scholarly journals Visibility of scientific results Green Open Access in institutional repositories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina V. Valeeva
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Free Access ◽  
State University ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Gold Open Access ◽  
Moscow State University

Open access gives free access to research publications and today, about 23% of scientific publications in Russia are in the public domain. How and to what extent an open access publication affects citation - issues that have been the subject of debate for quite some time, and of course, the type of open access in which the article is posted plays an important role here. Now, the most common are the “golden” and “green” types of open access, each of which has both advantages and disadvantages. The article presents the results of a study conducted in 2018, during which the degree of using the capabilities of Gold Open Access and Green Open Access by universities of the 5-100 project, as well as Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University and the RAS institutes (namely, the Ural Branch of the RAS and the SB RAS). The analysis included articles located in Scopus - Gold Open Access and Green Open Access. Also, as part of the study, the authors analyzed the case of the Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin, in the framework of which the success of the institutional repository was evaluated Electronic scientific archive of Ural Federal University (elar.urfu).

scholarly journals Scientific Publications – Free For All?

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-217
Author(s):  
DAVID WALTON
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Antarctic Treaty ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
New Religion

One of the most important elements of the Antarctic Treaty is the requirement to provide open and free access to all information collected south of 60° S. For this reason the current focus on making all published science free for everyone strikes a sympathetic cord. Led by various institutions promoting web posting of published material and the Public Library of Science enthusiasts proposing open access through the author-pays model there is a ferment of activity at present around the world to convert scientists and librarians to this new religion.

scholarly journals Open-access policy and data-sharing practice in UK academia

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Online Publishing ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Access To Data

Data sharing can be defined as the release of research data that can be used by others. With the recent open-science movement, there has been a call for free access to data, tools and methods in academia. In recent years, subject-based and institutional repositories and data centres have emerged along with online publishing. Many scientific records, including published articles and data, have been made available via new platforms. In the United Kingdom, most major research funders had a data policy and require researchers to include a ‘data-sharing plan’ when applying for funding. However, there are a number of barriers to the full-scale adoption of data sharing. Those barriers are not only technical, but also psychological and social. A survey was conducted with over 1800 UK-based academics to explore the extent of support of data sharing and the characteristics and factors associated with data-sharing practice. It found that while most academics recognised the importance of sharing research data, most of them had never shared or reused research data. There were differences in the extent of data sharing between different gender, academic disciplines, age and seniority. It also found that the awareness of Research Council UK’s (RCUK) Open-Access (OA) policy, experience of Gold and Green OA publishing, attitudes towards the importance of data sharing and experience of using secondary data were associated with the practice of data sharing. A small group of researchers used social media such as Twitter, blogs and Facebook to promote the research data they had shared online. Our findings contribute to the knowledge and understanding of open science and offer recommendations to academic institutions, journals and funding agencies.

scholarly journals USE OF VIRTUAL LABORATORIES IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING CHEMICAL DISCIPLINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
IHOR VOITOVYCH ◽  
OKSANA VOITOVYCH ◽  
GALYNA MARTYNІUK
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Virtual Laboratory ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Chemistry Laboratories

The introduction of information and communication technologies in the educational process of teaching various disciplines is becoming increasingly important. Accordingly, the issue of application of these technologies in the teaching of chemical disciplines is relevant, namely the study of the possibility of using virtual laboratories in Chemistry as an interactive learning tool to improve the learning process and provide opportunities for professional and research skills. The purpose of the article is to study the possibilities of using virtual laboratories in the process of teaching chemical disciplines and to determine the opinion of students on the effectiveness of this type of activity. The following research methods are used in the article: theoretical – analysis of scientific publications on the research problem; systematization and generalization of information; empirical – questionnaires and analysis of its results. The article considers the advantages and disadvantages of using virtual Chemistry laboratories in the educational process. The article analyzes the concept of «virtual laboratory» and gives the definition of a virtual laboratory of Chemistry as a software environment that allows to form practical skills by conducting laboratory experiments, simulating the sequence of actions of the researcher in real laboratory (or managing chemical plants by robotic means) with use of computer models or contactless (remotely) with real equipment and reagents. We consider the virtual Chemistry laboratories available on the Internet, which provides free access to the educational resources and explores their didactic and methodological opportunities to increase the level of formation of practical skills and abilities during chemical experiments. It is established that the use of a virtual laboratory in Chemistry contributes to the formation of practical skills in conducting interactive laboratory classes with further consolidation in real conditions; provides an individual pace of mastering the skills of chemical experiment; allows students to explore processes that require special conditions; increases the motivation to master new material by working in a virtual environment that is familiar and interesting for the modern student; provides realization of its independent preparation for performance of experiments in real laboratory conditions. It is substantiated the use of virtual laboratories in Chemistry cannot substitute the traditional performance of laboratory work, but is only a supplementary form.

scholarly journals Open access to scientific publishing

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Beate Reitan
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
The University

Interest in open access (OA) to scientific publications is steadily increasing, both in Norway and internationally. From the outset, FORMakademisk has been published as a digital journal, and it was one of the first to offer OA in Norway. We have since the beginning used Open Journal Systems (OJS) as publishing software. OJS is part of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), which was created by Canadian John Willinsky and colleagues at the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia in 1998. The first version of OJS came as an open source software in 2001. The programme is free for everyone to use and is part of a larger collective movement wherein knowledge is shared. When FORMakademisk started in 2008, we received much help from the journal Acta Didactic (n.d.) at the University of Oslo, which had started the year before us. They had also translated the programme to Norwegian. From the start, we were able to publish in both Norwegian and English. Other journals have used FORMakademisk as a model and source of inspiration when starting or when converting from subscription-based print journals to electronic OA, including the Journal of Norwegian Media Researchers [Norsk medietidsskrift]. It is in this way that the movement around PKP works and continues to grow to provide free access to research. As the articles are OA, they are also easily accessible to non-scientists. We also emphasise that the language should be readily available, although it should maintain a high scientific quality. Often there may be two sides of the same coin. We on the editorial team are now looking forward to adopting the newly developed OJS 3 this spring, with many new features and an improved design for users, including authors, peer reviewers, editors and readers.

Memorandum “Open Metadata”

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (04) ◽  
pp. 376-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dugas ◽  
K. -H. Jöckel ◽  
T. Friede ◽  
O. Gefeller ◽  
M. Kieser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Routine Patient Care

SummaryAt present, most documentation forms and item catalogs in healthcare are not accessible to the public. This applies to assessment forms of routine patient care as well as case report forms (CRFs) of clinical and epidemiological studies. On behalf of the German chairs for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology six recommendations to developers and users of documentation forms in healthcare were developed. Open access to medical documentation forms could substantially improve information systems in health-care and medical research networks. Therefore these forms should be made available to the scientific community, their use should not be unduly restricted, they should be published in a sustainable way using international standards and sources of documentation forms should be referenced in scientific publications.

Open Educational Resources in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 108-120
Author(s):  
Stephen Tsekea
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Digital Learning Resources

The open access movement came as a result of the rising cost of learning materials and the need for having publicly funded research or works available on the public domain. This is a movement which is in support of having educational learning resources freely available on the internet. Despite the intellectual properly issues surrounding use of learning resources, many institutions in Africa are adopting these digital learning resources. The chapter documents how the OER movement started, its advantages and disadvantages, copyright and licensing issues, models, and challenges in adopting OERs.

Preliminary results of the application of two methods for studying soil diatoms

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
Tatiana A. Buevich ◽  
Dmitry A. Chudaev ◽  
Maria A. Gololobova
Keyword(s):  
Additional Data ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
State University ◽  
Soil Algae ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Active Life ◽  
Moscow State University

Preliminary results of applying two methods for isolating diatoms from the soil that were used during the study of soil algae of the Zvenigorod Biological Station of Moscow State University are presented in this paper. The authors compare the classical method of moist chambers with fouling glasses and the method of isolating diatoms from the soil using moist plates with gauze placed on the surface of the soil. The methods were used to isolate diatoms from soil samples taken in two biotopes – in a birch forest and in a river floodplain. It has been shown that the main advantage of the method of fouling glasses is the reception of additional data on the active life of algae in the soil, since many algae form clones on the surface of the glass as a result of cell division. At the same time, with the help of gauze cultures, it is possible to obtain preparations that contain more material of better quality, since the shells of diatoms can be better cleaned from organics using this method. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and to obtain more complete results, the authors recommend using them together.

The development of an institutional repository at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Philippines

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-398
Author(s):  
Stephen Biaco Alayon ◽  
Elvi Santillan Nemiz ◽  
Daryl Lustracion Superio ◽  
Jesserylle Garvilles de la Peña ◽  
Luisa Gadot Pacino
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Development Center

Purpose – This paper aims to present the experiences of SEAFDEC/AQD library staff in digitizing institutional publications and developing an institutional repository (IR). Design/methodology/approach – SEAFDEC/AQD IR or SAIR provides a reliable means for its researchers to store, preserve, share their research outputs, enable easy access to and increase the visibility of its scientific publications. The repository uses DSpace customized with some add-ons. Details on the digitization hardware and software, layout, delivery format, and persistent identifier used are provided. Findings – As of March 2012, the repository contains 771 items with 541 downloadable PDFs. SAIR had 88,287 item views, 69,249 PDF downloads and 271,978 searches. SAIR is registered to and indexed by OpenDOAR, ROAR, Google Scholar and WorldCat. It is harvested by AVANO Ifremer, BASE, Sciencegate.ch and OAIster. Initial impact based on indicators in webometrics ranking web of world repositories and research centers was presented. Reluctance to contribute to IR has been observed by the library staff among SEAFDEC/AQD researchers. Research limitations/implications – The IR can be an effective tool to promote institutional publications and those written by researchers in peer-reviewed journals and to generate higher citations through increased visibility. IR submission policy and procedures are being drafted by the library staff. Practical implications – SAIR provides free access to all in-house publications of SEAFDEC/AQD. Full-text digitized copies of fish farmer-friendly materials like books, handbooks, policy guidebooks, extension manuals, institutional reports, and newsletters can be downloaded. Originality/value – SAIR is one of only three open access institutional repositories registered in the Philippines. The paper discusses the lessons learned and issues to be addressed in developing an IR of value to other institutions considering similar projects. Future plans and further development are also presented.

scholarly journals Medical and health sciences academics’ behaviours and attitudes towards open access publishing in scholarly journals: a perspective from South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoung Hee Joung ◽  
Jennifer Rowley ◽  
Laura Sbaffi
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Gold Open Access

This article seeks to extend the knowledge of the behaviour and attitudes towards open access publishing through a survey that focusses on the attitudes and behaviours of academic researchers in Korea working in medicine and healthcare. Issues covered include: use of and intentions regarding OAP, and perceptions regarding advantages and disadvantages of OAP, journal article publication services, peer review, and re-use. A significant proportion of the articles (mean 58%) published by this group are published gold open access, consistent with the push in Korea towards international impact for their research. Researchers were more positive about the benefits of OAP than they were negative about its disadvantages. Analysis of responses on the basis of gender, and experience in publishing, showed some significant differences in attitudes to some statements.

scholarly journals Russian Scientific Publication — 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-389
Author(s):  
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gorbunov-Posadov
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Russian Science Citation Index

The article presents the events that took place last year in the world of Russian scientific publications. There is a slow slide towards paid access of some academic journals turned in open access in 2018. The European Union has announced plan "S" for the mass transition of scientific journals to open access. New models of the scientific publication are introducing. Reporting on publications requested by the Ministry of education and science in 2019 does not take into account the size of the readership of the article. Neither the Ministry of education and science, nor the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) does not encourage publication in the public domain. In Russian Science Citation Index began the fight against widespread fraudulent trade in references to the article, but the HAC is not interested in this activity. A proliferation of contradictory the term "self-plagiarism" has spread. This label is widely stigmatized authors and journals for repeated publications.

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