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The coronavirus outbreak highlights serious deficiencies in scholarly communication

LSE Impact Blog March 10 2020 Cassidy R. Sugimoto / Fei Shu / Vincent Larivière Science Policy / Scientific Research

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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Measuring national self-referencing patterns of major science producers

2020 Julien Larrègue / Vincent Larivière Bibliometrics / Science Policy

This content is not available in the selected language. This paper analyzes national self-referencing patterns (i.e. the tendency of researchers to cite from the same country) of six major science producers (China, France, Germany, Japan, UK, and USA). While the results highlight a continuing decline of national references (except for China), all countries’ referencing patterns […] Read more

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Coronavirus et édition savante : une question de transmission

ACFAS Magazine February 13 2020 Science Policy

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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‘We’re opening everything’: Scientists share coronavirus data in unprecedented way to contain, treat disease

CBC February 1 2020 Vincent Larivière Science Policy

This content is not available in the selected language. Si l’ouverture soudaine des barrières à l’accès aux connaissances scientifiques causée par la COVID-19 est bienvenue, elle révèle aussi que la situation normale, soit une barrière payante, freine la connaissance scientifique, comme le remarque Vincent Larivière. Read more

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The national system of researchers in Mexico: implications of publication incentives for researchers in social sciences

2019 Vanessa Sandoval Romero / Vincent Larivière Bibliometrics / Higher Education / Research Evaluation / Science Policy

This content is not available in the selected language. This article explores the effects of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI) on social science researchers’ scientific output and publication practices. SNI operates as a system of pecuniary bonuses for scientific activity; these are granted monthly and calculated according to a combination of an ex-post […] Read more