and psychological factors. Belief in the importance ...
Beyond funding : acknowledgement patterns in biomedical, natural and social sciences
(Public library of science, 2017-10-04)
For the past 50 years, acknowledgments have been studied as important paratextual traces
of research practices, collaboration, and infrastructure in science. Since 2008, funding
acknowledgments have been indexed by Web ...
Scientific mobility indicators in practice : international mobility profiles at the country level
Indicadores de movilidad científica en acción : Perfiles de movilidad internacional a nivel de país
(2018)
This paper presents and describes the methodological opportunities offered by bibliometric data
to produce indicators of scientific mobility. Large bibliographic datasets of disambiguated
authors and their affiliations ...
How many is too many? : on the relationship between research productivity and impact
(Public library of science, 2016-09-28)
Over the last few decades, the institutionalisation of quantitative research evaluations has
created incentives for scholars to publish as many papers as possible. This paper assesses
the effects of such incentives on ...
On the citation lifecycle of papers with delayed recognition
(Elsevier, 2014-09-18)
Delayed recognition is a concept applied to articles that receive very few to no citations for a certain period of time following publication, before becoming actively cited. To determine whether such a time spent in ...
The role of handbooks in knowledge creation and diffusion : a case of science and technology studies
(Elsevier, 2014-07-09)
Genre is considered to be an important element in scholarly communication and in the practice of
scientific disciplines. However, scientometric studies have typically focused on a single genre, the journal
article. The ...
Documenting acousmatic music interpretation : a developmental framework based on cross self-confrontations
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020-12-23)
The investigation of acousmatic music interpretation as a distinct activity from
composition calls for the investigation of appropriate documentation frameworks. This
paper investigates the relevance ...