Tag Archives: science 2.0
figshare will host data for PLOS
The new functionality on PLOS allows the files to be discovered through a portal on figshare that will go live in the coming weeks. This, combined with figshare’s API functionality, should allow easier linking of research outputs and the potential to build on previous research.Read also this entry on PLoS Blogs.
Making the web work for science
Kaitlin Thaney, manager of external partnerships for Digital Science in an interview with Nat Torkington, chair of many conferences and initiatives dealing with open source.TODAY! Citizen science workshop online
It’s our pleasure to invite you to join the Citizen Science Open Technical Workshop to be held Wednesday 30th January 16:00 CET virtually using Google Hangout. You can attend the meeting and send all your comments in this Youtube channel or this twitter account.The workshop is organized by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
Data Publication: generating trust around data sharing
The question remains though; how can we be sure that enough checks are in place on data quality through the peer review processes carried out by Journals or in research groups?
Paywalls & Immorality
The discussion goes on!Open Peer Review for the Humanities
HWPP is an online space for scholars to share works-in-progress with their peers. After uploading a conference paper, essay, or article manuscript to the HWPP website, authors can invite others to read their work and make comments in the margins. As more people respond, writers get more feedback. But, unlike traditional comments done on paper, HWPP allows commenters and authors to interact with each other.
What is ScienceOnlineTEEN?
We plan to bring scientists of all ages together with students and teachers, from the beginners to the experts, to discuss a variety of topics related to science communication in education and technology. We will do this through engaging, casual conversations. ScienceOnlineTeen is not a conference; it is an unconference based off of the original ScienceOnline conference. ScienceOnline2013, the seventh annual conference exploring science on the Web, will take place Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2013, in Raleigh, NC.
Open Science and Science 2.0
In our talk we tried to outline what’s wrong with the academic system of doing science and discuss various initiatives which try to improve the situation. We focused on how to make the publishing system more open and transparent (Open Science) and create completely new ways of collaborating and sharing scientific knowledge (so called “Science 2.0”).Michał Kotowski and Piotr Migdał.
Open Science Lab at the German National Library of Science and Technology, Germany
Check the open science lab, working since the beginning of this year, and its programme.The dissertations that get away
(& where they end up, and why).The blog Free U.S. ETD’s is a blog created and managed by Gail Clement, Librarian and Associate Professor in Digital Services & Scholarly Communications at the Texas A&M University Libraries.
Germany: Debate on online reserve lists for students
In German. Die Zeit.Tips for academic practice across science 2.0
Six ways to use Google + Hangouts for academic productivity.
[gallery] MY RESOLUTION FOR 2013, a science comic.
Online-only Open Access Science Journals
Online-only Open Access Science JournalsPLOS and PeerJ, two very different beasts.
A description on ways of open access publishing prossibilities and science 2.0.
Opus 4: Open Access Repository Software new version out now
Opus 4: Open Access Repository Software new version out nowOPUS 4 ist eine Open Source-Software unter der GNU General Public License für den Betrieb von institutionellen und fachlichen Repositorien.
Try out the open access repository demo software here. It shall help to access, publish, administration, research and distribution of documents with or without full text.
See reference here.
How should we communicate science?
How should we communicate science?A demonstration on recycling data by Peter Murray-Rust, University of Cambridge, UK.
Narrating impacts in the Arts & Humanities
Narrating impacts in the Arts & HumanitiesUncertainty remains over the importance of reach and significance and their relationship with dissemination. So, whilst dissemination is an increasingly important component of funded research, it is by itself insufficient to demonstrate reach (the extent and diversity or communities, environments, individuals or organisations that have benefitted or been affected by research outcomes) or significance (relates to demonstrable effect and ‘change’).
Open access could prevent rejection of good science
Open access could prevent rejection of good scienceSteve Miron, senior vice president of Wiley’s Scientific, Technical, Medical and Scholarly business, in an interview on the potential of open access.
Interview by Siân Harris, Research Information.
Big data: does size matter?
Big data: does size matter?This article tries to structure the question what big data is and does by referring to the aspects volume, speed and diversity.
From a deluge of data, e-science tools bring knowledge
From a deluge of data, e-science tools bring knowledgeThis article is about enabling knowledge creation in data-driven science.
Digital Transformations of Research
Digital Transformations of ResearchRalph Schroeder, is currently working on shared virtual environments and on the social implications of e-science at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, on digital transformations of research. (In German).
See also the videos here. (In English).
What an academic article of the future should look like
What an academic article of the future should look likeIn this article, the author says, that adding value to scholarly publishing is about spending more time with the content. But from a researcher’s perspective time could only be spent with articles which got selected as relevant for the research topic.
How to act against faked research in China
How to act against faked research in ChinaShi-min Fang, who has just won the inaugural Maddox prize, announced by the British journal Nature and charity organization Sense about Science, on risking his life and libel writs to expose scientific misconduct in his native China.
“The majority of cases exposed are plagiarism, the exaggeration of academic credentials and faked research papers, which are endemic in China.” says Shi-min Fang in an interview refering to the question if dubious claims would be a big problem in China.