Lab of high energy physicians that make scientific results available early in the knowledge creation process.
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Science 2.0: Oxford University Press Joins SCOAP Transparent Open Access Model
Link: http://scoap3.org/
Initiatives » Initiatives
SHERPA / RoMEO
As part of SHERPA Services RoMEO is a searchable database of publisher’s policies regarding the self-archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories.
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OpenAccess.net: SHERPA/RoMEO
Siemens – Technical Papers
Online website that makes Siemens publications (e.g. conference papers) freely available.
Link: http://www.energy.siemens.com/br/en/energy-topics/publications/technical-papers/
social science space
Social network that features blogs with the most current thinking from key players in social science, a forum for discussions, a resource centre with free videos, reports and slides that support these discussions, as well as funding and job opportunity notices.
SPARC EUROPE
This website gathers information on open access movement but also organizes workshops, conferences etc. to promote open science and open access.
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- The Sacramento Bee: Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online
- InTechWeblog: SPARC Europe at the European Commission Public Hearing: Reform of the Research Evaluation System Suggested
See also: http://www.sparc.arl.org/index.shtml
SSRN
Scientific network that hosts several working paper series from numerous research institutions (e.g. INSEAD, MIT, University of California)
More on:
Wikipedia: Social Science Research Network
Link: www.ssrn.com
Versita Open
An open access platform, hosting full texts of nearly 200 scholarly journals that concurrently belong to many societies, universities and research institutes. Besides the open access platform, Versita also publishes journals in a subscription based model.
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- Alpha Galileo Foundation: Versita launches Versita Open, an Open Access Portal for Scholarly Journals
- ResearchInformation: Marketing to readers
Link: http://versitaopen.com/
VIVO
An open source semantic web application originally developed and implemented at Cornell. It aims to enable the discovery of research and scholarship across disciplines.
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- Elsevier: Northwestern University Joins VIVO Network with Elsevier’s SciVal Experts
- Scientific American: ScienceOnline2011 – interview with Kristi Holmes
Link: http://vivoweb.org
Ways – World Association of Young Scientists
Global social network initiated by UNESCO and designed for researchers to promote their work, seek help, share information, look for job opportunities and develop knowledge such as relationships
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Unesco Science Policy and Capacity-Building: World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS)
Link: http://ways.org
Zotero
Open source management software which supports the collection, organization, citation, and sharing of research sources by providing specific collaborative tools.
More on:
- TechCrunch: Evernote For Education: Citelighter Teams Up With Cengage To Take The Pain Out Of Online Research
- MIT Libraries: Zotero at MIT
Link: http://zotero.com