Scientometrics

Publications

A wider target audience

Major publisher’s acquisition of manuscript submission system makes waves in scientific journals market

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BIBLIOMETRICS

Responsible metrics

Company that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results

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MANAGEMENT

A rising platform

Modernization of the Lattes CV database looks to increase confidence in its data and stimulate debate on the platform's potential

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Sleeping Beauties

To study the scientific process and perfect evaluation systems, researchers analyze innovative papers whose value was recognized only belatedly

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Data

Papers published on Zika and microcephaly

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Gender

The search for balance

A study comparing scientific output by women in a range of countries highlights Brazil’s improvement

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INDICATORS

A map of scientific competencies

Study shows where researchers are concentrated and describes the impact of their production in the 15 administrative regions of the state of São Paulo

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Careers

Company participation in R&D papers is still low in Brazil

Only 1% of the scientific articles published by Brazilian researchers between 2011 and 2016 had one or more authors affiliated with a private company

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Scientometrics

#The100Most Commented

Altmetric publishes a list of the scientific articles most talked about on social media in 2017

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Good practices

A closer look at retractions around the world

Study uses announcements on Retraction Watch website to produce an overview of misconduct in scientific publications

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JOURNALS

Tactics designed to raise impact

Brazilian journals tighten up procedures and turn to specialist editorial support in an effort to increase citations

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Scientometrics

The metropolis and science

Study analyzes papers by authors from 2,000 cities around the world and ranks São Paulo among the 20 with the highest scientific output

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good practices

Mass resignation from editorial board

Nineteen researchers stepped down from the editorial board of Scientific Reports, in November

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Good practices

The career effects of scandal

A group of researchers from the MIT and Harvard University measured the damage that an article retraction causes to the reputation of its authors

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Genetics

The 10 most studied genes

The 10 most studied human genes since 1980

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DATA

The results of university R&D expenditure

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good practices

The origin of a phantom reference

The origin of a phantom reference

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JOURNALS

A stir in the library

German universities wrestle with publishing giant to expand open access

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Data

International collaboration at public universities in São Paulo

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Journals

Open access research

Open access to Brazilian journals is important, but its impact is limited

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BIBLIOMETRICS

Whose signature is this?

New strategies for resolving ambiguities in bibliographic references

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Sleeping Beauties

Experts study papers that were only belatedly recognized

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Canary Haz

App finds scientific articles

App finds scientific articles

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homage

Reviewers immortalized in sculpture

Russian sociologist proposed a monument to honor reviewers

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GOOD PRACTICES

New list of predatory journals

New list of predatory journals

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Careers

Unpredictable visibility

Dissemination of scientific papers goes beyond publication in journals

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Data

Internationalization of scientific publications

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Gender

The search for balance

A study compares scientific output by women in a range of countries

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Diffusion

Public Review

Preprints gain popularity in biology and the social sciences

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INDICATORS

Drawing a map of scientific competencies

Map shows distribution of scientific competencies in São Paulo

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