When there’s so much searchable literature readily available, do you ever wonder how much of it is truly original?
A paper in ‘Scientific Data’ by Lukas Gienapp, et al. describes the development, compilation and validation of the Webis-STEREO-21 dataset – a huge collection [ read more ]
In the latest edition of ‘The Scholarly Kitchen’, Erika Pastrana and Simon Adar contemplate the barriers that appear to remain to authors in opting for open access publication. They highlight research that shows a disparity in authors’ awareness, behavior and action in [ read more ]
As ChatGPT continues to conquer all before it, it’s worth bearing in mind that it should be used judiciously. Tyler Bishop, CMO of Ezoic, has written a neat list of “dos and don’ts” for the appropriate use of ChatGPT and similar AI [ read more ]
Clarivate have released their ‘Drugs to Watch 2023’ listing – the report includes information on the key trends, such as:
JAMA Network Open and JAMA Health Forum have now made their datasets available on DLAdata.com – this partnership with the Data Licensing Alliance makes these datasets easily accessible to data scientists for more efficient for artificial intelligence/machine learning. Read more at [ read more ]
The Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum lineup has been confirmed for the London Book Fair at Olympia London, UK on Thursday 20 April.
Sessions will cover hot topics, such as how the widespread adoption of preprints is transforming science communication; diversity and inclusion [ read more ]
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is hosting a free seminar on Wednesday 1 February (12 pm EST) to showcase the latest developments from a selection of industry-leading companies, with each having a ten-minute slot to present their piece. Participating in the event [ read more ]
BMJ (in collaboration with Overton) have recently announced the launch of a new research impact tool, BMJ Impact Analytics, which will help funders, academic institutions and corporate organisations in health and social care to discover where their research has been cited in [ read more ]
I love The Scholarly Kitchen – this post made me laugh out loud, and it sums up all my anxieties about allowing automation to wander randomly through our lives … https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/01/20/the-dangers-of-automation-keep-your-pokemon-playing-fish-away-from-your-credit-cards/
While you’re there, check out the other excellent posts [ read more ]
If you’ve heard of neuromarketing then you’ll know that the evidence for its effectiveness is patchy and unconvincing, and some may say it is ethically dubious – and yet some firms have spent untold amounts on market research that tries to find [ read more ]