scholarly journals Transform DOI system into a giant science hub

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Moustafa
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Error Message ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
New Location ◽  
Scientific Fields

In its current mode of identification of scientific publications, the digital object identifier (DOI) is not more than a web linking of published material to their publishing sources. When a given DOI is searched in the DOI website (doi.org), we are redirected to the publishing websites, if the material is available, or an error message (Not Found) will appear if the DOI-associated content is not available or has moved to a new location. To bestow a worthwhile value to DOI assignations, I suggest the establishment of a unique persistent DOI database (for e.g., as a DOI hub, DOI library, or DOI indexer) in which all the DOI assigned by publishers and journals will be listed in one and same place with basics bibliographic metadata and complete citation information, including the DOI link itself, authors’ names, manuscripts’ titles, publishing source, date of publication, and ideally abstracts and full text if available for free (open access). As a result, when a DOI is searched in the DOI hub, full bibliographic information should be retrievable regardless of its status in the publishing source. Basic indexation information and metadata associated with published articles will thus be always accessible and findable independently from the publishing sources. A unique, general and long-term preserved DOI hub will make it easy to search, find and cite scientific literature from the various scientific fields even if a journal or publisher ceases its publishing activity.

Exploring Possibilities for Transforming Established Subscription-based Scientific Journals into Open Access Journals

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (06) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Kuballa ◽  
Mareike Schulze ◽  
Claudia Böhm ◽  
Olaf Gefeller ◽  
Jan Haaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
International Research Project

SummaryBackground: Based on today‘s information and communication technologies the open access paradigm has become an important approach for adequately communicating new scientific knowledge.Objectives: Summarizing the present situa -tion for journal transformation. Presenting criteria for adequate transformation as well as a specific approach for it. Describing our exemplary implementation of such a journal transformation.Methods: Studying the respective literature as well as discussing this topic in various discussion groups and meetings (primarily of editors and publishers, but also of authors and readers), with long term experience as editors and /or publishers of scientific publications as prerequisite.Results: There is a clear will, particularly of political and funding organizations, towards open access publishing. In spite of this, there is still a large amount of scientific knowl edge, being communicated through subscription-based journals. For successfully transforming such journals into open access, sixteen criteria for a goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable, and fair transformation are suggested. The Tandem Model as transformation approach is introduced. Our exemplary implementation is done in the Trans-O-MIM project. It is exploring strategies, models and evaluation metrics for journal transforma tion. As instance the journal Methods of Information in Medicine will apply the Tandem Model from 2017 onwards.Conclusions: Within Trans-O-MIM we will reach at least nine of the sixteen criteria for adequate transformation. It was positive to implement Trans-O-MIM as international research project. After first steps for transforming Methods have successfully been made, challenges will remain, among others, in identifying appropriate incentives for open access publishing in order to support its transformation.

scholarly journals Directory of Scientific-Periodicals of Georgia

10.36073/dspg ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madona Kopaleishvili ◽  
◽  
Irina Bedinashvili ◽  
Nelly Makhviladze ◽  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Language Version ◽  
National Centre ◽  
Scientific Periodicals

This publication is an English-language version of the Directory of Georgian Scientific Periodicals. The directory contains the bibliographies of 149 international scientific periodicals that have been assigned ISSN by the ISSN International Centre and the Georgian National Centre and which reflect to a certain extent their preparedness for entering international scientific literature databases. The publication details are taken from official journal websites, are publisher-checked and certified. The directory data served as a basis for the Georgian scholarly journals’ monitoring and identifying the international scientific literature database entry criteria: publications’ peer-review, periodicity, independent website, international editorial board membership, DOI (Digital Object Identifier) assignment, the state of indexing in academic databases, etc.

Scientific Authorship and E-commons

2010 ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Luc Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Source Model ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Authorship ◽  
The Web

This contribution tries to assess how the Web is changing the ways in which scientific knowledge is produced, distributed and evaluated, in particular how it is transforming the conventional conception of scientific authorship. After having properly introduced the notions of copyright, public domain and (e-)commons, I will critically assess James Boyle's (2003, 2008) thesis that copyright and scientific (e-) commons are antagonistic, but I will mostly agree with the related claim by Stevan Harnad (2001a,b, 2008) that copyright has become an obstacle to the accessibility of scientific works. I will even go further and argue that Open Access schemes not only solve the problem of the availability of scientific literature, but may also help to tackle the uncontrolled multiplication of scientific publications, since these publishing schemes are based on free public licenses allowing for (acknowledged) re-use of texts. However, the scientific community does not seem to be prepared yet to move towards an Open Source model of authorship, probably due to concerns related to attributing credit and responsability for the expressed hypotheses and results. Some strategies and tools that may encourage a change of academic mentality in favour of a conception of scientific authorship modelled on the Open Source paradigm are discussed.

Stereotypes about English as the language of science

AILA Review ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 28-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Guardiano ◽  
M. Elena Favilla ◽  
Emilia Calaresu
Keyword(s):  
Free Choice ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Language Of Science ◽  
Pilot Investigation ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Main Language

The progressive spread of English as the main language of international scientific communication has been interpreted in many different ways by several scholars. The paper presents a brief review of the scientific debate on such topics, focusing on the main stereotypes which have been created in order to provide explanations for the development of English as the language of science, and on the perception of non-Anglophone scholars on the reasons of the predominance of English in scientific literature and their disadvantages with respect to native speakers. Frequently used stereotypes on English as the language of science are analyzed and discussed in reference to the motivations asserted by linguists and non-linguists. A double ideological evidence can be registered: (1) arguments essentially consist in a-posteriori justifications, (2) English — far away from representing a free choice for non-native scholars — is perceived as the repository of the linguistic power that is desired and worshipped. The overview closes with the results of a pilot investigation on the languages of scientific publications, conducted on a sample of Italian scholars belonging to various scientific fields.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the scientific publishing system: Growth, open access and scientific fields

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Nane ◽  
Nicolas Robinson-Garcia ◽  
Francois van Schalkwyk ◽  
Daniel Torres-Salinas
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Research Community ◽  
World Health ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Scientific Outputs ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Large Corpus

We model the growth of scientific literature related to COVID-19 and forecast the expected growth from 1 June 2021. Considering the significant scientific and financial efforts made by the research community to find solutions to end the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented volume of scientific outputs is being produced. This questions the capacity of scientists, politicians and citizens to maintain infrastructure, digest content and take scientifically informed decisions. A crucial aspect is to make predictions to prepare for such a large corpus of scientific literature. Here we base our predictions on the ARIMA and exponential smoothing models and use two different data sources: the Dimensions and World Health Organization COVID-19 databases. These two sources have the particularity of including in the metadata information on the date in which papers were indexed. We present global predictions, plus predictions in three specific settings: by type of access (Open Access), by NLM source (PubMed and PMC), and by domain-specific repository (SSRN and MedRxiv). We conclude by discussing our findings.

scholarly journals Directory of Scientific-Periodicals of Georgia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madona Kopaleishvili ◽  
◽  
Irina Bedinashvili ◽  
Nelly Makhviladze ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
National Centre ◽  
Board Membership ◽  
Literature Database ◽  
Scientific Periodicals

The directory contains the bibliographies of 149 international scientific periodicals that have been assigned ISSN by the ISSN International Centre and the Georgian National Centre and which reflect to a certain extent their preparedness for entering international scientific literature databases. The publication details are taken from official journal websites, are publisher-checked and certified. The directory data served as a basis for the Georgian scholarly journals’ monitoring and identifying the international scientific literature database entry criteria: publications’ peer-review, periodicity, independent website, international editorial board membership, DOI (Digital Object Identifier) assignment, the state of indexing in academic databases, etc.

Evolução da revista The Academic Society Journal

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Bruno J. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Society Journal ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Academic Society

Nesta primeira edição da revista The Academic Society Journal (TASJ) no ano de 2019, temos o prazer de publicar nativamente os artigos selecionados na nova plataforma de divulgação da TASJ: www.theacademicsocietyjournal.net. O objetivo da TASJ é a diversificação do conhecimento acadêmico nos vários meios que permeiam a sociedade moderna, e visando isso criamos um site novo com o desejo de expandir o horizonte de impacto dos relevantes trabalhos publicados na TASJ. Em julho de 2012, foi criada The Academic Society (TAS) uma iniciativa acadêmica que visava à promoção e divulgação das produções científicas e acadêmicas no mundo. Uma sociedade livre e sem fins lucrativos, que além de congregar as iniciativas científicas e acadêmicas também buscava uma iniciativa editorial. Em 2017, a união dos ideais dos pesquisadores da TAJ possibilitou a construção da The Academic Society Journal (TASJ), uma revista online de publicação gratuita para autores e de livre acesso para a sociedade. Neste mesmo ano a TASJonline foi registrada com um Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicações (ISSN 2595-1521) e atualmente está em processo na agência oficial de registro (CrossREF) a obtenção do Digital Object Identifier (DOI), padrão mundial para identificação de documentos na internet. A existência da TASJonline é possível pelo esforço coletivo de vários pesquisadores voluntários, sendo uma equipe extremamente capacitada e generosa, mas de tempo limitado, nisso eventuais falhas de comunicação podem ocorrer ao longo da publicação de uma edição, por isso já prontamente pedimos sinceras desculpas e estamos totalmente abertos para sugestões e revisões das nossas políticas visando sempre a satisfação do autor e do leitor. Como um movimento de inúmeras ideias em torno de um ideal de comunhão, a TASJ manteve-se revigorada mesmo diante das várias dificuldades presentes no cotidiano de um pesquisador brasileiro, isso foi possível em grande parte pelos esforços da Eng. Me Mariana Hernandes, por isso em nome da Revista TASJ declaro o nosso profundo agradecimento por todo o seu empenho ao longo da cada edição. Atualmente a TASJonline conta com 9 edições, mais de 50 artigos e uma avaliação média mensal de 30 artigos, sendo aceita como revista de publicação do programa de pós-graduação da USP e se viabilizando como uma alternativa sadia à publicação/divulgação de materiais de pesquisa e resultados preliminares oriundos das dissertações, sem taxas de publicação e no formato Open Access. As nossas portas estão abertas!

scholarly journals Discovering the Platypus: From its scientific description to its DOI

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Kearney
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Digital Object ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Past

The first description and illustration of the duck-billed platypus appeared in the scientific literature in 1799. Since its international debut, the platypus has fascinated the scientific community. The past 200 years of scholarly literature is peppered with journal articles containing taxonomic revisions and details of the bizarre biology and behaviour of this paradoxical species. Yet, despite the fact that much of this historic literature is now accessible online, it is almost impossible to find. This is because, unlike contemporary scientific publications, much of the digitised historical literature lacks article-level citation data and digital object identifiers (DOIs). This paper will detail the work the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is undertaking to bring the world’s historic literature into the modern linked network of scholarly research. It will present three case studies – three “lost” platypus articles from three very different publications – to demonstrate how the retrospective registration of DOIs is critical to making legacy literature discoverable, citable and trackable. This paper will also discuss the responsibility and accountability that comes with assigning DOIs, including best practice for out-of-copyright and orphaned content, and the issues that arise when the definitive (DOI’d) versions of public domain journal articles are locked behind paywalls.

scholarly journals AN OPEN SCIENCE APPROACH TO GIS-BASED PALEOENVIRONMENT DATA

2016 ◽  
Vol III-2 ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
C. Willmes ◽  
D. Becker ◽  
J. Verheul ◽  
Y. Yener ◽  
M. Zickel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Open Geospatial Consortium

Paleoenvironmental studies and according information (data) are abundantly published and available in the scientific record. However, GIS-based paleoenvironmental information and datasets are comparably rare. Here, we present an Open Science approach for creating GIS-based data and maps of paleoenvironments, and Open Access publishing them in a web based Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), for access by the archaeology and paleoenvironment communities. We introduce an approach to gather and create GIS datasets from published non-GIS based facts and information (data), such as analogous maps, textual information or figures in scientific publications. These collected and created geo-datasets and maps are then published, including a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to facilitate scholarly reuse and citation of the data, in a web based Open Access Research Data Management Infrastructure. The geo-datasets are additionally published in an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards compliant SDI, and available for GIS integration via OGC Open Web Services (OWS).

scholarly journals AN OPEN SCIENCE APPROACH TO GIS-BASED PALEOENVIRONMENT DATA

2016 ◽  
Vol III-2 ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Willmes ◽  
D. Becker ◽  
J. Verheul ◽  
Y. Yener ◽  
M. Zickel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Digital Object Identifier ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Open Geospatial Consortium

Paleoenvironmental studies and according information (data) are abundantly published and available in the scientific record. However, GIS-based paleoenvironmental information and datasets are comparably rare. Here, we present an Open Science approach for creating GIS-based data and maps of paleoenvironments, and Open Access publishing them in a web based Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), for access by the archaeology and paleoenvironment communities. We introduce an approach to gather and create GIS datasets from published non-GIS based facts and information (data), such as analogous maps, textual information or figures in scientific publications. These collected and created geo-datasets and maps are then published, including a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to facilitate scholarly reuse and citation of the data, in a web based Open Access Research Data Management Infrastructure. The geo-datasets are additionally published in an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards compliant SDI, and available for GIS integration via OGC Open Web Services (OWS).

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