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Findings of the International Journal Use and Reading Patterns Survey

Professor Carol Tenopir will visit The University of Queensland to present her report on the Journal Use and Reading Patterns Survey, conducted in 2012.

The Survey asked questions about the reading of scholarly articles from both print and electronic sources by academic staff and undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The University of Queensland was selected as one of two Australian universities to participate in the study. The results of the study will contribute to international research on the reading of scholarly journal articles.

Date:
Monday, 22 April 2013
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room:
Library Conference Room, Level 1
UQ Location:
Duhig Building (St Lucia)

RSVP: events@library.uq.edu.au

Online journals from International Water Association

iwap_logo.jpgAccess the full-text of 14 journals from the International Water Association. Direct access is available for each journal from the catalogue with the access start date.

New Open-Access Journal

Just launched is the new open-access scientific journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. Elementa aims to facilitate scientific solutions to the challenges presented by this era of accelerated human impact on natural systems. It is committed to the rapid publication of technically sound, peer-reviewed articles that address interactions between human and natural systems and behaviors (Elementa, Feb 2013). Submission will be accepted April 2013

Elementa is aimed at six main knowledge domains including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth and Environmental Science
  • Ecology, Ocean Science
  • Sustainable Engineering
  • Sustainability Sciences

Elementa is supported by BioOne and five academic Dartmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Michigan, and the University of Washington.

For further information go to the pre-publication site.

F1000Research: Open-Access Journal & Much More

F1000Research (launched 2013) is an original open-access publishing program for life scientists it offers:

  • Immediate publication
  • Transparent peer review (post-publication)
  • Full data deposition and sharing

Other service on this platform includes:

F1000Posters an open access repository of conference posters and oral presentations from across biology and medicine. F10000 claims that by depositing you poster it will:

  • Widen your audience by linking your full paper to the poster
  • Provide discussion and feedback

F1000Prime an online directory which includes:

  • Daily updates
  • Over 100,000 recommendations of the top publishing articles in biology and medicine directory
  • Personnel customization for quick access to the content that interests you including; favourite sections, stored search, bookmarked articles and email alerts

Institutional membership is available for University of Queensland staff & students. Register at F100Prime.

Retraction Watch

Retraction Watch is a blog which seeks to highlight the latest scientific retractions. The blog started in August 2010 by Ivan Oransky (executive editor of Reuters Heath and teachers medical journalism a New York University) and Adam Marcus (managing editor of Anaesthesiology News).

So why a blog on retractions?

  1. Science takes justifiable pride in the fact that it is self-correcting - most of the time….Retractions are therefore a window into the scientific process.
  2. Hope the blog will form an informal repository for the retractions we find and might even spur the creation of a retraction database.
  3. Highlighting the retractions will give journalists more tools to uncover fraud and misuse of funds.
  4. Interested in whether journals are consistent….with printing retractions.

Ivan Ornsky and Adam Marcus - First Post August 2010

Example of the retractions published in December 2012:

  • Retractions three and four for Hopkins cancer biomarker group - 31 December 2012
  • Neuroscientist made up data in NIH grant applications, says ORI - 28 December 2012
  • ORI sanctions former Texas Tech postdoc for falsification, fabrication, plagiarism - 28 December 2012

To find out more go to Retraction Watch

The New Open-Access Journal, eLife is launched

On the 13th December the latest open-access journal eLife was official launched. A press release yesterday stated eLife, the open-access journal for outstanding advances in life sciences and biomedicine reveals a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content on its new website.

eLife aims to provide a journal portal that invites visitors to

Explore - Important new research and associated data
Read - Commentary by experts and colleagues

eLife is supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and Wellcome Trust.

eLife - a new open access journal

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eLife - http://elife.elifesciences.org/ - is a new open access, peer-reviewed, life sciences journal.

It contains material in the following subjects:

  • Immunology
  • Microbiology and infectious disease
  • Biophysics and structural biology
  • Genomics and evolutionary biology
  • Plant biology
  • Genes and chromosomes
  • Cell biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry
  • Human biology and medicine

If you want to get published… the journal is offering free publication, while it's being established.

A NEW Open Access Journal specifically for Engineers!

SAGE Open Engineering is a new Open Access peer-reviewed journal designed for the publication of high quality research in all areas of engineering. SAGE is a large international academic publisher of journals, books and electronic media in all subject areas. Access UQ Library's SAGE subscription journals.

In the News: Open-Access deal for particle physics

The consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP) has negotiated that nearly all particle-physics articles will be immediately free on journal websites from 2014. This impacts researchers, meaning individual groups will not need to arrange open publication of their work. Peter Suber an advocate of open access stated "It is the most systematic attempt to convert all the journals in a given field to open access"(Nature|News, Sept 2012) To read further go to Nature|News or get the latest news and debate on Open Access from SCOAP.

Interview on Open Access Journals with Ahmed Hindawi, founder of Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Hindawi Publishing Corporation founded in 1997, was the first subscription publisher to convert its entire portfolio of journals to Open Access. Now in 2012, publishing over 400 open access journals. This interview with Ahmed Hindawi provides an insight into the development of open access journals. The interview is available on Richard Poynder blog Open and Shut.

2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals: Pricing Trends and Industry Overview

Allen Press has produced a 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals based on historical prices over the past two years from 220 journals and survey findings from 20 society/association publishers. The study reveals how libraries are dealing with the present budget challenges and the consequences for scholarly publishers.

A breakdown of the average price increase by subject is included. For all titles in the study, price increases in 2012 averaged 5.8%, down from 7.5% in 2011. This was the first time in seven years the average increase for USA journals has fallen belown 6%.

Journal Citation Report 2011 data now available

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for 2011 has been released. Journal Citation Reports uses Web of Science citation data to evaluate and compare scholarly journals. The 2011 release features the largest-ever JCR with 10,677 journal listings in 232 disciplines; 2,552 publishers from 82 countries are represented. A total of 528 journals receive their first Journal Impact Factor in this latest JCR release.

The full list of journals included in JCR 2011 is here. Find the release detalils on the Thomson Reuters website.

Introducing PeerJ - a new open access journal

PeerJ offers academics two Open Access publication options:

PeerJ - a peer-reviewed open access academic journal
PeerJ PrePrints - a 'pre-print' server that allows you to gain credit and feedback from peers before publishing.

PeerJ is aimed at Biological and Medical Sciences academics, and provides an "integrated solution" for researchers' publishing needs. Committed to improving the process of scholarly publishing, PeerJ selects articles based on scientific and methodological soundness, rather than impact or interest.

What is unique about PeerJ is that it offers a lifetime membership model. This model provides a low-cost membership to individuals that offers lifetime rights to publish for free with PeerJ, instead of a system that charges authors per publication.

A recent interview with PeerJ cofounder Peter Binfield explains in detail the aims of PeerJ and its ambitions for the future.

Future tense - Academic journals and the price of knowledge

academicjournals_wordle.jpgOn 10th June, the Future Tense programme on ABC Radio National looks at academic journals, the Elsevier boycott and open access. It features an interview with Harvard University Librarian, Robert Darnton. Darnton speaks about the increasing cost of journals and the pressure on library budgets. Guests on the programme include Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Dr Alicia Wise, Elsevier and Dr Tyler Neylon, Mathematician and organiser of Cost of Knowledge petition.

You can listen to the audio on the Radio National website.

Image from ABC website created using Wordle.

Journal Use and Reading Patterns Survey

The library is participating in an international online survey into journal use and reading patterns.

All staff and students are encouraged to take part.

It should only take five minutes to complete and it runs until May 11.

Click here for more information and to access the survey.