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The coronavirus outbreak highlights serious deficiencies in scholarly communication

As research and government responses to the COVID-19 outbreak escalate in the face of a global public health crisis, Vincent Larivière, Fei Shu and Cassidy R. Sugimoto reflect on efforts to make research on this subject more widely available. Arguing that a narrow focus on research published in high ranking journals predominantly in English has impeded research efforts, they […] Read more

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Sortie du premier numéro de Quantitative Science Studies

This content is not available in the selected language. En protestation contre les tarifs excessifs du groupe éditorial Elsevier, les membres du comité éditorial du Journal of Informetrics, dont font partie Vincent Larivière et Cassidy R. Sugimoto, ont créé un périodique de remplacement, Quantiative Science Studies, après avoir démissionné du JOI. Ce nouveau périodique, dont le premier numéro vient de sortir, est en […] Read more

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Coronavirus et édition savante : une question de transmission

This content is not available in the selected language. Les controverses scientifiques révèlent souvent les normes cachées du système scientifique, rendant explicites des pratiques implicitement acceptées au sein de la communauté scientifique. L’épidémie actuelle du coronavirus (2019-nCOV) révèle, quant à elle, deux vices du système de l’édition savante : les résultats de la recherche demeurent souvent […] Read more

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Rethinking impact factors: better ways to judge a journal

In the paper Rethinking impact factors: better ways to Judge a journal, published in the journal Nature, Paul Wouters and colleagues invite the scientific community to participate in the creation of new measures of scientific publishing, more transparent and inclusive, to improve the evaluation of scientific journals.   We therefore suggest the creation of an […] Read more

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Understanding the Ecosystem of Canadian Scholarly Journals in Social Sciences and Humanities

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) are financing a study on Canadian scholarly journals led by Vincent Larivière, Research Chair in the Transformations of Scholarly Communication, and scientific director of the Érudit journal platform. The study aims to provide an overview […] Read more