Category Archives: Science Communications Research

“Predation” Update: Beall’s Archive Up and Running

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

An anonymous scholar is now maintaining an archive of Beall’s List: https://beallslist.weebly.com/ Additional Reading Derek Lowe provides an update, generally, on “predation”: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/04/02/predation

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Dr. Martin Grötschel Speaks Out on Scholarly Publishing

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

Dr. Martin Grötschel, President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Dr. Thorsten Beck on Image Manipulation Research at Humboldt

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

New video featuring Dr. Thorsten Beck and image manipulation research at the HEADT Centre — Humboldt-Elsevier Advanced Data and Text Centre. I will use this video in my next doctoral student ethics course.  

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STS-L Update on STEM Preprint Repositories

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Stephanie Krueger

From Emily Gari, University of Colorado at Boulder. Additional Reading Gari, E. (2017). STEM Preprint Repositories: Where Are They Now? Inside Science Resources. https://insidescienceresources.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/stem-preprint-repositories-where-are-they-now/

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What’s the Ado, in Plaintext

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

Two random occurrences yesterday made me aware that the discussion about bepress may seem abstract to some readers here in the Czech Republic or to those who are not librarians, unless you have the time to read through the literature … Continue reading →

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