Istaknuta je važnost izgradnje i razvoja digitalnih repozitorija, posebice u okvirima Europske Un... more Istaknuta je važnost izgradnje i razvoja digitalnih repozitorija, posebice u okvirima Europske Unije i projekata unutar okvira Horizon 2020. Osim pregleda digitalnih repozitorija i uloge otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim informacijama, dan je pregled najvažnijih europskih projekata, kao i dokumenata koji reguliraju ovo područje
Inicijative otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim publikacijama opisane su u brojnim politikama i prepor... more Inicijative otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim publikacijama opisane su u brojnim politikama i preporukama Europske komisije, a većina zemalja EU je temeljem istih donijela nacionalne politike otvorenog pristupa. Otvorena znanost, pored otvorenog pristupa publikacijama, uključuje i alternativne načine izvještavanja o rezultatima znanstvenih istraživanja koji omogućavaju ponovno korištenje, otvorene istraživačke podatke, otvoreni kod, otvorene standarde, u cilju gospodarskog rasta, inovacija i razvoja društva. Otvorena znanost mijenja način provođenja znanstvenih istraživanja, pristupa i korištenja rezultata, a javljaju se novi načini znanstvene razmjene i suradnje. Otvorena znanost otvara put za unaprjeđeno povezivanje interdisciplinarnih istraživanja, što je ključno za rješavanje složenih istraživačkih pitanja i društvenih izazova. Plan najvećih europskih financijera znanstvenih istraživanja kojim se od siječnja 2020. želi osigurati otvoreni pristup svim publikacijama trenutno je u jav...
U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute... more U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) publikaciji Journal Citation Reports (JCR): Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatica Chemica Acta, Food Technology and Biotechnology, Metalurgija, Periodicum Biologorum i Tekstil.U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) publikaciji Journal Citation Reports (JCR): Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatica Chemica Acta, Food Technology and Biotechnology, Metalurgija, Periodicum Biologorum i Tekstil
Sve veća važnost mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica kao oruđa za predstavljanje sadržaja jed... more Sve veća važnost mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica kao oruđa za predstavljanje sadržaja jedan je od osnovnih poticaja za ovo istraživanje, čiji je cilj istražiti sadržaj koji se nudi na Web stranicama knjižnica u svrhu identificiranja najzastupljenijih elemenata sadržaja, kao i prepoznavanja važnih elemenata sadržaja koji odražavaju prisutnost novih trendova u razvoju visokoškolskih knjižnica. Ovaj rad doprinosi utvrđivanju sadašnjeg stanja mrežnih mjesta knjižnica i unaprjeđuje znanje o današnjim visokoškolskim knjižnicama i načinu na koji koriste Web tehnologije kako bi promovirale usluge knjižnice, predstavile knjižnične zbirke na način koji će zadovoljiti korisnike i upravljale poslovanjem knjižnice. Ovakvo istraživanje mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica može koristiti visokoškolskim knjižničarima kao i istraživačima u području knjižničarstva i informacijskih znanosti općenito. U ovom istraživanju kao metoda korištena je analiza sadržaja, a u radu je predstavljen nači...
Since 2004 the higher education in Croatia is structured according to the Bologna process and off... more Since 2004 the higher education in Croatia is structured according to the Bologna process and offers three-degree cycles: undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate. Given that Croatia has a binary higher education system, study programmes can be more academically oriented (university studies) or more labour market-oriented (professional studies). While the former can be conducted only at universities and its constituents, the latter is conducted typically at polytechnics and colleges, but exceptionally also at universities. Higher education in Croatia has a long history and currently it is provided by eight public and two private universities, eleven public and five private polytechnics, and three public and nineteen private colleges. The University of Zadar is the oldest university that was founded in 1396 and was renewed in 2002. The largest university (by a number of constituents as well as a number of students) is the University of Zagreb, continuously working since 1669. Higher ...
The report aims to present the result of the work conducted in task 6.5 (Future of scholarly writ... more The report aims to present the result of the work conducted in task 6.5 (Future of scholarly writing in SSH) in the OPERAS-P (Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities – Preparation) project. The introduction puts forward a theoretical understanding of scholarly writing -- especially in the context of the digital age -- that underlines our research. In the literature review we address the state of the art in a reflection on the role of technology in scholarly communication. Through the interpretation of interviews with scholars we reconstruct contemporary communication practices in SSH. The analysis of case studies provides ideas on how technology is responding to those needs. Finally, we present two conceptual prototypes (the living book and the digital scholarly edition) that could address some of the needs and be proposed as future services for OPERAS.
This deliverable describes the incentives and rewards that can be employed to improve the uptake ... more This deliverable describes the incentives and rewards that can be employed to improve the uptake of ORDM and FAIR in general, as well as their integration in EOSC through country-tailored systems of rewards and incentives. Some of them are or will be employed within the NI4OS-Europe activities in the fifteen partner countries. The project landscaping survey and narrative reports from four partner countries show different stages of national and institutional OS implementation.<br> Based on the current state in partner countries, and numerous reports, guidelines and documents, a set of incentives and reward mechanisms are proposed that can be used by different stakeholders at different levels of OS implementation.
Web: http://cit.fer.hr CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is published quarterl... more Web: http://cit.fer.hr CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is published quarterly. Printed by: Element d.o.o., Menčetićeva 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Partially fi nanced by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. EDITORIAL POLICY CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the area of computing and information technology, i.e. computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information systems, and information technology. CIT endeavors to publish stimulating accounts of original scientifi c work, primarily including research papers on both theoretical and practical issues, as well as case studies describing the application and critical evaluation of theory. Surveys and state-of-the-art reports will also be considered, and proposals for such papers will be discussed within the Editorial Board. Specifi c areas of interest comprise, but are not restricted to, th...
Editor: Grant, Friedel.-- This Open Science Roadmap is the result of contributions from across th... more Editor: Grant, Friedel.-- This Open Science Roadmap is the result of contributions from across the LIBER community.
Kao i 1. izdanje i ovo smo priredili kako bismo vas upoznali s razlicitim informacijskim izvorima... more Kao i 1. izdanje i ovo smo priredili kako bismo vas upoznali s razlicitim informacijskim izvorima koji su vam na raspolaganju i pomogli vam pri njihovom ucinkovitom koristenju. Osim zanimljivih i korisnih informacija o raspoloživim bazama podataka, ovaj prirucnik pomaže vam svladati osnovne procese pretraživanja, a one znatiželjnije poduciti ce i naprednijim tehnikama pretraživanja. U Uvodu cemo vas upoznati s radom Centra za online baze podataka. U dijelu O bazama podataka pružit cemo opcenit pregled i karakteristike baza podataka, te detaljno opisati sve baze podataka koje su vam na raspolaganju preko Centra za online baze podataka. Dio Kako pretraživati posvecen je osnovama pretraživanja karakteristicnim za sve raspoložive baze podataka, opisani su znakovi za kracenje, operatori koji se koriste pri pretraživanju, a posebna je pozornost posvecena predmetnom oznacavanju koje može znacajno unaprijediti pretraživanje. Prirucnik potom daje detaljan uvid u pretraživanje Ovid baza podat...
The large number of journals and the constant changes which are happening in the world of scholar... more The large number of journals and the constant changes which are happening in the world of scholarly publishing make it difficult to identify a group of journals relevant to a specific scientific field, particularly when dealing with a sub-field such as mapping sciences, which is inter-linked with many other disciplines. In this research, we form the corpus of active journals relevant to the mapping sciences and present their distribution by country, language of publication and level of accessibility. A systematic review of different subject-specific and multidisciplinary databases (GEOPHOKA, Bibliographia Cartographica, VINITI, GeoRef, Scopus and Web of Science), library catalogues, publishers’ web sites, professional associations’ web sites and other web resources was carried out. By applying set of criteria, a corpus of active journals in the field of mapping sciences was defined: it consists of 105 selected journals. The corpus of mapping sciences journals is described in detail,...
U Hrvatskoj je za izbor u znanstvena zvanja na podrucju tehnickih znanosti, u koje spada i polje ... more U Hrvatskoj je za izbor u znanstvena zvanja na podrucju tehnickih znanosti, u koje spada i polje geodezija, nužno objaviti određeni broj radova u casopisima indeksiranim u bazama podataka Science Citation Index Expanded ili Current Contents pri cemu dio tih radova mora biti objavljen u casopisima koji imaju faktor odjeka (JIF) veci od medijana predmetne kategorije casopisa u bazi podataka Journal Citation Reports. Buduci da je u navedenim bazama podataka indeksirano 17 geodetskih casopisa, od kojih samo sedam ima faktor odjeka veci od medijana, nužno je da geodeti svoje radove objavljuju i u negeodetskim casopisima. Pretražena je stoga baza podataka Web of Science i predloženo je 35 negeodetskih casopisa prikladnih i za geodetske sadržaje. Predloženo je pet geoinformatickih casopisa, dva casopisa iz podrucja daljinskih istraživanja, 13 geografskih casopisa, 13 casopisa iz podrucja mjeriteljstva, građevinarstva, prometa, sumarstva i znanosti o okolisu te dva casopisa iz racunalne gra...
U radu su opisane aktivnosti i cilj projekta 2nd Generation Open Access Infrastructure for Resear... more U radu su opisane aktivnosti i cilj projekta 2nd Generation Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe (OpenAIREplus) koji je financiran u okviru Sedmog okvirnog programa Europske komisije (FP7), a na kojem kao partner sudjeluje Knjižnica Instituta Ruđer Boskovic.
Istaknuta je važnost izgradnje i razvoja digitalnih repozitorija, posebice u okvirima Europske Un... more Istaknuta je važnost izgradnje i razvoja digitalnih repozitorija, posebice u okvirima Europske Unije i projekata unutar okvira Horizon 2020. Osim pregleda digitalnih repozitorija i uloge otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim informacijama, dan je pregled najvažnijih europskih projekata, kao i dokumenata koji reguliraju ovo područje
Inicijative otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim publikacijama opisane su u brojnim politikama i prepor... more Inicijative otvorenog pristupa znanstvenim publikacijama opisane su u brojnim politikama i preporukama Europske komisije, a većina zemalja EU je temeljem istih donijela nacionalne politike otvorenog pristupa. Otvorena znanost, pored otvorenog pristupa publikacijama, uključuje i alternativne načine izvještavanja o rezultatima znanstvenih istraživanja koji omogućavaju ponovno korištenje, otvorene istraživačke podatke, otvoreni kod, otvorene standarde, u cilju gospodarskog rasta, inovacija i razvoja društva. Otvorena znanost mijenja način provođenja znanstvenih istraživanja, pristupa i korištenja rezultata, a javljaju se novi načini znanstvene razmjene i suradnje. Otvorena znanost otvara put za unaprjeđeno povezivanje interdisciplinarnih istraživanja, što je ključno za rješavanje složenih istraživačkih pitanja i društvenih izazova. Plan najvećih europskih financijera znanstvenih istraživanja kojim se od siječnja 2020. želi osigurati otvoreni pristup svim publikacijama trenutno je u jav...
U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute... more U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) publikaciji Journal Citation Reports (JCR): Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatica Chemica Acta, Food Technology and Biotechnology, Metalurgija, Periodicum Biologorum i Tekstil.U radu je dana bibliometrijska analiza šest hrvatskih kemijskih časopisa indeksiranih u Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) publikaciji Journal Citation Reports (JCR): Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatica Chemica Acta, Food Technology and Biotechnology, Metalurgija, Periodicum Biologorum i Tekstil
Sve veća važnost mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica kao oruđa za predstavljanje sadržaja jed... more Sve veća važnost mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica kao oruđa za predstavljanje sadržaja jedan je od osnovnih poticaja za ovo istraživanje, čiji je cilj istražiti sadržaj koji se nudi na Web stranicama knjižnica u svrhu identificiranja najzastupljenijih elemenata sadržaja, kao i prepoznavanja važnih elemenata sadržaja koji odražavaju prisutnost novih trendova u razvoju visokoškolskih knjižnica. Ovaj rad doprinosi utvrđivanju sadašnjeg stanja mrežnih mjesta knjižnica i unaprjeđuje znanje o današnjim visokoškolskim knjižnicama i načinu na koji koriste Web tehnologije kako bi promovirale usluge knjižnice, predstavile knjižnične zbirke na način koji će zadovoljiti korisnike i upravljale poslovanjem knjižnice. Ovakvo istraživanje mrežnih mjesta visokoškolskih knjižnica može koristiti visokoškolskim knjižničarima kao i istraživačima u području knjižničarstva i informacijskih znanosti općenito. U ovom istraživanju kao metoda korištena je analiza sadržaja, a u radu je predstavljen nači...
Since 2004 the higher education in Croatia is structured according to the Bologna process and off... more Since 2004 the higher education in Croatia is structured according to the Bologna process and offers three-degree cycles: undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate. Given that Croatia has a binary higher education system, study programmes can be more academically oriented (university studies) or more labour market-oriented (professional studies). While the former can be conducted only at universities and its constituents, the latter is conducted typically at polytechnics and colleges, but exceptionally also at universities. Higher education in Croatia has a long history and currently it is provided by eight public and two private universities, eleven public and five private polytechnics, and three public and nineteen private colleges. The University of Zadar is the oldest university that was founded in 1396 and was renewed in 2002. The largest university (by a number of constituents as well as a number of students) is the University of Zagreb, continuously working since 1669. Higher ...
The report aims to present the result of the work conducted in task 6.5 (Future of scholarly writ... more The report aims to present the result of the work conducted in task 6.5 (Future of scholarly writing in SSH) in the OPERAS-P (Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities – Preparation) project. The introduction puts forward a theoretical understanding of scholarly writing -- especially in the context of the digital age -- that underlines our research. In the literature review we address the state of the art in a reflection on the role of technology in scholarly communication. Through the interpretation of interviews with scholars we reconstruct contemporary communication practices in SSH. The analysis of case studies provides ideas on how technology is responding to those needs. Finally, we present two conceptual prototypes (the living book and the digital scholarly edition) that could address some of the needs and be proposed as future services for OPERAS.
This deliverable describes the incentives and rewards that can be employed to improve the uptake ... more This deliverable describes the incentives and rewards that can be employed to improve the uptake of ORDM and FAIR in general, as well as their integration in EOSC through country-tailored systems of rewards and incentives. Some of them are or will be employed within the NI4OS-Europe activities in the fifteen partner countries. The project landscaping survey and narrative reports from four partner countries show different stages of national and institutional OS implementation.<br> Based on the current state in partner countries, and numerous reports, guidelines and documents, a set of incentives and reward mechanisms are proposed that can be used by different stakeholders at different levels of OS implementation.
Web: http://cit.fer.hr CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is published quarterl... more Web: http://cit.fer.hr CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is published quarterly. Printed by: Element d.o.o., Menčetićeva 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Partially fi nanced by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. EDITORIAL POLICY CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the area of computing and information technology, i.e. computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information systems, and information technology. CIT endeavors to publish stimulating accounts of original scientifi c work, primarily including research papers on both theoretical and practical issues, as well as case studies describing the application and critical evaluation of theory. Surveys and state-of-the-art reports will also be considered, and proposals for such papers will be discussed within the Editorial Board. Specifi c areas of interest comprise, but are not restricted to, th...
Editor: Grant, Friedel.-- This Open Science Roadmap is the result of contributions from across th... more Editor: Grant, Friedel.-- This Open Science Roadmap is the result of contributions from across the LIBER community.
Kao i 1. izdanje i ovo smo priredili kako bismo vas upoznali s razlicitim informacijskim izvorima... more Kao i 1. izdanje i ovo smo priredili kako bismo vas upoznali s razlicitim informacijskim izvorima koji su vam na raspolaganju i pomogli vam pri njihovom ucinkovitom koristenju. Osim zanimljivih i korisnih informacija o raspoloživim bazama podataka, ovaj prirucnik pomaže vam svladati osnovne procese pretraživanja, a one znatiželjnije poduciti ce i naprednijim tehnikama pretraživanja. U Uvodu cemo vas upoznati s radom Centra za online baze podataka. U dijelu O bazama podataka pružit cemo opcenit pregled i karakteristike baza podataka, te detaljno opisati sve baze podataka koje su vam na raspolaganju preko Centra za online baze podataka. Dio Kako pretraživati posvecen je osnovama pretraživanja karakteristicnim za sve raspoložive baze podataka, opisani su znakovi za kracenje, operatori koji se koriste pri pretraživanju, a posebna je pozornost posvecena predmetnom oznacavanju koje može znacajno unaprijediti pretraživanje. Prirucnik potom daje detaljan uvid u pretraživanje Ovid baza podat...
The large number of journals and the constant changes which are happening in the world of scholar... more The large number of journals and the constant changes which are happening in the world of scholarly publishing make it difficult to identify a group of journals relevant to a specific scientific field, particularly when dealing with a sub-field such as mapping sciences, which is inter-linked with many other disciplines. In this research, we form the corpus of active journals relevant to the mapping sciences and present their distribution by country, language of publication and level of accessibility. A systematic review of different subject-specific and multidisciplinary databases (GEOPHOKA, Bibliographia Cartographica, VINITI, GeoRef, Scopus and Web of Science), library catalogues, publishers’ web sites, professional associations’ web sites and other web resources was carried out. By applying set of criteria, a corpus of active journals in the field of mapping sciences was defined: it consists of 105 selected journals. The corpus of mapping sciences journals is described in detail,...
U Hrvatskoj je za izbor u znanstvena zvanja na podrucju tehnickih znanosti, u koje spada i polje ... more U Hrvatskoj je za izbor u znanstvena zvanja na podrucju tehnickih znanosti, u koje spada i polje geodezija, nužno objaviti određeni broj radova u casopisima indeksiranim u bazama podataka Science Citation Index Expanded ili Current Contents pri cemu dio tih radova mora biti objavljen u casopisima koji imaju faktor odjeka (JIF) veci od medijana predmetne kategorije casopisa u bazi podataka Journal Citation Reports. Buduci da je u navedenim bazama podataka indeksirano 17 geodetskih casopisa, od kojih samo sedam ima faktor odjeka veci od medijana, nužno je da geodeti svoje radove objavljuju i u negeodetskim casopisima. Pretražena je stoga baza podataka Web of Science i predloženo je 35 negeodetskih casopisa prikladnih i za geodetske sadržaje. Predloženo je pet geoinformatickih casopisa, dva casopisa iz podrucja daljinskih istraživanja, 13 geografskih casopisa, 13 casopisa iz podrucja mjeriteljstva, građevinarstva, prometa, sumarstva i znanosti o okolisu te dva casopisa iz racunalne gra...
U radu su opisane aktivnosti i cilj projekta 2nd Generation Open Access Infrastructure for Resear... more U radu su opisane aktivnosti i cilj projekta 2nd Generation Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe (OpenAIREplus) koji je financiran u okviru Sedmog okvirnog programa Europske komisije (FP7), a na kojem kao partner sudjeluje Knjižnica Instituta Ruđer Boskovic.
The primary goal of scholarly communication is improving human knowledge and sharing is the key t... more The primary goal of scholarly communication is improving human knowledge and sharing is the key to achieve this goal: sharing ideas, sharing methodologies, sharing of results, sharing data, information and knowledge. Although the concept of sharing applies to all phases of scholarly communication, most often the only visible part is the final publication, with the journal article as a most common type. The traditional characteristics of the present journals allow only limited possibilities for sharing the knowledge. Basic functions, registration, dissemination, certification, and storage, are still present but they are no more effective in the network environment. Registration is too slow, there are various barriers to dissemination, certification system has many shortcomings, and used formats are not suitable for the long term preservation and storage. Although the journals today are digital and various powerful technologies are available, they are still focused on their unaltered printed versions. This presentation will discuss possible evolution of journal article to become more compliant with users' needs and to enable “the four R’s of openness” – reuse, redistribute, revise and remix (Hilton, Wiley, Stein, & Johnson, 2010).
Several aspects of openness will be presented and discussed: open access, open data, open peer review, open authorship, and open formats. With digital technology which has become indispensable in the creation, collection, processing and storage of data in all scientific disciplines the way of conducting scientific research has changed and the concept of "data-driven science" has been introduced (Ware & Mabe, 2009). Sharing research data enhances the capabilities of reproducing the results, reuse maximizes the value of research, accelerating the advancement of science, ensuring transparency of scientific research, reducing the possibility of bias in the interpretation of results and increasing the credibility of published scientific knowledge. The open peer review can ensure full transparency of the entire process of assessment and help to solve many problems in the present scholarly publishing. Through the process of the open peer review each manuscript can be immediately accessible, reviewers can publicly demonstrate their expertise and could be rewarded, and readers can be encouraged to make comments and views and to become active part of the scholarly communication process. The trend to to describe the author's contribution is also present, which will certainly lead to a reduced number of “ghost”, "guest" and "honorary" authors, and will help to establish better standards for author’s identification.
Various web technologies can be used also for the semantic enhancement of the article. One of the most important aspects of semantic publication is the inclusion of the research data, to make them available to the user as an active data that can be manipulated. It is possible to integrate data from external sources, or to merge the data from different resources (data fusion) (Shotton, 2012), so the reader can gain further understanding of the presented data. Additional options provide merging data from different articles, with the addition of the component of time. Other semantic enhancement can include enriched bibliography, interactive graphical presentations, hyperlinks to external resources, tagged text, etc.
Instead of mostly static content, journals can offer readers dynamic content that includes multimedia, "living mathematics", “executable articles”, etc. Videos highlighting critical points in the research process, 3D representations of chemical compounds or art works, audio clips with the author's reflections and interviews, and animated simulations or models of ocean currents, tides, temperature and salinity structure, can became soon common part of every research article. The diversity of content and media, operating systems (GNU / Linux, Apple Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows), and software tools that are available to researchers, suggests the usage of the appropriate open formats. Different formats have their advantages and disadvantages and it would be necessary to make multiple formats available, some of which are suitable for "human" reading (including printing on paper), and some for machine reading that can be used by computers without human intervention. Characteristics and possibilities of several formats will be discussed, including XML as the most recommended format, which can enable granulate document structure as well as deliver semantics to the human reader or to the computer.
Literature:
Hilton, J. I., Wiley, D., Stein, J., & Johnson, A. (2010). The Four R’s of Openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 25(1), 37–44. doi:10.1080/02680510903482132
Shotton, D. (2012). The Five Stars of Online Journal Articles - a Framework for Article Evaluation. D-Lib Magazine, 18(1/2), 1–16. doi:10.1045/january2012-shotton
Ware, M., & Mabe, M. (2009). The stm report (p. 68).
For a small research community from the so called scientific periphery it's important to publish ... more For a small research community from the so called scientific periphery it's important to publish in the well-established international journals as well as to make their papers published in local journals visible to the international audience. In this paper we present how the portal of the Croatian scientific journals HRCAK influence the visibility of more than 300 included Open Access (OA) journals. Longitudinal shifts in journal content and distribution among scientific disciplines are observed. Different kind of journal and article metrics have been analysed and compared for HRCAK OA journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases, examining the effect of OA on usage and citations.
The results of the continuous work with Croatian journal publishers, National board for scholarly publishing responsible for subsidizing journal editorials, and with the most popular bibliographic databases producers are presented. Some desirable directions for the future development of the scholarly publishing in Croatia are indicated.
Research and scholarly communication is increasingly seen in the light of open science, making re... more Research and scholarly communication is increasingly seen in the light of open science, making research processes and results more accessible and collaborative. This brings with it the chance to better connect research and society by introducing new avenues for engagement with citizens.
This book presents the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub), held in Valetta, Malta, in September 2015. This year’s conference explores the interplay of two dimensions of electronic publishing – the ever growing volume of digital collections and the improved understanding of the widest user group, citizens. This exciting theme encompasses human, cultural, economic, social, technological, legal, policy-related, commercial, and other relevant aspects.
Echoing the conference agenda, the book covers a wide range of topics, including engagement with citizens and professionals, enhanced publishing and new paradigms, discovery and digital libraries, open access and open science, as well as the use and reuse of data. Addressing the most recent developments in these areas, the book will be of interest to practitioners, researchers and students in information science, as well as users of electronic publishing.
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Several aspects of openness will be presented and discussed: open access, open data, open peer review, open authorship, and open formats. With digital technology which has become indispensable in the creation, collection, processing and storage of data in all scientific disciplines the way of conducting scientific research has changed and the concept of "data-driven science" has been introduced (Ware & Mabe, 2009). Sharing research data enhances the capabilities of reproducing the results, reuse maximizes the value of research, accelerating the advancement of science, ensuring transparency of scientific research, reducing the possibility of bias in the interpretation of results and increasing the credibility of published scientific knowledge. The open peer review can ensure full transparency of the entire process of assessment and help to solve many problems in the present scholarly publishing. Through the process of the open peer review each manuscript can be immediately accessible, reviewers can publicly demonstrate their expertise and could be rewarded, and readers can be encouraged to make comments and views and to become active part of the scholarly communication process. The trend to to describe the author's contribution is also present, which will certainly lead to a reduced number of “ghost”, "guest" and "honorary" authors, and will help to establish better standards for author’s identification.
Various web technologies can be used also for the semantic enhancement of the article. One of the most important aspects of semantic publication is the inclusion of the research data, to make them available to the user as an active data that can be manipulated. It is possible to integrate data from external sources, or to merge the data from different resources (data fusion) (Shotton, 2012), so the reader can gain further understanding of the presented data. Additional options provide merging data from different articles, with the addition of the component of time. Other semantic enhancement can include enriched bibliography, interactive graphical presentations, hyperlinks to external resources, tagged text, etc.
Instead of mostly static content, journals can offer readers dynamic content that includes multimedia, "living mathematics", “executable articles”, etc. Videos highlighting critical points in the research process, 3D representations of chemical compounds or art works, audio clips with the author's reflections and interviews, and animated simulations or models of ocean currents, tides, temperature and salinity structure, can became soon common part of every research article. The diversity of content and media, operating systems (GNU / Linux, Apple Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows), and software tools that are available to researchers, suggests the usage of the appropriate open formats. Different formats have their advantages and disadvantages and it would be necessary to make multiple formats available, some of which are suitable for "human" reading (including printing on paper), and some for machine reading that can be used by computers without human intervention. Characteristics and possibilities of several formats will be discussed, including XML as the most recommended format, which can enable granulate document structure as well as deliver semantics to the human reader or to the computer.
Literature:
Hilton, J. I., Wiley, D., Stein, J., & Johnson, A. (2010). The Four R’s of Openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for Open Educational Resources. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 25(1), 37–44. doi:10.1080/02680510903482132
Shotton, D. (2012). The Five Stars of Online Journal Articles - a Framework for Article Evaluation. D-Lib Magazine, 18(1/2), 1–16. doi:10.1045/january2012-shotton
Ware, M., & Mabe, M. (2009). The stm report (p. 68).
The results of the continuous work with Croatian journal publishers, National board for scholarly publishing responsible for subsidizing journal editorials, and with the most popular bibliographic databases producers are presented. Some desirable directions for the future development of the scholarly publishing in Croatia are indicated.
This book presents the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub), held in Valetta, Malta, in September 2015. This year’s conference explores the interplay of two dimensions of electronic publishing – the ever growing volume of digital collections and the improved understanding of the widest user group, citizens. This exciting theme encompasses human, cultural, economic, social, technological, legal, policy-related, commercial, and other relevant aspects.
Echoing the conference agenda, the book covers a wide range of topics, including engagement with citizens and professionals, enhanced publishing and new paradigms, discovery and digital libraries, open access and open science, as well as the use and reuse of data. Addressing the most recent developments in these areas, the book will be of interest to practitioners, researchers and students in information science, as well as users of electronic publishing.