by crauter | May 23, 2014 | Publishing
What happens when scholarly research published in journals, books, proceedings or other documents changes? Corrections, updates, errata, and even retractions and withdrawals are sometimes necessary. How can you find out about these changes? Look for the CrossMark logo...
by crauter | May 8, 2014 | Publishing
An informative title for an article or chapter maximizes the likelihood that your audience correctly remembers enough about your arguments to re-discover what they are looking for. Without embedded cues, your work will sit undisturbed on other scholars’ PDF libraries,...
by crauter | Mar 21, 2014 | Publishing
A recent training session at the library looked at getting published in a journal for the first-time. There is a lot to consider and if you can get good advice from supervisors, colleagues and friends in your field that can be really helpful. How do you choose the...
by crauter | Jan 23, 2014 | Open Access, Publishing
Open science journal F1000Research has published over 350 papers in biology and medicine since its launch last year, and now also accepts papers about science communication. To mark the launch of this new part of the journal, F1000Research is waiving the article...
by crauter | Dec 20, 2013 | Publishing, Research Impact
The publisher Elsevier has created a storm recently by issuing takedown notices to academics who have posted articles from Elsevier journals onto the academic network Academia.edu. The issue has been a hot topic on Twitter and on the blogs – for example articles...
by crauter | Dec 16, 2013 | Publishing
By definition, high-impact factor journals are widely read. This means that your readership will in general be less specialised and generally less informed on the key open problems in your field. Most likely, they will also be less interested about the exact details...
