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new The search engine was technically revolutionary for the time as well. It was among the first to allow text to be searched within documents and saved previous searches for users and researchers to access and learn from. The experiment was driven by the need to support researchers in a future where reference librarians would need assistance dealing with more and more information in their libraries, and it highlighted the challenges of vocabulary control in free-text searching. — Hackaday, 18h ago

new In cancer care, CHAVI (Comprehensive Archive of Imaging) is key in a country like India that sees more than a million new cases every year. CHAVI is India’s first fully annotated, relational, de-identified cancer image bank, developed jointly by the Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, and IIT Kharagpur. Oncology is a discipline that is heavily dependant on imaging, not only for diagnosis but also for therapy and followup. Quantitative analysis of these images may provide additional insights about disease biology that may add to information available from clinical and pathological data. Image banks provide a way for researchers to get access to a large number of images that can be used for such analytical research. Currently, this project is for head and neck cancers, but will eventually be made open source, available to experts from other institutions. — theweek.in, 1d ago

Goal: This project aims to get more grounding into how promising automating alignment research is as a strategy, with respect to both advantages and potential pitfalls, with the OpenAI superalignment plan as a potential blueprint/example. This will be achieved by reviewing, distilling and integrating relevant research from multiple areas/domains, with a particular focus on the science of deep learning and on empirical findings in deep learning and language modelling. This could expand more broadly, such as reviewing and distilling relevant literature from AI governance, multidisciplinary intersections (e.g. neuroscience), relevant prediction markets, and the automation of larger parts of AI risk mitigation research (e.g. AI governance). This could also inform how promising it might be to start more automated alignment/AI risk mitigation projects or to dedicate more resources to existing ones. — alignmentforum.org, 3d ago

The academic publishing landscape is changing rapidly, and open access is becoming increasingly more relevant across all library types and sizes. Can your library incorporate this wealth of content into your eResource management strategy? And how can it be leveraged to save money and satisfy faculty and users’ research needs?... — Library Journal, 3d ago

new ...“Recent advances in sequencing technology have opened up new opportunities to establish large scale disease surveillance networks. The cost of sequencing has reduced significantly, while the number of samples able to be analysed has increased. The latest sequencing technology also has extremely low error levels, with some methods, such as sequencing by binding, being up to 15 times more accurate than legacy methods,” continues Ward. “These leaps allow researchers to overcome existing cost and scale barriers, fuelling breakthroughs in our understanding of pathogens. Long term, international collaboration between health and agricultural organisations will underpin a shift towards a preventative approach to pandemics, where we recognise and respond to emerging public health red flags before they become crises.”... — www.labbulletin.com, 2d ago

...“One of the exciting things about this project is that it is pushing history and the humanities broadly in a new direction,” observed Hawthorne. “Books and print publications are still important but there are other pathways to get research out there. This type of digital project opens a lot of possibilities for research to be published and made available. The project is really pushing the boundaries of humanities and history, especially when it comes to data preservation, scholarly publications, and outreach.”... — UMass Amherst, 5d ago

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new But there is still much work to be done. In his efforts to minimize the quantity of materials that are flowing in and out of the world – embracing that circular-economy mindset – Peter stresses the power of scientific thinking and knowledge. “Students need to apply an interdisciplinary approach to these problems. Sustainability, plastics and pollution are all complex topics. They touch everybody — individuals, governments, consumers, businesses and activists. It’s important to get educated and understand these issues that are so core to our future.”... — Wharton Global Youth Program, 2d ago

As adaptive UIs are pursued, several challenges and avenues for future research emerge. Firstly, ensuring the ethical collection and usage of user data remains critical. Secondly, developing more comprehensive datasets encompassing a wide array of interaction types, contexts, and user preferences could significantly benefit the field. The quest for more robust, diverse, and comprehensive datasets remains ongoing, promising a future where adaptive interfaces seamlessly align with individual user preferences and contexts, revolutionizing how we interact with technology. — MarkTechPost, 3d ago

Secondly, is the contributed body of knowledge in by informing the multi-stakeholders the usefulness of ICT in improving the livelihoods of marginalized groups. This has been disseminated through the published academic articles and conference papers which are open access to allow the young generation to read and extract knowledge on how to ICT to remove the gap between the haves and have not.What are the key research methods and materials used in your doctoral research?The main research methods included (i) qualitative and (ii) quantitative. The qualitative research method was used to explore the information and non-numerical data while the quantitative research method was applied to collect statistical data. These two methods were infused in the DSR methodology which adopted the five stages of DSR framework by Johannesson & Perjons (2014) to support the design, development, testing and evaluation process to carried linearly or iteratively depending on the existed situation. The materials used in the doctoral research included:-(i) Documentary review e.g., journal articles, conference papers, books, magazines, internet, computers, scanners, pictures, photos,(ii) The materials which were collected during the research period e.g., audios. video, text, drawings, (iii) The material which were collected during evaluation e.g., mobile phones, APK,there something else about your doctoral dissertation you would like to share in the press release?Despite the presence of numerous ICTs still mobile technology main mobile commerce currently remains to be the platform that provide opportunities for micro-traders to compete with registered firms on a more equal basis. They help close the digital divide between the haves and have-nots, which remains a major issue in developing countries. These is because mobile technology mainly mobile phone is endowed with the features which include:(i) Ubiquity(ii) Personalization(iii) Accessible and affordable(iv) Available anytime anywhere(v) Location-basedThe doctoral dissertation of Joel Rumanyika, MSc, entitled Mobile Technology in the Informal Economy: Prototypes for Market Access and Product Promotion will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, online. The opponent will be Professor, Deputy Dean for Research Shaun Pather, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the custos will be Professor Matti Tedre, University of Eastern Finland. Language of the public defence is English. — University of Eastern Finland, 4d ago

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Indeed the RRS offers an opportunity for subscription journals to publish material which, in order to be available open-access, would otherwise have to be submitted to a different journal. More importantly, though, the RRS asserts a fundamental principle: authors should retain sufficient intellectual property rights on their work. This is especially important as different publication types – e.g. pre-prints, micro-publications, recordings, working papers, methods etc.– emerge under the auspices of Open Science. — coalition-s.org, 6w ago

Now, two decades into the OA movement, it is high time for university libraries and presses to finally create a future for OA monographs. Monographs remain the “final frontier” where the movement has yet to fully flourish. Whereas open access strategies have tended to consolidate commercial power in journal publishing, the late blooming of OA in monograph publishing offers an opportunity to sustain non-profit leadership. University libraries and presses play a pivotal role in shaping the future of academic publishing, and it is time for us to rally together, explore new pathways, and remove the barriers that hinder OA for monographs. This is a call to action — a call to open 25 university press frontlists by 2030. Together, we can collaboratively experiment to find a model for books that is impactful, meets the needs of all participants in the scholarly communications ecosystem, avoids the equity pitfalls inherent in many OA journal funding models, and remains financially viable for all parties. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 11w ago

Open access and open science are making international publishing more challenging everywhere, and particularly so in China. These challenges will continue and, in some areas, increase, but there is a willingness in China to engage on these issues. International publishers should take advantage of this wherever possible. It will be worth the effort. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 20d ago

Open Science aims to make research and its products— from the data collected and methods used, to peer review processes and educational materials— available to all. Despite the name, the principles of open science are not exclusive to scientific research; indeed, many researchers in the humanities and social sciences are already practicing those principles. Open science practices are becoming more inclusive across disciplines, including the development and acceptance of open scholarship and open research as new representative terms for the paradigm, and they are expanding beyond academia to engage with citizens, industry, and policymakers on a global scale. Those changes inevitably intersect with other systems surrounding academic research processes, such as funding and publishing. The challenges presented by this rapidly-evolving ecosystem afford new and exciting opportunities for scholars willing to engage with open science. Registration is encouraged. To request an interpreter, please visit myaccess.rit.edu... — rit.edu, 4w ago

Open access (OA) continues to be a high-priority topic in scholarly publishing as OA mandates increase worldwide and deliberation around business models and funding continues. But OA is just one element of the broader subject of open research (OR), which includes open access, open data, open source (including code, architecture, trained models, process, parameters, etc.), open peer review, and open methodologies — strategies and procedures that make all elements of the research process openly accessible, transparent, and reusable. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 22d ago

The transition towards open access (OA) varies across publication type, research field, and geography. For example, in STEM publishing, Individual article processing charges (APCs) have given way to transformative agreements, which in turn now seem to be losing favor in some regions. It has been an even greater challenge to develop open models for monograph publishing, given the nature of the business and marketplace for scholarly monographs. Just yesterday, here in The Scholarly Kitchen, four leading university library collections leaders, issued “a call to open 25 university press frontlists by 2030.”... — The Scholarly Kitchen, 10w ago

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This article has illustrated the diversity and complexity by which 'misinformation' can be conceptualised as a research subject. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the scholarship, the diverse, and even conflictual, conceptualisations of misinformation are hardly surprising. For instance, as previously discussed, some only consider unintentional false claims as misinformation, but others take an intentionality-neutral definition. Furthermore, how falsity, the most central defining element of misinformation, can be operationalised in empirical research remains disputed in academic work. Such inconsistency makes transparency particularly important in misinformation research. For instance, researchers need to be open and clear about the criteria used to label misinformation, as well as assumptions made about the state of expert consensus and evidence on the topic under study (Vraga & Bode, 2020). — Internet Policy Review, 3d ago

Concerns over AI are valid and something that may be tricky to navigate as it continues to evolve. Potential misuse, data privacy, and other ethical issues require attention, so transparency is crucial. — Robotics & Automation News, 3d ago

There are over 7,000 languages in the world. Yet, most large language models (LLMs) work far more effectively in English. Naturally, this threatens to amplify language bias when it comes to access to knowledge, research, innovation — and competitive advantage for businesses. — TNW | Deep-Tech, 3d ago

In recent years, Geospatial Data Science – the use of geographic knowledge and AI approaches to extract meaningful insights from large-scale geographic data – has achieved remarkable success in spatial knowledge discovery and reasoning, and geographic phenomena modeling. However, two challenges remain in geospatial data science: (1) geographic phenomena are always treated as functions of a set of physical settings, but human experience has received insufficient attention; (2) there are limited strategies to focus on and address geoethical issues. In this talk, Dr. Kang will present a series of works that utilized geospatial data science to understand human experience and sense of place. In particular, using large-scale street view images, social media data, human mobility data, and advanced GeoAI approaches, he measured and analyzed human subjective safety perceptions (e.g., whether a neighborhood is perceived as a safe place), and emotions (e.g., happiness) at places, as well as human-environment relationships. Also, his work paid attention on geoethical issues such as monitoring perception bias and model bias and protecting geoprivacy. — nyu.edu, 3d ago

The row illustrates some of the challenges facing diamond journals, in which papers are free both to publish in and to read, with costs covered mainly by universities or academic societies. They have been hailed by open-access advocates as a potential alternative to for-profit publishing, but their operators have complained that their reliance on volunteer labour is not sustainable. — Times Higher Education (THE), 3d ago

Floriculture is a growing sector and represents an asset to the economy of most developing countries in Africa. This paper aims to access the existing knowledge gaps, and how such gaps might be filled to develop the floriculture industry sustainably in Africa. Scientific information on the floriculture industry was searched on three online databases (ScienceDirect, Google Scholar African Journals Online, and PubMed) to gather reliable data on the last 30 years in Africa. — floraldaily.com, 4d ago

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Dryad is an open data publishing platform and destination for research data reuse. We publish curated research data openly, taking steps to enable its usability for further research. We are a trusted partner to journals that want to ensure the data underpinning reported results is readily available; to research-performing institutions and funders that want to see the results of their investments shared (and to support researchers with emerging policies); and to individual researchers independently seeking to have their data curated, shared, and preserved. As all our data are published openly, we can support a very broad user base – in research, analysis, teaching and studying in many fields, and much more. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 16d ago

...“Its very definition relates to important values in science: transparency, collaboration, accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion—it touches on many important topics that have been disregarded in the practice of science traditionally. In many ways, it overlaps with the concept of open science, where data is shared openly and publications are available in open-access journals and repositories, making knowledge available without charging readers.”... — Lab Manager, 12w ago

..."Its very definition relates to important values in science: transparency, collaboration, accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion—it touches on many important topics that have been disregarded in the practice of science traditionally. In many ways, it overlaps with the concept of open science, where data is shared openly and publications are available in open-access journals and repositories, making knowledge available without charging readers."... — phys.org, 12w ago

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The power of digital communication to connect researchers from across the world – often in real time thanks to video-conferencing platforms – has long been viewed as an important way to accelerate scientific discovery. But a new paper published in Nature suggests that work by geographically distanced researchers is less likely to lead to influential and disruptive findings. — Times Higher Education (THE), 4d ago

The focus is on providing accurate content to trusted sources. It is a realistic response to countering disinformation and is worth quoting at length, ‘Government and public sector communications must exemplify the values we seek to uphold: truthfulness, openness, fairness and accuracy. Communicating in this way will enable us to build and maintain trust with our audiences.’ The same lesson needs to be applied across all communications in fluid and provocative circumstances. — CapX, 5d ago

When AI starts by building extremely general models and then attempting to apply them to specific educational situations, risks abound. Thus, a second aspect of my proposal suggests that our efforts towards powerful, safe AI should begin with well-bounded problems. One that seems well suited to today’s AI is determining how to provide optimal supports for learners with disabilities to progress in mathematics problem solving. Although I believe parents are not willing to share their students’ data in general, I can imagine a collective of parents becoming highly motivated to share data if it might help their specific neurodiverse student thrive in mathematics. Further, only limited personal data might be needed to make progress on such a problem. Thus a second element of my proposal is (2) energize nonprofits that work with parents on specific issues to determine how to achieve buy-in to bounded, purpose-specific data sharing. This could involve a planning grant stage, which if successful, would result in money needed to establish a local privacy-protected method of sharing data. — The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 4d ago

We have already negotiated 20 diamond monograph agreements (available via Licence Subscriptions Manager) and are also seeking compliant routes to publication with larger commercial publishers. We are asking traditional publishers to include and prioritise UKRI-funded titles by allowing a green/self-archiving route to compliance if the collection has not been fully funded and the UKRI-funded title would otherwise be published behind the paywall. — Jisc, 6d ago

Lee, Katherine and Cooper, A. Feder and Grimmelmann, James and Grimmelmann, James and Daphne Ippolito, Daphne Ippolito, AI and Law: The Next Generation (July 6, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4580739 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4580739 – “We are in a moment of seemingly nonstop excitement (and seemingly nonstop lawsuits) about the future of AI-assisted content creation, and the questions such creation raises about data ownership, privacy, the future of work, and how technology shapes individual and collective rights. When considering questions about rights, it is important to think not only about novel technical developments, but also novel issues such development presents for the law — in particular, copyright law. Systems like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion exhibit impressive capabilities; however, they have also been shown to regurgitate training data examples in their outputs, bringing about concerns regarding infringement of intellectual property rights. Developing expertise in either area requires being attentive to the other: Doing work in generative AI without at least a passing familiarity in copyright is increasingly intractable — and vice versa. While comprehensive expertise in both areas is an elusive goal, it is still important to be familiar with concepts in generative AI and copyright. Familiarity with key ideas across both disciplines is essential for asking more precise questions at their intersection — questions that can meaningfully shape the futures of technical research, and law and policy. In this explainer series, we provide salient discussion of training data, copyright, the processes of training models and generation, and future research directions. After reading this series, ML researchers and practitioners should have a better understanding of how copyright concerns may impact their technical work, and legal experts should better understand how specific technical aspects of generative AI are important to consider when analyzing concrete implications for copyright.”... — bespacific.com, 5d ago

In the poverty, machine learning, and satellite imagery domain, the status of transparency, interpretability, and domain knowledge in explainable machine learning approaches varies and falls short of scientific requirements. Explainability, crucial for wider dissemination in the development community, surpasses mere interpretability. Transparency in reviewed papers is mixed, with some well-documented and others lacking reproducibility. Weaknesses in interpretability and explainability persist, as few researchers interpret models or explain predictive data. While domain knowledge is common in feature-based models for selection, it is not widely applied in other modeling aspects. Sorting and ranking among impact features is an important future research direction. — MarkTechPost, 4d ago

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...“Its very definition relates to important values in science: transparency, collaboration, accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion — it touches on many important topics that have been disregarded in the practice of science traditionally. In many ways, it overlaps with the concept of open science, where data is shared openly and publications are available in open-access journals and repositories, making knowledge available without charging readers.”... — SCIENMAG: Latest Science and Health News, 12w ago

..."Its very definition relates to important values in science: transparency, collaboration, accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion -- it touches on many important topics that have been disregarded in the practice of science traditionally. In many ways, it overlaps with the concept of open science, where data is shared openly and publications are available in open-access journals and repositories, making knowledge available without charging readers."... — ScienceDaily, 12w ago

AI may also have utility in the generation of plain language summaries. Relatively few journals currently require authors to write plain language summaries despite it being a potential way to improve the dissemination of research findings and make research more accessible to patients and the public (2). AI could be used to translate complex jargon-filled abstracts into plain language summaries. Having an easy-to-use tool to facilitate this may also help to standardise this approach across journals. Of course, the balance between language simplification and precision needs to be carefully struck to ensure findings are communicated clearly and accurately and to avoid misinterpretation. — The BMJ, 12w ago

..."The college specializes in research related to intercultural knowledge and fluency, multilingualism, translation and interpretation, and applied linguistics, including xenolinguistics," he said. "The prospect of exploring ways to transform the terrestrial humanities into disciplines encompassing universal scales would be exceptionally difficult to pursue in isolation. The center will significantly reduce the difficulty of pursuing such work and open new doors to grant funding, community engagement and curriculum development."... — University of Arizona News, 6w ago

We want to encourage all our applicants to publish and share their research and knowledge as widely as possible. Publishing is one way of doing this. But the future of publishing is beyond just publications, as highlighted by this year’s peer review week theme. It’s becoming increasingly important to share non-article research outputs, like protocols, data, methods and code. This applies to the assessment of research too. — ukri.org, 9w ago

In the five years that have elapsed since the publication of the Plan S principles, the move towards full and immediate Open Access (OA) has become global and irreversible. However, academic publishing practices are not keeping up with rapid advances in the way science is performed, openly disseminated, and used. This disconnect increasingly threatens the goal of universal OA for research outputs.The COVID pandemic has illustrated the need for faster and more efficient publishing models. The traditional publishing system was simply too slow to disseminate critical and urgently needed scientific information on SARS-CoV2. In response, scholars all over the world are adopting new publishing practices to improve dissemination and peer review of new research findings. Researchers are increasingly sharing articles ahead of peer review and are starting to participate in open peer review of such author-shared articles. In addition, research institutions and researchers, for example in Latin America, have championed innovative models, referred to as ‘diamond’ publishing, that offer scholar-led publishing services that are free to authors and readers.These developments are forcing funders and other stakeholders – especially university libraries who procure publishing services on behalf of their researchers – to re-think how best to support the dissemination of research in a responsible, equitable and sustainable way. — coalition-s.org, 4w ago

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Submitted manuscripts will be handled by the current editorial team of AMJ. We will be reviewing submissions with an open mind to new questions, research designs, novel theorizing, and new methodological approaches. Although we encourage novelty in theorizing and methods, we will uphold Academy of Management Journal standards of logical and empirical rigor. Strong manuscripts that do not quite fit the mission of this SRF may be “switched” to AMJ’s “regular” review process for evaluation as potential non-SRF contributions to the Academy of Management Journal. — AOM_CMS, 4d ago

Professor Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact at the University of Exeter, said: “Congratulations to our successful research teams. I’m delighted to see our commitment to Open Research recognized by these awards. Open Research is important from perspectives including encouraging best practice, allowing data to be shared and re-used by others, and fostering quality control. Greater transparency of work allows for scrutiny and error detection, improving our outputs. Significantly, academic work is often funded through public money and charitable donations. Making our work as open as possible allows those who have funded it to access the findings of our research – increasing its impact.”... — News, 7d ago

Over the last couple of decades, there has been a rapid growth in the number and scope of agricultural genetics, genomics and breeding databases and resources. The AgBioData Consortium (https://www.agbiodata.org/) currently represents 44 databases and resources (https://www.agbiodata.org/databases) covering model or crop plant and animal GGB data, ontologies, pathways, genetic variation and breeding platforms (referred to as ‘databases’ throughout). One of the goals of the Consortium is to facilitate FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data management and the integration of datasets which requires data sharing, along with structured vocabularies and/or ontologies. Two AgBioData working groups, focused on Data Sharing and Ontologies, respectively, conducted a Consortium-wide survey to assess the current status and future needs of the members in those areas. A total of 33 researchers responded to the survey, representing 37 databases. Results suggest that data-sharing practices by AgBioData databases are in a fairly healthy state, but it is not clear whether this is true for all metadata and data types across all databases; and that, ontology use has not substantially changed since a similar survey was conducted in 2017. Based on our evaluation of the survey results, we recommend (i) providing training for database personnel in a specific data-sharing techniques, as well as in ontology use; (ii) further study on what metadata is shared, and how well it is shared among databases; (iii) promoting an understanding of data sharing and ontologies in the stakeholder community; (iv) improving data sharing and ontologies for specific phenotypic data types and formats; and (v) lowering specific barriers to data sharing and ontology use, by identifying sustainability solutions, and the identification, promotion, or development of data standards. Combined, these improvements are likely to help AgBioData databases increase development efforts towards improved ontology use, and data sharing via programmatic means. Database URL https://www.agbiodata.org/databases. — CGIAR, 6d ago

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Data Monitor offers institutions an easy way to identify and harvest their research data records and track whether relevant policy requirements have been met. And its interoperability ensures that research data records are visible, accessible and can be imported into other systems. — www.elsevier.com, 5d ago

The most powerful applications of AI for libraries are of “descriptive AI” which can be used to make all kinds of material (photos, videos, sound, manuscripts) in collections machine readable data through such techniques as computer vision or sound to text, and provide description at scale for information retrieval (Cordell, 2020). Some libraries have special collections that could be made more accessible using these means; for others it may be more relevant to have access to an infrastructure around licensed or ) open content. Many technical challenges remain with digitization and attempts to automate description of historic collections. But there is already considerable experience of the issues especially in the national library and archive community (Lee et al., 2023)…”... — bespacific.com, 7d ago

Systematic review and fit-for-purpose systematic approaches: EPA states that it “will look to streamline chemical-specific protocols and approaches while remaining consistent with systematic review principles.” According to EPA, these systematic approaches “will be transparent, fit-for-purpose, and specific to the needs of each chemical/category, while better aligning with the schedules for completion of the risk evaluation.” EPA notes that it is also exploring how to leverage consideration of systematic reviews and systematic review approaches from other EPA offices and authoritative bodies, or portions thereof, to achieve greater efficiencies in the process. — natlawreview.com, 5d ago

Political scientists across subfields are encouraged to submit a manuscript to the Politics, Groups, and Identities Special Issue on “How to Conduct Civically Engaged Research in A Time of Contentious Politics.” The special issue will address the ethics, research design, methodology, and project management involved in developing, implementing, and communicating results from civically engaged research. Building on earlier cohorts’ significant contributions in contextualizing, defining, and motivating CER, this special issue is committed to showcasing exemplary cases of CER, demonstrating methodological pluralism in CER, including scholarship across epistemological traditions, and centering academia-community research relationships based in a variety of global contexts. Finally, as scholars of color have long faced disproportionate professional punishments for conducting scholarship that is community engaged, the issue editors are also committed to showcasing diversity among scholars. — politicalsciencenow.com, 5d ago

Somani: Clearly broadcast, while an important segment, is growth limited, so our focus is very much on data, which is the dominant part of our revenues. We are looking at innovative ways to reposition our existing broadcast beams for data use, particularly the DBS (17 GHz – 18 GHz) band, through investment in terminal development with manufacturers to enable a cost-effective, two-way terminal in this band. We can unlock a lot of capacity, not only for ABS, but for the industry as a whole. We are seeing strong support from regulators in adapting regulation, where needed, to allow the DBS band to be used for data services in addition to traditional broadcasting. We are encouraging more operators to work on this initiative with us to drive volume and make better use of the GEO infrastructure available today. — Via Satellite, 6d ago

IOP Publishing recognises the incredible potential of open science and we are delighted to endorse this joint statement on research data. Our journals have adopted progressive data policies and include data availability statements in all our articles. However, more needs to be done to improve awareness, processes, infrastructure and standards around research data sharing and citation, and we look forward to making our contribution towards progress in these areas. — IOP Publishing, 6d ago

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Berger and her colleagues argue cogently that it may also be possible to design greater resiliency directly into semiconductor chips. In some cases, greater standardization in chip architecture may allow some chips to be built at multiple fabs, reducing “foundry lock-in.” Such gains will depend on trusted networks among multiple firms as well as governments of US allies and strategic partners—although sorting the practical realities of commercial and national competition in a rapidly innovating industry that marches to the cadence of Moore’s Law will be challenging. The authors rightly point out that focusing on distinct market segments with similar use cases may offer win-win opportunities, but these, too, will require incentives to drive cooperation. — Issues in Science and Technology, 6d ago

AAAS, a leading publisher of cutting-edge research renowned for its Science family of journals, launched its Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program in 2017. Consisting of 14 high-quality, fully open access journals produced in collaboration with international research institutions, foundations, funders, and societies, the SPJ program will now expand its reach through Journal Home on ResearchGate. With Journal Home, all version-of-record content from the 14 SPJs will be available to researchers on ResearchGate, including all archive content, and all new articles on publication. Reading usage data will be consistently provided to AAAS via COUNTER-compliant reporting that can be included in institutional usage reporting, providing increased value for institutional customers. — researchinformation.info, 6d ago

Promoting digital inclusion is an essential goal for libraries around the world, particularly so in the fields of resource sharing and document delivery. For example, the Marrakesh Treaty, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization and adopted in 2013, grants broad copyright exceptions for people with blindness or visual impairments, allowing libraries to utilize their scanning facilities to transform print resources into accessible digital content. However, digital inclusion can also apply to providing access to library materials during extraordinary circumstances. When libraries were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Document Delivery and Resource Sharing section launched the RSCVD (Resource Sharing during COVID) service, an innovative crowdsourced initiative which enabled libraries to continue to meet the information needs of their communities while working remotely. Even after library workers returned to their workplaces the usefulness of this service remained, as it helped ensure that libraries experiencing financial and other kinds of ongoing hardship or disruption could receive access to digital resources through an international network of resource sharing partners. Thanks to sponsorship by IFLA and funding through the Erasmus Plus Programme, the HERMES Strengthening Digital Resource Sharing During COVID and Beyond project was able to develop the Talaria software to support the RSCVD service, creating a platform that is open source and free to use. By eliminating the barrier to entry to resource sharing for participating libraries, the DDRS and RSCVD are fostering digital inclusion on a global scale, one request at a time. — IFLA, 7d ago

Decades ago, academic publishing was simply a way for universities to share knowledge and contribute to the academic community. Academics were generally appointed with permanent tenure, and influential publications, often published by university presses, were a marker of eminence and prestige. This evolved as publication records and citations became a key criterion for hiring, promotion, tenure decisions, and grant funding. — Pearls and Irritations, 8d ago

Despite great advances in data collection, the detailed picture of global country-country migrant flows remains incomplete. The lack of a comprehensive, high-quality data base covering not only stocks, but also flows is and remains the pivotal obstacle for the analysis of international migration at a global level. In the current situation it occurs, that methodological progress enabling the handling of large migration data sets is much more advanced than (raw) data collection and the harmonization of that information. Therefore, some results of the novel methods converting information on stocks into flow estimates might be instructive, but cannot be fully used for research and sound policy advice, as long, as the raw-data problem is not solved or significantly tempered. — knomad.org, 11d ago

These data-gathering problems point at a need to encourage more adherence to open data principles. Open data principles prescribe that data should be complete and accurate, without any omissions, timely and permanently available on-line, analysable in machine-readable non-proprietary formats, and granular at the finest possible level of disaggregation. — idea.int, 7d ago

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An audience participant suggested the formation of consortia to share solutions for free, to increase access to and transparency of groundwater data. Storm Hansen agreed that this is a crucial question, and mentioned ongoing efforts in international collaborations to address data accessibility challenges. However, due to differing approaches to data sharing and secrecy, creating a single global platform is challenging. This was echoed by Auken who hoped that, despite these complexities, ongoing initiatives could provide viable solutions for storing and accessing physical data. — SIWI - Leading expert in water governance, 11d ago

In recent years, awareness of the importance of reproducible research and open science has grown in the research community. The importance of conducting robust, transparent, and open research has especially been highlighted by the reproducibility crisis, or credibility revolution (Baker, 2016; Errington et al., 2021; Vazire, 2018). Reproducible and open science practices increase the likelihood that research will yield trustworthy results, and facilitate reuse of methods, data, code, and software (Chan et al., 2014; Diaba-Nuhoho and Amponsah-Offeh, 2021; Downs, 2021; Ioannidis et al., 2014). Across fields, definitions of ‘reproducible’ and ‘open’ may vary. While some fields use the terms interchangeably, in other fields ‘reproducible’ includes elements of scientific rigor and research quality, whereas ‘open’ simply refers to making research outputs publicly accessible. Overall, these practices seek to improve the transparency, trustworthiness, reusability, and accessibility of scientific findings for the research community and society (Barba, 2018; Claerbout and Karrenbach, 1992; Nosek et al., 2022; Parsons et al., 2022; Wolf, 2017). Examples of specific practices include sharing of protocols, data and code, publishing open access, implementing practices such as blinding and randomization to reduce the risk of bias, engaging patients in designing and conducting research, using reporting guidelines to improve reporting, and using CRediT authorship statements to specify author contributions. Despite these developments, reproducible research and open science practices remain uncommon in many fields (Blanco et al., 2019; Grant et al., 2013; Hardwicke et al., 2022; Hardwicke et al., 2020; Page and Moher, 2017). — eLife, 11d ago

Presently, challenges persist with regard to accessibility in library catalogues, as well as library and information technology systems and services. When accessibility metadata is not effectively searchable, it renders the content inaccessible to patrons. In response to the challenges, the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia section, in collaboration with neighbouring IFLA sections are developing a cross-sectional network to elevate accessibility standards. Our collective aim is also to promote the use of non-discriminatory controlled vocabularies for individuals with disabilities. This initiative seeks to ensure full and effective equal participation for all, aligning with international directives and national legislations. — IFLA, 7d ago

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The three big challenges ahead of us seem to be: the ability to make high-quality, peer-reviewed content open access yet sustainable for all stakeholders: switching publication models to adhere to regional and international funder constraints: and embracing emerging tools and technologies like AI holistically so that they become positively transformative instead of negatively disruptive!... — The Scholarly Kitchen, 9w ago

Typically, open science is more expensive for a research team than doing science that is not open. Open access publishing has higher upfront costs than traditional publishing, and more time and effort are required to make data and software open, ensuring that they are properly licensed, accessible and easily reusable by another research team. The advantages, though, are more transparent and shareable research and the potential for faster and more efficient innovation. — NC State News, 17d ago

Academic books play an important role in scholarly production and research communication, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. However, this importance is not reflected in Open Science and Open Access policies, as text books are often not mandated to be published OA by research funders and institutions. PALOMERA is investigating the reasons for this, and will ultimately table policy recommendations to align policy on OA monographs in the ERA. LIBER participates in PALOMERA to engage the research library community in this issue, and help shape policy recommendations in line with the interests of research libraries and their stakeholders. — LIBER Europe, 5w ago

Jason: Code is an integral part of the research process for all those who publish in our journal and I would say increasingly integral to all research in biology. For research to truly be “open” and reproducible, we need to know how scientists arrive at the conclusions that are drawn, and where code is a necessary part of that research process, it becomes imperative that the code be shared to evaluate the results and subsequent conclusions. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 9w ago

Science is the pursuit of truth. And to continue being so, it must continue aiming to be rigorous, unbiased, not driven by ideologies, open and verifiable. For this, research data must be accessible and of high-quality, and the analysis must be aware of the biases, errors, and uncertainties that might be drawn from not complete or not representative data. At the same time, access to and use of data must be done responsibly, following rigorous approaches, especially when data are sensitive or private. CODATA can help in these areas by: 1) exploring the standardization of levels and requirements of access to data, from completely open to increasingly restrictive to facilitate collaboration across groups and regions on private or sensitive data, 2) providing guidance for infrastructure as well as tools that help work with private or sensitive data responsibly but without losing data utility, and 3) promoting transparency of AI algorithms, scientific and statistical tools that process and analyze data so they can be validated by others, and 4) improve access to training and education in statistics, well-designed research, and applied qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods to improve the way we teach science. — CODATA, The Committee on Data for Science and Technology, 4w ago

The University of London Press is now predominantly an open access publisher, but we do also ensure that there is room in our publishing programme for projects which may not be suitable for open access publication. Open access is a core part of our mission, and we aim to publish as many books open access as we can. Approximately 70% of our current books programme is published as immediate open access without author charges, thanks to our funding via the School of Advanced Study and Research England, and we are striving to increase this figure in the years to come through our participation in a range of funding pilot schemes. — University of London Press, 11w ago

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Breaking down paywalls and making scholarly content accessible to a wider audience ultimately needs to align with publishing models for the long-term sustainability of OA within scholarly publishing. These efforts could encourage more collaboration and interdisciplinary research, and accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, while also pushing publishers to explore alternative, sustainable revenue models. — Silverchair, 12d ago

Both nations must recognise the mutual advantages that can arise from pooling resources, expertise, and innovation. However, to ensure effective collaboration, it will be crucial to set clear boundaries. This will involve establishing a ‘negative list’ that details areas or sectors where collaboration might be restricted due to national security, intellectual property concerns or other significant reasons. — Pearls and Irritations, 8d ago

Research uses international information on volume of high-quality publications, collaborations and international connection, Australian government evaluations of research quality, engagement and impact, and Australian government information on contract research income. Academic research is fundamental to breakthroughs that transform society. Increasingly, different academic disciplines need to be combined to solve the complex challenges faced today. That combination requires deep engagement with practitioners. Both fundamental and applied research are evaluated in this pillar. — Australian Financial Review, 12d ago

However, as fundamental norms were developed at times when communications were mainly paper-based, DRDE also observed that there remain legal obstacles which may hinder us from fully leveraging the benefits of technology. Data privacy ranks foremost among these concerns. With the amount of sensitive data being input and stored electronically for legal use, questions naturally arise around database access, regulating the scope of accessible information, cybersecurity and more. Given the sensitive nature of most case data, these questions must be addressed to spur digital adoption. — The Singapore Law Gazette, 9d ago

I would suggest that in future a mixed model of funding open access based on asking the question, “who benefits from this research being made open access?” would be more successful than relying on any one model. I see no reason why funders, professional associations, governments, learned societies and other interested parties shouldn’t all be involved in funding open access to research that they will all benefit from. I could see Open Access crowdfunding platforms involving S20, direct contributions, sponsorship etc. elements providing a solution to many funding gaps. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 13d ago

The process of data collection has never been straightforward. Back in the 1990s, researchers had to manually capture photographs to assemble datasets for objects and faces. The 2000s saw individuals scouring the internet for data. However, this raw, uncurated data often contained discrepancies when compared to real-world scenarios and reflected societal biases, presenting a distorted view of reality. The task of cleansing datasets through human intervention is not only expensive, but also exceedingly challenging. Imagine, though, if this arduous data collection could be distilled down to something as simple as issuing a command in natural language. — SciTechDaily, 10d ago

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Diamond Open Access is a scholarly publishing model characterized by journals and platforms that do not impose fees nor on authors neither on readers. These journals typically operate as community-driven, academically-led, and academically-owned initiatives. While this approach does not eliminate publishing costs entirely, it places a strong emphasis on achieving fairness (FAIR principles). Several frameworks are available to facilitate this approach, where the minimum is to manage content storage and visibility. An alternative strategy to reduce the workload for editors of such journals is the adoption of an Overlay journal approach, which curates and selects content from freely accessible online repositories, such as preprints. In this setup, editorial boards supervise the peer review process to ensure high-quality content and rely on institutional storage repositories like ArXiv, HAL, and Zenodo for data retention. To illustrate the advantages and challenges of this model compared to traditional scientific journal approaches, we will use the Journal of Theoretical Computation and Applied Mechanics (JTCAM) as an example. JTCAM's commitment to open reviews, meticulous copy-editing, and its innovative approach to reviewing datasets will be discussed in detail. — epfl.ch, 5w ago

The BTA group contends that it is vital for control of scholarly publication to reside in the research community, while also emphasizing the need to reduce publication costs. The group’s primary recommendation is that the Bibsam Consortium should refrain from entering read and publish agreements in hybrid journals. Instead, it should only sign agreements for publication in fully open access journals. The group also propose complementary and supporting strategic initiatives and actions. These include:* Signing agreements with publishers that only publish open access journals.* Providing an independent publishing platform like Open Research Europe (ORE).* Improving the opportunities for migrating researcher-owned journals from traditional publishers to other platforms.* Continuing to work with copyright issues related to open access. — newswise.com, 6w ago

Newswise — A rapid rise in the number of academic articles being published could undermine public trust in science, warns an international study involving the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB).The number of articles published worldwide rose from about 1.9 million per year in 2016 to a stunning 2.8 million in 2022 – an increase of 47% – despite little change in the number of scientists.This surge has attracted widespread comment, but the new study provides detailed analysis of the situation. It uses data on publisher growth, processing times of articles and “citation behaviours” (articles referencing each other).The study, involving ICTA-UAB researcher Dan Brockington, finds that certain publishers, such as Multidisciplinary Publishing Institute (MDPI) and Elsevier, have “disproportionately hosted” this growth – and sets out ways to address the issue.“The vital contribution of this paper is that it provides comparative data across multiple publishing houses, that accounts for the vast majority of indexed papers and journals. This makes it possible to see whether any publishers are behaving unusually, or if there are sectoral shifts at play”, says Brockington.“Public trust in science depends on science being done properly,” says Dr Mark Hanson, from the University of Exeter. “That means articles should be properly peer-reviewed, which takes time. It means some articles will be rejected, then either revised and improved or sent back to the drawing board.Their findings suggest that for some publishers that is not happening. That is bad for public trust in science because those articles clearly are not all being treated with normal standards of rigour.“But a crucial finding is that this is not simply a consequence of more open access publishing. There are open access publishers who are not increasing their content so dramatically. Rather it is about the sort of business model in which open access publishing is embedded”, Brockington adds.We’ve got issuesOne publishing house featured prominently in the work is Multidisciplinary Publishing Institute (MDPI). MDPI has been behind about 27% of the growth added to the system since 2016, though it is not alone.Publishers like MDPI and Frontiers have enabled this growth by creating numerous “special issues” which publish articles with reduced turnaround times.Special issues – also called “topics” or “collections” – focus on a particular topic, and traditionally arise from a conference or a pressing scientific subject.However, the spike in special issues has been accompanied by changes in the definition of the term. Certain publishers took that label and removed the meaning of the word ‘special’.“Special issues work differently from normal research. Instead of authors submitting their work for peer review, guest editors are chosen to produce a special issue, and they can invite whoever they choose to write an article”, Dan Brockington says.That is similar to the way things have traditionally worked, but in the new model very few articles are rejected, and peer review happens very rapidly.The study found that MDPI had an average turnaround time of about 37 days, a fraction of other publishing groups. This low turnaround time was highly consistent across its journals.Researchers highlight that, from submission to acceptance, one cannot properly peer-review most complex scientific papers in 37 days.The remarkable shift in some publishing houses, across multiple journals, raises questions about the freedom of journal editors. “How is it possible for editors to remain ultimately responsible for what gets published if so many journals are changing their behaviour in the same way?”, asks Brockington.Impact inflationThe sudden rise in the number of articles published has created what the authors call “impact inflation”.The “impact” of a journal is based on measures including citations: if a journal’s articles are commonly cited by others, the journal is seen to have a high impact. That’s important for authors because journal impact is used to determine who gets grants and funding.The new study also reveals high rates of “self-citation” (papers referencing other papers from the same publisher) in MDPI journals, which has drastically raised those journals’ profiles.Commenting on how the situation might be addressed, Dr Hanson said: “Researchers face pressure to ‘publish or perish’ to be competitive for funding applications. While we highlight some groups, it’s really sector-wide. The funding bodies and regulatory groups will need to step in and define the line, then say who’s gone past it.”“We need far more transparency about academic publishers if we are ever going to govern their behaviour effectively,” says Dan Brockington. ”The current system is dysfunctional. It is not working. But we will not know what will work better without clearer and more readily available data.”... — newswise.com, 4w ago

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Hiroyuki Nishiyama, leader of Tsukuba Digital-Bio International Center said, "In western drug discovery ecosystems, researchers and innovators have quick and easy access to cutting-edge research results and trends in their fields of expertise. Japanese pharmaceutical companies tend to look there because they can't obtain enough information in Japanese drug discovery ecosystems. Against this background, we have been discussing with Astellas for the past one and a half years to change the conventional frame of reference. I believe that we can flexibly and speedily formulate new joint research themes not limited to specific fields and execute efficient research by sharing our research information (seeds) and areas of research interest at Astellas. exists when translating academia research results into social implementations."... — Contract Pharma, 13d ago

Educators, on their part, need to be cautious in ethics when detecting plagiarism. It entails treating students’ information confidently, using fair testing procedures and creating trust. It aims to guarantee that technology plays a coordinated and balanced role in education, where individual rights are protected. Important social issues to think about are:... — Techiexpert.com, 14d ago

Such structural freedom inherent in Sanskrit composition opens up possibilities in translation via contemporary poetics. Like science, poetics has also become more developed, and today there are more resources available to writers and readers. Poetry was once an oral art, and belonged to the dimension of time. Even though manuscripts and inscriptions were used, the dimension of space arrived into everyone’s daily lives through the printing press and the printed page. Translating ancient texts is also a translation from a temporal, to a temporal and spatial medium. The line, for example, does not need to hang on for life to the left margin. Spacing and connections are available to be used if they help understanding. Here is an example:... — Scroll.in, 12d ago

Senior Research Fellow in Pharmacology Dr. Hopkins, adds the Clinical Cancer Epidemiology Lab research is focusing on the "substantial opportunity to enhance the data sharing ecosystem" including ensuring that clinical trials deemed as eligible for sharing be made "truly accessible" and that individual-participant data (IPD) packages meet a "standard of utility."... — medicalxpress.com, 12d ago

My eventual dissertation committee, representing different disciplines, described my research of how Double Binds stifled educational and political reform as challenging and "unfamiliar to us, but profound.” This is where I would like to begin my review of Nora Bateson's brilliant book Combining, (Triarchy Press, 2023) about the need for communication that is ecological and fosters possibilities. — Psychology Today, 12d ago

Similar research foundations apply to public management and administration, where more and more digital technologies are deployed and need to generate trust as a precondition for citizens’ use (Carter & Bélanger, 2005). Also here, trust not only relies on the technology but also includes previously existing public perception regarding the trustworthiness of the institution or government (Lee et al., 2011) or the potential impact of the technology in, e.g., democratic life (Duenas-Cid, 2022). The political dimension of public administration enriches the scope of the discussion by bringing new elements to be considered when referring to trust-related research (Möllering, 2021) as can be misinformation (Dubois et al., 2020) or political communication strategies (Ehin & Solvak, 2021). Yet those approaches are generally related to how data-driven technologies affect trust in institutions but not necessarily considering neither distrust nor how previous levels of trust affect the use or adoption of technologies. Similarly, abundant research took this stream aiming to determine how the implementation of e-government measures helps increase trust in institutions (Janssen et al., 2018) by facilitating the interaction with citizens (Tolbert & Mossberger, 2006), accessibility (Schmidthuber at al., 2023), co-production (Scupola & Mergel, 2022) or reducing corruption (Zhao & Xu, 2015), amongst others. — Internet Policy Review, 10d ago

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Gray has long been interested in the politics of open and public data and is writing a book on the subject. This involves tracing how open data policies and practices have developed around the world, and he said it’s been valuable to be able to search and analyze open data websites through the Wayback Machine. As part of research for the book he published an article in Data & Policy, from Cambridge University Press, about the rise of data portals as online devices for making data public. — archive.org, 8w ago

Supporting Open Access book publishing via Open Press Tilburg University, our diamond Open Access University Press, allows for a pathway to equality, as diamond Open Access charges neither the reader nor the author. Open Press TiU welcomes book proposals for theses, monographs, essays, critical text editions, textbooks and other academic publications. This initiative not only fosters educational and research excellence but also extends the benefits of Open Access to learners worldwide. Authors interested in contributing to this mission can reach out to openpress@tilburguniversity.edu for more details. — Tilburg University, 5w ago

The proven benefits of open access (OA) publishing in making important ideas available to a more diverse and global readership are particularly critical for humanities research, expanding our collective understanding of human cultures, societies, histories and languages. As passionate advocates for the humanities, we want the work we publish to have the widest possible audience globally and to open up debate. Open access publishing is crucial to this mission. — University of London Press, 11w ago

In a so-called “attention economy”, research generally has little success chances because in order to grasp attention traditional triggers are required such as sensation, morality, and outrage. However, there are areas where voices from the scientific community are expected, especially in societal conflicts and transformation processes fueled by specific research findings but leading to ethical, economic, or social controversies. For me, this is the truly interesting and largely unexplored space for science communication. There is not enough understanding of how science operates in these spaces, how it should operate, and how it changes itself and society as a result. Much more attention should be paid to this, both within the scientific community and in the realm of science communication and science funding. Furthermore, there is a need for spaces where researchers with experience in science communication can exchange their insights with those actively engaging in societal debates. — Elephant in the Lab, 6w ago

Only in this way will peer review obligations (to the institution and the academy, not to publishers) get written into academics’ job descriptions, promotion guidelines and tenure criteria, and recognised as part of their normal workload. Only in this way will we all work together to improve quality and streamline peer review processes, by making peer review central to scholarship, and possibly by uncoupling peer review from publication processes. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 10w ago

Podcasts have gained incredible popularity and also the number of scientific podcasters has grown. Podcasts are being explored as a tool to disseminate critical knowledge and reach an audience beyond academic journals and conferences. They not only offer new opportunities for knowledge transfer and dialogue, but also for research and theory building. Theories can be discursively negotiated and linked to current topics and political events. — Berlin Science Week, 24d ago

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The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus builds understanding around interlinked resources and sectors, which can be applied to achieve resource security and sustainable development. However, despite progress in research, there is a significant lack of practical case studies. To be of relevance in the real world, the WEF nexus needs to transition from theory to practice, thereby increasing the likelihood of adoption. This requires case studies and investment cases to inform planning scenarios and pathways, and to inform and guide integrated resource security at various scales. — CGIAR, 11d ago

Professor Büscher believes that science can tackle these challenges by conducting targeted research, training students well and aligning research structures with these key tasks for the future. The University of Bonn’s off-site laboratories such as Frankenforst, Wiesengut and Klein-Altendorf are serving as “innovation farms” for these efforts. On the Frankenforst campus, for instance, researcher Inga Tiemann is scoping out the future of poultry farming. In the VDI Roadmap, she describes the current state of the industry in this regard and what still needs to be done.With its roadmap, however, the VDI is not only looking to highlight the actions required in the agriculture and agricultural engineering sectors but also to stimulate dialogue with the worlds of politics and society. Reliable strategic statements from policymakers on the future of livestock farming in Germany and Europe are vital, not only for the industry but also for research in general and for technology transfer in the future. Research and teaching at universities and other higher-education institutions likewise need viable long-term strategies to be in place. — Universität Bonn, 12d ago

The proposed contribution claim approach could be implemented relatively quickly and would avoid multiple entities getting stuck in lengthy, costly, and competitive processes to develop frameworks, registries, and other infrastructure required for biodiversity credits markets. The proposed claims could be reported in a fully transparent and comparable way and reward companies with recognition for their international engagement in biodiversity protection. — Ecosystem Marketplace, 11d ago

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Indeed, of all organisations, hospitals are among the most reliant on conversations in order to function. Whether these are operational or clinical interactions, a vital amount of hospital communication occurs verbally. Traditionally, this has presented a major challenge as the information from these conversations could only be captured by incomplete manual notes or hard to access audio files. With overloaded staff and stressed patients, key details from conversations can fall through the cracks and contribute to confusion over details, poor patient experience, disputes, and lost productivity. — UC Today, 14d ago

Third, the scientific world united around a common purpose: generating the evidence base that would end the pandemic. Goodwill and reciprocity ruled. We forgot about academic league tables, promotion bottlenecks, h-indices, or longstanding rivalries. We switched gear from competing to collaborating. We pooled our data and our expertise for the good of humanity (and, perhaps, with a view to saving ourselves and our loved ones). And not to be overlooked, the red tape of research governance was cut. Our institutions and funders allowed us—indeed, required us—to divert our funds, equipment, and brainpower to the only work that now mattered. Journal paywalls were torn down. It became possible to build best teams from across the world, to get fast-track ethics approval within hours rather than weeks, to generate and test bold hypotheses, to publish almost instantly, and to replicate studies quickly when the science required it. The downside, of course, was the haystack of preprints that nobody had time to peer-review, but that’s a subject for another day. — Issues in Science and Technology, 20d ago

European policymakers – pushed by academia and civil society – have acknowledged the need for researchers to access platform data and the value of the resulting studies to help with independent platform oversight in the public interest. Most prominently, lawmakers in the European Union included a data access provision for researchers in the Digital Services Act (DSA). This article (Article 40) could potentially provide a huge opportunity for researchers to better understand platforms and, ultimately, help independent regulators oversee platforms based on scientific evidence. Yet, despite the promises held by the DSA, many important open questions remain. Details on data access requests, the type of data to be requested, the timelines for full application and the communication exchanges between researchers, regulators and platforms will be hashed out over the coming months. — Hertie School, 13d ago

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For sports organisations, first-party fan data is a crucial asset because it allows them to establish and nurture relationships with their fans. This, in turn, drives customer loyalty, revenue, and overall fan engagement. In today’s world, it has become increasingly challenging to keep fans engaged, and understanding fan data is essential in addressing this issue. Currently, many sports organisations rely heavily on third-party data, which has its limitations due to platform restrictions and lack of effectiveness. This creates a significant gap in understanding fan data. Therefore, data collection and ownership have become top priorities for sports organisations. — Techiexpert.com, 12d ago

Beyond legal obligations, data anonymization fosters a culture of data sharing and collaboration among researchers. By alleviating concerns about privacy breaches, institutions are more likely to share datasets, accelerating scientific progress. Collaborative efforts become more viable, as researchers can pool resources without compromising patient confidentiality. — DATAVERSITY, 13d ago

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African ML researchers also grapple with stifling systemic friction in academic research. There are several issues which pose great constraints to capacity building of an average African scholar. Funding, infrastructural deficiency, and institutional global ranking, among others are some biggest problems for an average ML researcher working in Africa. In addition, immigration difficulties perpetuate discrimination as African researchers may be denied authorization or refused a visa to attend vital AI/ML conferences outside of the continent. Participation in these activities is often crucial to academic promotion. Many also experience stigmatized global classification, where evaluative processes may result in relatively lower ratings by foreign counterparts. Negative associations and perceptions for African researchers must continue to be improved. — Tech Policy Press, 13d ago

In digital humanities, statistical and numerical methods are core, but the questions being answered are still humanities questions; humanities and the digital become intertwined. Even those who do not think of themselves as undertaking digital humanities research are affected by a world increasingly focused on data. For researchers to gain the most from these technologies they need to develop skills and methods, and equally importantly, they must be able to access data to undertake research. — Jisc, 12d ago

...“In the eighth annual The State of Open Data report released today, almost three quarters of surveyed researchers overwhelmingly said they are still not getting the support they need to share their data openly. Such data highlights the increased need for greater community collaboration and tools to support researchers in the move to sustainable open science practices. For the remaining 23% of respondents who had sought and received support with data sharing, the support primarily came from internal sources (colleague/supervisor – 61%), followed by institutional libraries (31%), research office / in-house institutional expertise (26%), publishers (21%) and funders (17%). “The State of Open Data Report has become a unique, long-term resource chronicling the establishment of open data, attitudes towards it, and researchers’ experiences of data sharing,” said Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science. “It’s my hope that readers of the report will not only better understand what the research community is experiencing and achieving now, but what the opportunities are for the future.” Harsh Jegadeesan, Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature added: “By better understanding researchers’ motivations around open research we, as a community, can clearly see the roles we all need to play in driving accessible research forwards and harnessing the power of emerging technologies to move towards greater open science. Ensuring easy and open access to all parts of research supports accessibility, usability and reusability – and this is key in helping to ensure research can be built upon and gets into the hands of those that can effect change to tackle the world’s most challenging issues.”... — bespacific.com, 21d ago

Outcomes for Asians are typically not broken out in public health and clinical research in the U.S. for myriad reasons. There’s widespread confusion among researchers about government standards on race reporting. Data on Asian subgroups can also be harder and more expensive to collect due to language issues and mistrust. And even if data are collected from different groups, analyzing smaller subgroups in studies gives the findings less statistical power and may, if groups are very small, allow individual respondents to be identifiable. — STAT, 13d ago

From the scientific realism perspective, our aim as scientists is to reveal the truth, to generate and test theories, and to establish knowledge that is valid and reliable.Yet the publication convention is that the introduction and results sections must be consistent with one another. If a scholar develops a logic that leads to specific hypotheses based on certain literature, the data and analysis will be limited to examine only this line of enquiry. However, this might mean that possible avenues for knowledge creation are blocked. — THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect, 20d ago

It is an advantage in this area of research to be able to use weekly data since investigators often encounter bureaucratic obstacles that make it difficult or impossible to design large-scale epidemiological studies based on daily data. According to Ballester, when daily data is not available, the use of weekly data, which are easily accessible for Europe in real time, is a solution that can offer "a good approximation of the estimates obtained using the daily data model."... — ScienceDaily, 12d ago

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Croatian scientists are engaged in diverse fields of molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on life sciences. It is difficult to highlight a single group, as there are many throughout Croatian universities and scientific institutes that apply cutting edge technologies in scientific research. The main challenge for Croatian scientists lies in funding. National funding calls are not yet available on a yearly basis, making it difficult to maintain continuity in research work, sustain knowledge within research groups and retain promising PhD students, who could progress to become postdoctoral researchers. Most Croatian scientists work at universities and are heavily involved in teaching and associated responsibilities, which limits their opportunities for long-term research or training abroad. — EMBO, 18d ago

As a librarian working in open access, it is so important for us to hear from authors about their publishing needs and interests, especially as regards alternatives to APC-based OA. Libraries and academic departments have harmonious interests and can (and do) do a lot make real improvements to scholarly publishing. — Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession, 20d ago

ASM has committed to implementing a novel publication business model called “Subscribe to Open,” starting in 2025. In this model, ASM will open content if a sufficient number of current journal subscribers continue their subscriptions. This model is more equitable than traditional open access models because it does not shift all of the costs of publishing to authors. We envision this model will include incentives for our customers to invest in ASM as a publisher and a partner in curating and disseminating science in accordance with open access policies. — ASM.org, 21d ago

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The FAIR data principles require digital assets, such as research data, to be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. While, in some instances, FAIR data is also ‘open data’ that isn’t always the case; for example, when there are legal or ethical restrictions. Julian adds: “The FAIR requirement isn’t only something that ETH Zurich as an institution has agreed upon; funders require it as well. Importantly, deciding which data are directly relevant for a specific publication is subject to established community standards.”... — Elsevier Connect, 6w ago

Ultimately, social licenses for data reuse serve as a pathway to bridge the trust gap. Moving forward, they will play a pivotal role in building trust between institutions, governments, and citizens. By freely sharing data, organisations demonstrate transparency, accountability and a commitment to providing valuable information to citizens. This transparency fosters trust in decision-making processes, ensures that policies are evidence-based and empowers individuals to hold authorities accountable. Finally, open data fosters collaboration and engagement. When citizens have access to government data, they can better understand policies and services, participate in public discussions and advocate for change. In Ghana, for example, a unique initiative combined citizen science with open data to effectively track marine plastic pollution. The active involvement of citizens and stakeholders is crucial in tackling complex issues in our increasingly data-centric world — an opportunity we can’t afford to keep in a silo. — Digital for Good | RESET.ORG, 7w ago

Third, limited access to information hampers research efforts. Valuable data is typically accessible only to government-affiliated centers, leaving other institutions with insufficient resources. Transparency is crucial; research findings and methodologies should be open to scrutiny to maintain credibility. In an environment with information deficits, think tanks find it challenging to fulfill their role effectively. — Modern Diplomacy, 6w ago

...6. Have you explored, identified and recommended resources or research from diverse authors and regions to enable knowledge outside Eurocentric or West-centric perspectives? Representation in literature has a powerful impact on students, fostering a sense of belonging and relatability to others’ success. Therefore, dismantling homogeneity in the academic literature we share with students is crucial to communicating scientific research and successes from a diverse body of people. To do this, we must look beyond the most popular or accessible textbooks and recognise that reputable sources extend far beyond West-centric countries, and accessibility does not equate to adequacy as a sole source. Diversification can go further with the use of “grey” and open-access literature that sits outside of traditional scientific publishing but can be just as useful for students. Revising citations and reading lists through the lens of diversification will enrich student learning and give academics a heightened awareness of the literature landscape. — THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect, 10w ago

September’s Peer Review Week is always a time for reflection on peer review and this year especially so, with a theme of Peer review and the future of publishing. October also saw a COPE Forum on peer review models, and COPE’s recent Publication Integrity Week featured a lively session on AI and peer review (on which more in Part 2 of this Commentary). It has been good to see that there is a lot of optimism about new initiatives in peer review, but there is also some consensus that many aspects of scholarly publishing have been stretched almost to breaking point by recent rapid changes in scholarly publishing. These include open access and data sharing, fraudulent behaviour, the growth of journal special issues, and structural incentives in academia which reward a race to publish at any cost. Other factors have more positive motivations (such as welcome moves to improve inclusivity policies and to encourage articles which report null results or less novel methodologies), but still produce unprecedented strain on a pool of reviewers which is not keeping pace. The number of published scholarly articles almost doubled from 2016 to 2022 and rapid growth is likely to continue with the development of new platforms and types of output. The system was arguably never built to spot misconduct or problems with data, as it is now commonly expected to do. — COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics, 6w ago

Accessibility to research outputs can be enhanced not only via fee waivers and discounts, but also through events and panels hosted by organisations like COPE, or by journals. It can be helpful for publishers to provide printed copies of articles in places where digital access is not available, and to think beyond publications as valid forms of dissemination. The Indian Institute for Human Settlements is an example of an institution that positions itself as a knowledge centre, supporting people in accessing research outside their own language. Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool in helping people to access networks in English or other languages. More journals based in southern countries would be welcome, but this is difficult as they must compete with well-established publications. Overall, researchers should think about and promote equitable ways to frame and communicate research in ways that inform and empower all those directly involved. — COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics, 5w ago

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For the successful rollout of fibre optics in Germany, open access also plays a very important role. How can we bring the heterogeneous German telecommunications market together with a focus on nationwide fibre optic rollout? “Open access is indispensable. However, it needs a level playing field for mutual network access,” emphasises BUGLAS President Theo Weirich, going on to say: “To achieve this, all stakeholders must bite the bullet and go beyond personal limits. Existing barriers to mutual use or access must finally be overcome.”... — eco, 20d ago

Achieving the vision outlined in this manifesto requires collaboration between policymakers, businesses, academia, and civil society. It is crucial that regulations adhere to the principle of proportionality, ensuring consumer protection without stifling innovation. As blockchain technology constantly evolves, regulators will benefit from engaging with industry players who possess deep knowledge, allowing for accurate and informed oversight. It is essential for the EU to foster cooperation with citizens, advocacy groups, thought leaders, and pioneering stakeholders who have dedicated years to the advancement of this groundbreaking technology. To fully leverage blockchain capabilities, it is vital to allocate dedicated funds to develop blockchain applications for the real economy, engage closely with industry participants, including Web3-native companies, advance educational initiatives to increase literacy around these technologies, and promote transparent dialogue and knowledge-sharing to fight misconceptions. In a time of fundamental change, the EU has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to seize to create a cohesive framework for the future. Furthermore, the economy needs to be reinvented based on future-proof business models in alignment with both EU business traditions and technological innovations. Reinventing these business models is what will make our economy more competitive, our society more just and sustainable and lead us to the digital future. Let us all champion an EU that protects the holistic well-being of every individual and safeguards human rights and freedoms for generations to come. — INATBA, 18d ago

Privacy Control: Llama's adaptability and flexibility make it potentially disruptive to the current leaders in LLM, such as OpenAI and Google. Its ability to be self-hosted and modified provides more control over data and models for privacy-focused use cases. — unite.ai, 14d ago

A recent MEDLINE data quality assessment by some of my colleagues identified serious challenges in MEDLINE’s records. Would the Plan S proposal ameliorate or exacerbate challenges like this? Will it lead to greater discovery, increased linkage of articles and data, and greater usage and impact for authors? Traditional publishing outlets expend enormous resources on this and, while it has never been easier to disseminate content online, it also has never been harder for materials to be noticed and linked to, e.g., identities, grants, and institutions. — The Scholarly Kitchen, 18d ago

The landscape of scientific research has evolved significantly over time. Once primarily confined to academic institutions, it now encompasses a vast array of non-academic government institutes, as well as public and private corporations. In this dynamic context, Open Science has emerged as a transformative trend, aiming to break down barriers between academic and industrial settings. Open Science encourages collaborative drafting, peer reviews, and transparent open-source publications, fostering an inclusive environment for health research practices. This approach benefits researchers, their affiliated institutions, and society at large, particularly in critical endeavors like vaccine development. — CEOWORLD magazine, 21d ago

In a world inundated with data, curating valuable information has never been more challenging, or more important. From academic papers to scientific databases, the deluge of new information can be overwhelming, leaving researchers in a constant struggle to keep up. However, a groundbreaking innovation in artificial intelligence is helping to transform the data curation landscape: large language models (LLMs) such as those behind ChatGPT. Powered by sophisticated deep-learning algorithms, these models are revolutionising how we streamline and curate massive volumes of data. — EMBL, 19d ago

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The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) is a national resource for legal researchers supporting and facilitating research students at universities across the UK and in the University of London. Our publishing partnership with IALS focused for several years on the OBserving Law series (or Open Book Service for Law). This series was launched in 2016 and was developed to offer legal researchers an important opportunity to publish their work open access to reach the widest audience possible. This series has now closed and has been replaced by the new Reimagining Law and Justice open access series which launched in 2023 and has a distinct focus on contemporary social challenges of justice of all types. For more information about this series, please go to the series page. — University of London Press, 12w ago

Andrej Zwitter is one of the editors of Meta-Science. Towards a Science of Meaning and Complex Solution: ‘Open Access is particularly important to me because it aligns with my belief that knowledge should be accessible to all, regardless of economic or social privilege. The fact that the University Board actively supports academic staff to publish with UGP in this endeavour reflects the institution’s commitment to breaking down barriers to knowledge access. It is a powerful step towards inclusivity, enabling researchers, scholars, and individuals from diverse backgrounds to engage with our work without financial constraints.’... — University of Groningen, 7w ago

We have actively sought out a variety of projects to participate in, from new networks aimed at supporting the growth and success of open access institutional publishing within the UK to pilot projects offering new funding models which support a sustainable and collaborative route to open access publishing without author fees. We feel it’s important to be part of these pilots and community projects to help ensure that humanities disciplines and researchers are represented in wider discussions about open access publishing and funder mandates. Our funding through the School of Advanced Study (SAS) means that we are able to participate in experimental and innovative new ways of publishing open access humanities research, which we hope other publishers will be able to learn from. — University of London Press, 12w ago

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