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Can anybody recommend alternatives to services like semantic scholar and ResearchRabbit, and https://connectedpapers.com — I seem to remember one that had more of a tree-like structure but I can't find it now. Trying to set up a good workflow for discovering relevant documents. Filters for things like language and ability to read the abstract inside the program (and click to open the doi) are preferred features.
Thanks!
Next week OpenAIRE will introduce its next phase: "OpenAIRE-Nexus: Public Launch Event"
https://www.openaire.eu/openaire-nexus-public-launch-event
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lz14jl/next_week_openaire_will_introduce_its_next_phase/?utm_source=ifttt
A series of 5 workshops: "A Plan S for books: Voices from the Community"
https://openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2021/02/25/a-plan-s-for-books-voices-from-the-community/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lyevil/a_series_of_5_workshops_a_plan_s_for_books_voices/?utm_source=ifttt
MIT Press starts a "Direct to Open" program. Libraries that would normally buy their books are asked to contribute to make new books available to the world as #OpenAcces. As a thank-you they get access to the MIT backlist with 2,300 titles.
https://direct.mit.edu/books/pages/direct-to-open
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lxmvt8/mit_press_starts_a_direct_to_open_program/?utm_source=ifttt
UCL organizes a webinar on E-Books: Scandal or Market Economics? On the "acute difficulties for higher education and public libraries caused by publishers’ pricing and licensing practices as well as possible solutions"
https://libereurope.eu/event/webinar-on-e-books-scandal-or-market-economics/?mc_cid=337038d596&mc_eid=1bd8470e61
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lwuj28/ucl_organizes_a_webinar_on_ebooks_scandal_or/?utm_source=ifttt
An Interview With Sci-Hub's Alexandra Elbakyan on the Delhi HC Case
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/interview-alexandra-elbakyan-sci-hub-elsevier-academic-publishing-open-access/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lwjjhw/an_interview_with_scihubs_alexandra_elbakyan_on/?utm_source=ifttt
Library Research Forum. A free two-day conference organized by the Concordia University Library in Quebec.
https://library.concordia.ca/about/staff/forum/index.php
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lw6trc/library_research_forum_a_free_twoday_conference/?utm_source=ifttt
Digital services for science – where is the journey heading? Position paper of the Alliance of German research organizations. Which services are in demand? What are the pro and cons of our own services over commercial silos?
https://zenodo.org/record/4301947
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lvxq6m/digital_services_for_science_where_is_the_journey/?utm_source=ifttt
New, more inclusive journal policies ease author name changes on published papers
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2021/02/new-more-inclusive-journal-policies-ease-author-name-changes-published-papers
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lvad17/new_more_inclusive_journal_policies_ease_author/?utm_source=ifttt
Abolition Science Radio is a bi-weekly podcast series investigating all things science and math and their relationship to colonialism, oppression, resistance, education and liberation.
https://www.abolitionscience.org/home/2018/8/24/welcome-to-abolition-science-radio
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lugra3/abolition_science_radio_is_a_biweekly_podcast/?utm_source=ifttt
Inequality is also increasing in science. The 1% most publishing authors got 7% of citations in 2000 and 21% in 2015. They do this by publishing in large author teams.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elite-scientists-picking-up-more-citations-than-ever-as-the-rest-lose-out/4013245.article
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/ltqhoe/inequality_is_also_increasing_in_science_the_1/?utm_source=ifttt
The Dutch Science Foundation #NWO publishes a lists of their Open Science Infrastructure Support. Wonderful. Any other science foundations doing this? @NWOnieuws
https://www.nwo.nl/en/open-science-infrastructure-support
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lsym1a/the_dutch_science_foundation_nwo_publishes_a/?utm_source=ifttt
Science needs a radical overhaul: "Scientists who – consciously or not – use methods that get extravagant and often false results get rewarded; they get jobs and grants and train future generations of scientists."
https://iai.tv/articles/why-science-needs-a-radical-overhaul-auid-1748
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/ls6sfc/science_needs_a_radical_overhaul_scientists_who/?utm_source=ifttt
Editorial: "New impact factor calculation dramatically affects publishing: What authors should know." (Gathering citations before "publication" no longer works.) The title illustrates how sick our research assessment and university ranking systems are.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apha.13633
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lrdnzl/editorial_new_impact_factor_calculation/?utm_source=ifttt
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announces Transformative Agreement with SAGE
https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/canadian-research-knowledge-network-announces-transformative-agreement-sage
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lqx1gf/the_canadian_research_knowledge_network_announces/?utm_source=ifttt
Ten simple rules for starting (and sustaining) an academic data science initiative
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008628
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lqkl25/ten_simple_rules_for_starting_and_sustaining_an/?utm_source=ifttt
Open Access Publishing in Asian Studies. Free online event this Friday.
https://www.publishing.umich.edu/publishing-asian-studies
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lq7wfe/open_access_publishing_in_asian_studies_free/?utm_source=ifttt
Can anyone point me to an ideal data sharing policy?
I'm working on updating a data policy and I'm looking for what this community considers ideal statements.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lppcc0/can_anyone_point_me_to_an_ideal_data_sharing/?utm_source=ifttt
Open-source hardware to face COVID-19 pandemic: the need to do more and better
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42600-020-00123-2
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/lpoa73/opensource_hardware_to_face_covid19_pandemic_the/?utm_source=ifttt
Free two-day conference on Research Impact Assessment: Impact Frameworks and Cultural Change. With a debate on the thesis: "This house believes that funders should remove the impact sections from their application forms."
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-frameworks-and-cultural-change-tickets-130795903067?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
https://www.reddit.com/r/Open_Science/comments/loc96r/free_twoday_conference_on_research_impact/?utm_source=ifttt
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