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Comment on Time is Money: Why Scholarly Communication Can’t Be Free – A guest post by Mark Carden by paul abrahams

paul abrahams — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:33:24 +0000

Another issue that underpins all the stresses within the system is the exponential growth in the number of articles published in the past decade. Take Elsevier. In 2009, it published 295,000 articles and 10 years later it published 495,000, an increase of 67%. https://bit.ly/31g50qZ page 33.

Since 2012, the number of articles submitted to Elsevier has doubled from 1m to 2m, and it works with 23,000 editors, 87,000 editorial board members and 1m reviewers to publish those articles. That’s not a trivial undertaking. Yet a recent analysis based on FOI Act data shows that the amount paid by UK universities for Elsevier content has increased just 27% in the past decade. Exactly in line with inflation.

PS: I work for RELX, Elsevier’s parent company.

Comment on Natural Language Processing and Inclusion by Chesley M. Chen

Chesley M. Chen — Fri, 15 May 2020 11:05:59 +0000

This is fantastic and much needed!

Comment on May the Fourth Be With You by Yvette

Yvette — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:35:27 +0000

Really enjoyed this.
Thank you.

Comment on “In The Spotlight” with Amy Brand! by Ogunte

Ogunte — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:29:48 +0000

[…] We are lucky here at Digital Science to have a female VP, Amy Brand. She has been a phenomenal driving force for us – and if you want to find out why, you can watch a recent interview with her on STEMwomen.net. […]

Comment on #FoundersFriday with Sacha Noukhovitch from the STEM Fellowship by Adrian Stanley

Adrian Stanley — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:51:37 +0000

Excellent inspirational post, this brief video on the Big Data Challenge shows even more the great work being carried out by Dr N and the STEM Fellowship Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuLkklD8vGk&feature=youtu.be

Comment on Predatory Publishing Isn’t The Problem, It’s a Symptom of Information Inequality by Rogelio Rodríguez Sotres

Rogelio Rodríguez Sotres — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:18:42 +0000

The problem is clearly multifaceted:
1. Publishing is a business – If you care for profit but disdain ethics – you get: “Predatory publishers”.
2. Publications measure your success – If the pressure is high, and evaluation focus on numbers, rather than quality – you promote: “questionable science”.
3. Journals are not truly impartial – Editors and reviewer are humans, some rely on prejudice and judge with bias, this lead to: Reduced access to research scientist’s and young scientist to “standard journal” (
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01173636
)
4. Science Education and Science Policies are shaped by government ideas about science and technology – Researchers in different countries face different obstacles, in some cases, their knowledge of publishers, international policies, ethical standards and even their access to scientific information is restricted: This article.
So Phill Jones has a point, but other aspects cannot be disregarded.

Comment on How to Support Science Without Being a Scientist by Scott Alan Lucas

Scott Alan Lucas — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:57:38 +0000

I like it, I shared it and hopefully in 3 years I’ll make my last career change to work and support my ultimate Science zone at Los Alamos National Labs. Dream Big!
My daughter is 15 now. At 12 she decided to become an astrophysicist or oceanography. Either way, by showing my interest in science, she will take it to the next level.

Comment on Taylor & Francis and Cambridge University Press Join Blockchain for Peer Review Project #blockchainforpeerreview by Revista ORINOCO Pensamiento y Praxis

Revista ORINOCO Pensamiento y Praxis — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 10:52:48 +0000

Excelente alianza en pro del conocimiento cientifico

Comment on Why Scientists Should Share Their Data by Ronaldo Morato

Ronaldo Morato — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:40:35 +0000

I really like the blog and the ten reasons to share your data. I would add two other bennefits of sharing data that I have experienced: 1) partnership: sharing data faciliate the integration between different research groups; 2) Friendship: we have experienced that from partnership most of our colleagues became good friends and communication and productivity of the groups increased.

all the best,

Ronaldo Morato

Comment on Katy Alexander Joins the Digital Science Team by David

David — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:26:12 +0000

Best of luck Katie and welcome, I always enjoy Digital Science and its products.
Regards
David Thompson
Western Sydney University