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Task specialization and its effects on research careers
Research careers are typically envisioned as a single path in which a scientist starts as a member of a team working under the guidance of one or more experienced scientists and, if they are successful, ends with the individual leading their own research group and training future generations of scientists. Here we study the author […] Lire la suite
The role of Web of Science publications in China’s tenure system
Tenure provides a permanent position to faculty in higher education institutions. In North America, it is granted to those who have established a record of excellence in research, teaching and services in a limited period. However, in China, research excellence (represented by the number of Web of Science publications) is highly weighted in the tenure […] Lire la suite
Politique de libre accès de l’UdeM: la recherche accessible à tous, sans frais
Entretien avec Vincent Larivière, sur les avantages et la situation du libre accès, à l’Université de Montréal. Lire la suite
COVID-19: Where is the data?
The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has led many to argue that scholarly communication and publishing is undergoing a revolution, in terms of not only the wider opening of access to research, but also the data underlying it. In this post Julien Larrègue, Philippe Vincent-Lamarre, Frédéric Lebaron, and Vincent Larivière, discuss findings from their study […] Lire la suite
Collection development in the era of big deals
Drawing on an original methodology using citations, downloads, and survey data, this paper analyses journal usage patterns across 28 Canadian universities. Results show that usage levels vary across disciplines, and that different academic platforms varied in their importance to different institutions, with for-profit platforms generally exhibiting lower usage. These results suggest economic inefficiencies exist in […] Lire la suite
COVID-19: Les femmes scientifiques écopent
Dans un article consacré à la contribution des femmes à l’avancement scientifique Martine Letarte interroge Vincent Larivière, qui souligne que le retard pris pars les femmes durant la pandémie leur sera encore délétère. Lire la suite
Lancement de «Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA)» avec Vincent Larivière
C’est cet automne qu’a été lancé le projet Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) qui vise à interpeller les auteurs à rendre disponibles les résumés de leurs travaux (notamment par Crossref), à laquelle participe Vincent Larivière. I4OA a été créée afin de soutenir un libre accès au savoir en collaboration avec des revues, auteurs, bibliothécaires universitaires, chercheurs, […] Lire la suite
Exploring the personal and professional factors associated with student evaluations of tenure-track faculty
Tenure-track faculty members in the United States are evaluated on their performance in both research and teaching. In spite of accusations of bias and invalidity, student evaluations of teaching have dominated teaching evaluation at U.S. universities. However, studies on the topic have tended to be limited to particular institutional and disciplinary contexts. Moreover, in spite […] Lire la suite
The national system of researchers in Mexico: implications of publication incentives for researchers in social sciences
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 peer review with bibliometric assessment of researchers based on […] Lire la suite