Scholarly Communication

Download or read book Scholarly communication written by Das, Anup Kumar and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traducción parcial de la Introducción: "Una de las tareas de todo trabajo de investigación es la comunicación de los resultados al resto de los colegas, es decir compartir los hallazgos con los demás de una manera establcida que se conoce popularmente como comunicación científica. La comunicación científica surgió con la publicación de la primera revista "Le Journal des sçavans" en 1665. Sin embargo, el término ganó popularidad en la década de 1970, con a incorporación a las revistas de comités científicos y la revisión "inter pares". Este módulo cuenta con cuatro unidades que cubren introducción a la comunicación académica, revistas científicas, revistas y bases de datos electronicas y la crisis de las publicaciones seriadas. Al final de este módulo, se espera que el alumno sea capaz de: - Explicar la filosofía, misión y objetivos de la comunicación científica - Describir el proceso de la comunicación científica - Identificar los diferentes canales de comunicación académica - Discutir la disfunción de la comunicación académica. En la Unidad 1, Introducción a la comunicación científica, se habla de diferentes aspectos de la comunicación académica, especialmente su génesis, la importancia y la ética de las publicaciones académicas, y diferentes canales de comunicación disponibles en la publicación académica. Algunos de estos canales se describen habitualmente como fuentes primarias, ya que proporcionan un testimonio de primera mano o evidencia directa en relación con un tema que se investiga. Históricamente, las revistas científicas fueron creadas por las sociedades científicas y otras comunidades académicas para informar de los resultados de sus trabajos de investigación concluidos o descubrimientos científicos. En la actualidad son editores privados con fines de lucro quienes han creado las principales revistas de investigación. Unidad 2, Comunicación con Peer Review, abarca dos importantes canales de publicación académica: 1 Revisión por pares en revistas, conferencias y sus procedimientos. 2. Diferentes métodos y procedimientos de revisión por pares para la publicación de literatura primaria surgidas de los estudios de investigación. La revisión por pares es esencial para la validación de la calidad de los resultados de investigación transmitidos por otros investigadores, que están sujetos al cumplimiento de las normas éticas y a la utilización de la metodología de investigación apropiada. En la Unidad 3, Revistas y bases de datos electrónicas, se analiza la aparición de publicaciones periódicas de ámbito académico y de investigación debido a la gran proliferación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC). Las comunidades científicas y comunicaciones científicas de los países del sur están recibiendo atenciones sustantivas a través de la adaptación de las revistas electrónicas y bases de datos electrónicas en el proceso de la comunicación de la investigación. En la Unidad 4, la Crisis de Publicaciones Seriadas, se discute el coste de publicaciones revisadas por pares y los problemas que enfrentan los investigadores de los países en desarrollo. El objetivo de esta unidad es destacar los problemas y discutir posibles soluciones, incluyendo la aparición de acceso abierto como una de las soluciones, pues abrir la publicación de revistas ayuda a mitigar algunos de los problemas asociados con la crisis de las publicaciones seriadas.". (Trad. Julio Alonso Arévalo. Univ. Salamanca).

Download or read book Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services written by Bhaskar Mukherjee and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the last three hundred years scholarly journals have been the prime mode of transport in communicating the scholarly research process. However in the last few decades, a changing scenario has been witnessed in their form and format. OA is an innovative idea that attracts a fair amount of support and opposition around the world because it bridges the gap between digitally divided scholars by solving the pricing and permission crises that have imbalanced the scholarly communication process. Some scholars are of the opinion that OA has led to a chaotic environment where anyone can publish anything. Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services records, in detail, the impact by accessing the journals' web site qualitatively and quantitatively in measuring the important elements such as articles, authors, countries, subjects and cited references. Finally, the book calculates the impact factor using synchronous and asynchronous approaches. - First ever study to extensively evaluate LIS Journals' Web site qualitatively by using a newly developed set of criteria - LIS OA journals are also evaluated quantitatively - Counts citations of LIS OA articles in terms of formal citations by using Google Scholar

Download or read book Scholarly Communications written by John J. Regazzi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker traces the development of scholarly communications from the creation of the first scientific journal through the wide diversity of professional information services today. Unlike any other book, this work is an authoritative history by the past President of Elsevier and current Professor at Long Island University, which examines the changing nature of scholarly communication throughout its history, including its research importance as well as its business value. It specifically covers four key themes: the value of scholarly content and information at various stages of it development and use; the role that technology has played on the use, importance, and value of scholarly information and research communications; the changing business models affecting the system of scholarly communication from the way it is produced to how it is distributed and consumed; and some of the implications of mobile, cloud, and social computing technologies on the future of scholarly communications. Attention is paid to analyzing the structural changes that the professional publishing community now faces. Regazzi examines research content as an economic good; how technology and business models have greatly affected the value of scholarly publishing; and the drivers of the future sustainability of our system of scholarly communication.

Download or read book Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education written by Wei Wei and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay on top with the latest developments in scientific and technical journal publications! In Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education, experts in the academic community propose cost-effective alternatives to commercial publications in the face of increased journal prices and reduced budgets. This book discusses recent technological innovations that can maintain the needs of researchers who need to stay on the cutting edge of science and technology as well as scholars who must be published and peer-reviewed in order to achieve tenure and promotion. This text also examines the latest developments in information retrieval that will effectively cut time and costs for academic researchers in the library. Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education focuses on the need for the academic community to accept new, economical methods of producing and making available publications such as peer reviews, research papers, letters, technical and experiment reports, preprints, and conference papers. This volume also emphasizes that scientists and engineers—whether graduate students or professionals—must have access to the latest relevant research in their fields and rely on libraries to provide it. Several chapters in this book examine the problem areas of information technology that will need to be fixed, such as bottlenecks to the flow of information, difficulties using information retrieval systems, and the challenges with archiving electronic journals. Using research and case studies, this book offers strategies for obtaining benefits such as: more efficient and inexpensive ways to access and navigate information more cost-effective means of authentication and quality control new initiative programs in electronic theses and dissertations to assist graduate students increased dissemination and access for conference papers at significantly less cost alternative and more effective approaches for solving underlying problems within the scholarly communication circuit of scientists activities for librarians to help expand utilization of digital technologies at the local level accurate and reliable retrieval of citation data from online sources Using Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education, you can play an important role in improving the means and methods in this area of academics. This important guide will help librarians, science and engineering faculty and students, researchers, and publishers maintain funding, improve efficiency, and offer new methods for scientific studies.

Download or read book The Future of Scholarly Communication written by Deborah Shorley and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global thought-leaders define the future of research communication. Governments and societies globally agree that a vibrant and productive research community underpins a successful knowledge economy but the context, mechanisms and channels of research communication are in flux. As the pace of change quickens there needs to be analysis of new trends and drivers, their implications and a future framework. The editors draw together the informed commentary of internationally-renowned experts from all sectors and backgrounds to define the future of research communication. A comprehensive introduction by Michael Jubb is followed by two sections examining changing research behaviour and the roles and responsibilities of other key actors including researchers, funders, universities, research institutes, publishers, libraries and users. Key topics include: - Changing ways of sharing research in chemistry - Supporting qualitative research in the humanities and social sciences - Creative communication in a 'publish or perish' culture - Cybertaxonomy - Coping with the data deluge - Social media and scholarly communications - The changing role of the publisher in the scholarly communications process - Researchers and scholarly communications - The changing role of the journal editor - The view of the research funder - Changing institutional research strategies - The role of the research library - The library users' view. This is essential reading for all concerned with the rapidly evolving scholarly communications landscape, including researchers, librarians, publishers, funders, academics and HE institutions. Readership: Researchers, librarians, publishers, funders, academics and HE institutions.

Download or read book Scholarly Communication for Librarians written by Heather Morrison and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians. - Explains complex concepts in a clear, concise manner - Designed to quickly bring the reader up to speed on scholarly communications - Written by a well-known international expert on scholarly communications and open access

Download or read book Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication written by Cassidy R. Sugimoto and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientometrics have become an essential element in the practice and evaluation of science and research, including both the evaluation of individuals and national assessment exercises. Yet, researchers and practitioners in this field have lacked clear theories to guide their work. As early as 1981, then doctoral student Blaise Cronin published "The need for a theory of citing" —a call to arms for the fledgling scientometric community to produce foundational theories upon which the work of the field could be based. More than three decades later, the time has come to reach out the field again and ask how they have responded to this call. This book compiles the foundational theories that guide informetrics and scholarly communication research. It is a much needed compilation by leading scholars in the field that gathers together the theories that guide our understanding of authorship, citing, and impact.