scholarly journals Why UGC- CARE List of Journals & Good Academic Research Practices (GARP) Both are Archaic?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Vasantha Raju ◽  
Harinarayan N.S.
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Scholarly Publications

This paper discusses Good Academic Research Practices (GARP) and UGC-CARE List and their limitations in engaging with emerging open publishing platforms specifically preprints. This paper through some light on preprints and its role in accelerating science communication during COVID-19 pandemic. The UGC’s opaqueness towards emerging open publishing platforms in its GARP document and propagating traditional scholarly publications through UGC-CARE List has also been deliberated.

scholarly journals An Upper-Level Biology Course Designed to Develop Science Communication in STEM Majors by Examining the Biotechnology Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 389-393
Author(s):  
Laura T. Laranjo ◽  
Chloe C. Greppi ◽  
Melissa S. Kosinski-Collins
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Journal Club ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Science Careers ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Upper Level

Many undergraduate students pursuing life science majors are not aware of job options outside of medicine and academic research, because many departments stress these as the only primary career pathways. In addition, biology students often do not have many opportunities to develop their science communication and presentation skills due to the rigorous course requirements inherent in these fields that would make them more competitive for careers in biotechnology. We developed a course using diverse pedagogies designed to introduce students to new careers in biotechnology, to help them understand the role of ethics in the drug development pipeline, and to incorporate more communication assignments, such as student presentations and journal-club-style paper discussions to more effectively prepare them for many STEM-based career possibilities. By the end of the course, students had broader knowledge of previously unknown science careers, had improved their scientific communication skills, and reported a greater understanding of course material as a result of the science communication assignments.

scholarly journals Changing patterns of self-citation: cumulative inquiry or self-promotion?

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Hyland ◽  
Feng (Kevin) Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Scientific Authority ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Reputation Building

Abstract Self-citations are a familiar, if sometimes controversial, element of academic knowledge construction and reputation-building, contributing to both the cumulative nature of academic research and helping writers to promote their scientific authority and enhance their careers. As scholarly publications become more specialized, more collaborative and more important for promotion and tenure, we might expect self-citation to play a more visible role in published research and this paper explores this possibility. Here we trace patterns of self-citation in papers from the same five journals in four disciplines at three time periods over the past 50 years, selected according to their impact ranking in 2015. We identify a large increase in self-citations although this is subject to disciplinary variation and tempered by a huge rise in citations overall, so that self-citation has fallen as a proportion of all citations. We attempt to account for these changes and give a rhetorical explanation for authorial practices.

Changing Struggles for Relevance in Eight Fields of Natural Science

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurens K. Hessels ◽  
Harro van Lente ◽  
John Grin ◽  
Ruud E.H.M. Smits
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Practical Utility ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Dynamics Of Science ◽  
Scientific Fields

This paper investigates the consequences of institutional changes on academic research practices in eight fields of natural science in the Netherlands. The authors analyse the similarities and differences among the dynamics of these different fields and reflect on possible explanations for the changes observed. The study shows that the increasing pressure for productivity, as measured in bibliometric terms, can counteract the pressure for practical utility. Moreover, the work indicates that the dynamics of science varies much more across scientific fields than most of the literature suggests is the case.

scholarly journals Opportunities to Improve Academic Research Through Open Research Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin R. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Open Research

An abstract submitted to accompany a presentation at the 2018 Polytechnic Summit, June 4--6, in Lima, Peru.

scholarly journals Writing Research Article in English: Bottlenecks for Scholars and Faculties

2021 ◽  
pp. 303-320
Author(s):  
SARALA SHOBINI M
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
Writing Research

Rao, C. S. (2018). English is the language accepted globally for academic Research. It is the choice for many scholarly publications and journals. It is the official language for academic and scientific world of research. It is undoubtedly used for writing research papers and scientific articles by academicians and researchers. English used for academic writing is entirely different than the English which has been used for teaching.

scholarly journals How are encyclopedias cited in academic research? Wikipedia, Britannica, Baidu Baike, and Scholarpedia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuemei Li ◽  
Mike Thelwall ◽  
Ehsan Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Systematic Comparison ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Academic Information

Encyclopedias are sometimes cited by scholarly publications, despite concerns about their credibility as sources for academic information. This study investigates trends from 2002 to 2020 in citing two crowdsourced and two expert-based encyclopedias to investigate whether they fit differently into the research landscape: Wikipedia, Britannica, Baidu Baike, and Scholarpedia. This is the first systematic comparison of the uptake of four major encyclopedias within academic research. Scopus searches were used to count the number of documents citing the four encyclopedias in each year. Wikipedia was by far the most cited encyclopedia, with up to 1% of Scopus documents citing it in Computer Science. Citations to Wikipedia increased exponentially until 2010, then slowed down and started to decrease. Both the Britannica and Scholarpedia citation rates were increasing in 2020, however. Disciplinary and national differences include Britannica being popular in Arts and Humanities, Scholarpedia in Neuroscience, and Baidu Baike in Chinese-speaking countries/territories. The results confirm that encyclopedias have minor value for academic research, often for background and definitions, with the most suitable one varying between fields and countries, and with the first evidence that the popularity of crowdsourced encyclopedias may be waning.

scholarly journals Development of the School Science Club at Cardiff University

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Blaxland ◽  
Rhys Thomas ◽  
Les Baillie
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
School Science ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Club

Challenges faced by schools include how to make science interesting, relevant and engaging for their pupils. This can perhaps be made more difficult by staff members not having direct experience in many areas of the science they are tasked to teach, and therefore lacking the confidence to teach in these areas (Murphy et al., 2007). Within the higher education sector, there is demand for researchers to actively engage with the local community (Linder and Spear, 2003; Wynne, 2006). Working with eight schools, we co-developed a programme that both highlights academic research and complements the Key Stage 2 national curriculum with the aims of improving science aspirations, knowledge and confidence in Key Stage 2 (Year 6) children, supporting teachers in the delivery of areas of the curriculum identified as challenging, and increasing science communication and engagement within the university. We delivered two separate sessions with all eight primary schools, interacting with approximately three hundred and fifty pupils. Overall, the project had a positive impact on teachers, children and academic staff. Key findings indicated that 92.9 per cent of 348 children surveyed felt that they had learned something new, while 85.7 per cent surveyed felt they were more interested in science, and 14.3 per cent reported no change in their feelings towards science. The School Science Club represents a collaborative engagement project which highlights the requirement of accurate co-development and outcome settings from both the university and school in order to have a positive impact on all those involved. Findings suggested improvements in planning and delivery for future such endeavours.

A topology of Twitter research: disciplines, methods, and ethics

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zimmer ◽  
Nicholas John Proferes
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Benchmark Analysis ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Academic Publications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to engage in a systematic analysis of academic research that relies on the collection and use of Twitter data, creating topology of Twitter research that details the disciplines and methods of analysis, amount of tweets and users under analysis, the methods used to collect Twitter data, and accounts of ethical considerations related to these projects. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis of 382 academic publications from 2006 to 2012 that used Twitter as their primary platform for data collection and analysis. Findings – The analysis of over 380 scholarly publications utilizing Twitter data reveals noteworthy trends related to the growth of Twitter-based research overall, the disciplines engaged in such research, the methods of acquiring Twitter data for analysis, and emerging ethical considerations of such research. Research limitations/implications – The findings provide a benchmark analysis that must be updated with the continued growth of Twitter-based research. Originality/value – The research is the first full-text systematic analysis of Twitter-based research projects, focussing on the growth in discipline and methods as well as its ethical implications. It is of value for the broader research community currently engaged in social media-based research, and will prompt reflexive evaluation of what research is occurring, how it is occurring, what is being done with Twitter data, and how researchers are addressing the ethics of Twitter-based research.

scholarly journals The necessity of English knowledge for the multilingual scholars for publishing their research papers in reputed journals

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-338
Author(s):  
SATHEESH KUMAR E
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Multilingual Scholars

Rao, C. S. (2018). English is the language accepted globally for academic Research. It is the choice for many scholarly publications and journals. It is the official language for academic and scientific world of research. It is undoubtedly used for writing research papers and scientific articles by academicians and researchers. English used for academic writing is entirely different than the English which has been used for teaching.

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