A Step Forward Towards Open Access: The RGC Publication Gateway
Post Views: 1,165 — by Florence Ng The concept of Open Access (OA) in scholarly research community seeks collaborative efforts from different stakeholders to grant free and open online access permanently to academic information, such as journal article publication and research data, etc. As a major academic research funder in Hong Kong, the Research Grants…
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Beyond citations — Demonstrate your research impact with alternative metrics
Post Views: 1,795 — by Fanny Liu Introduction to Altmetrics Alternative metrics (also known as altmetrics) indicate the attention of scientific outputs which are shared, mentioned, and discussed in online environments, which are derived from users’ actions on various social media platforms and other online sources (e.g., Wikipedia) [1]. Altmetric.com is a platform to find…
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Avoid Falling Prey to Predatory Journals
Post Views: 2,055 — by Fanny Liu Predatory journals The emergence of predatory journals (fraudulent, deceptive, or pseudo-journals), journals with deceptive and dishonest practices, has been reported in recent years [1-4]. The journals falsely claim to be offering peer review and publish all articles, regardless of their research rigor, in exchange for a fee. Predatory…
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Extensive updates of indexed journal list on Web of Science for research integrity assurance
Post Views: 3,792 — by Florence Ng Clarivate announced in March 2023 that over 50 journals have been delisted from the Web of Science Core Collection in their latest update. The delisted journals failed to meet their quality criteria during the selection review. In the current selection practice, journals are evaluated by 28 criteria, including…
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A Review of HKU’s Research Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Post Views: 1,819 — by Stella Chow Introduction The QS World University Ranking evaluates universities’ contributions to global sustainability by incorporating the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its methodology. QS uses a set of indicators, such as research output, academic reputation, and impact, to assess universities’ performance in each SDG, which are then…
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HKU Libraries Supports Open Scholarship
Post Views: 1,244 — by Florence Ng HKU Libraries commits to promoting Open Scholarship, which includes enabling open access (OA) to research publications, research datasets, metadata, along with research workflows and other types of outputs. We believe Open Scholarship principles can strengthen research integrity, increase visibility, and enhance the impact of the University. Let’s have…
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Towards a Framework to Measure Open Science Practices – PLOS Open Science Indicators
Post Views: 1,191 — by Fanny Liu Open Science is “transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and developed through collaborative networks” (Vicente-Saez & Martinez-Fuentes, 2018, p. 434). It encompasses emerging trends such as open code, open data, open access, and more. PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a non-profit, open access publisher in science…
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Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University
Post Views: 10,049 — by Florence Ng Stanford University has released a publicly available database of top-cited scientists, the World’s Top 2% Scientists for 2022. The ranking list is created based on the bibliometric information retrieved from Scopus as of 1 September 2022, with the data updated to the end of citation year 2021. The…
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Journal submission process – What it has been & What it might become
Post Views: 2,000 — by Fanny Liu From 31 January 2023, eLife, a peer reviewed, open-access journal in life sciences and medicine, will adopt a new “publish, review, curate” model for article publishing. There will still be the peer review process, but no more post-peer review accept/reject decisions. Instead, all papers that have undergone peer…
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Zotero: Managing Research Materials in a Better Way
Post Views: 8,641 — by James Chen Struggling to manage all your academic papers and still spending hours manually editing the citations and references list? Don’t worry. In this blog, we will introduce a reference management tool called Zotero, which will assist you in reading, citing, referencing, and managing academic papers more efficiently. 1. What…
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