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Health Information & Libraries Journal
Open access publishing in the biomedical sciences: could funding agencies accelerate the inevitable changes?2006 •
Background: Open access is making a noticeable impact on access to information. In 2005, many major research funders, including the Wellcome Trust, National Institutes for Health (NIH), and the Research Councils UK (RCUK), set out their position in a number of statements. Of particular note was the stipulation that authors receiving grants must deposit their final manuscript in an open access forum within 6–12 months of publication.Observations: The paper will look at the open access position statements issued by some of the major funding bodies in the biomedical sciences. The paper will also look at the models used by publishers to provide open or delayed access, such as Oxford Open from Oxford University Press, HighWire Press’ delayed access policy, BioMed Central, and Public Library of Science (PLoS). There are now over 1.2 million articles in PubMed that are freely accessible via publishers’ websites.1Conclusion/discussion: Could funding agencies accelerate the move to open a...
2016 •
The time it takes for a completed manuscript to be published traditionally can be extremely lengthy. Article publication delay, which occurs in part due to constraints associated with peer review, can prevent the timely dissemination of critical and actionable data associated with new information on rare diseases or developing health concerns such as Zika virus. Preprint servers are open access online repositories housing preprint research articles that enable authors (1) to make their research immediately and freely available and (2) to receive commentary and peer review prior to journal submission. There is a growing movement of preprint advocates aiming to change the current journal publication and peer review system, proposing that preprints catalyze biomedical discovery, support career advancement, and improve scientific communication. While the number of articles submitted to and hosted by preprint servers are gradually increasing, there has been no simple way to identify biom...
F1000Research
Towards an open science publishing platform2016 •
The way science and research is done is rapidly becoming more open and collaborative. The traditional way of publishing new findings in journals is becoming increasingly outdated and no longer serves the needs of much of science. Whilst preprints can bring significant benefits of removing delay and selection, they do not go far enough if simply implemented alongside the existing journal system. We propose that we need a new approach, an Open Science Platform, that takes the benefits of preprints but adds formal, invited, and transparent post-publication peer review. This bypasses the problems of the current journal system and, in doing so, moves the evaluation of research and researchers away from the journal-based Impact Factor and towards a fairer system of article-based qualitative and quantitative indicators. In the long term, it should be irrelevant where a researcher publishes their findings. What is important is that research is shared and made available without delay within ...
Vol. 12 Núm. 24
[Artículo] Overview of Spanish Universities’ Sustainability and Sustainability Communication PerformanceSustainability is not only essential for protecting the environment; it is also important for equality, human rights, the fight against hunger, education, health services and social development. Sustainability communication is just as important as these efforts. Through communication, it is possible to make these efforts known and raise awareness on the subject. Universities, which have the greatest role in the development of society, are responsible for raising informed and aware future generations and leading other institutions. This research aims to holistically assess current sustainability and related communication practices, particularly in terms of gender/equality, to reveal the general framework of sustainability structures in universities and to examine communication practices surrounding sustainability in Spanish universities, which perform well in this regard. A survey was conducted with 12 Spanish universities which are scored in THE and QS World University Rankings according to their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) performances. According to the findings; in terms of gender equality and equity practices, Spanish universities perform well. However, it was revealed that communication efforts need to be improved. It can be argued that this inadequacy inhibits awareness on equality issues and sustainable development.
Conjuntura Internacional
A Teoria da Dependencia nos Estudos de Paz e de Defesa2023 •
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PLoS ONE
Predicting Pancreas Cell Fate Decisions and Reprogramming with a Hierarchical Multi-Attractor Model2011 •
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Abnormal verbal event related potentials in mild cognitive impairment and incipient Alzheimer's disease2002 •
2021 •
Arthroscopy techniques
Osteochondral Proximal Tibial and Lateral Meniscal Allograft Transplant2016 •