By Casey Brienza. Book reviews are important inputs into a wider system of academic publishing upon which the academic profession is symbiotically dependent, and in a previous career advice column I argued that all scholars -- regardless of career stage -- ought to set time aside on occasion to write them. Read more...
By Jude Hill. HEFCE is currently project managing an Independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management. From the outset, the project’s steering group has been well aware that views on the use of metrics in these contexts are both diverse and heartfelt. More...
By Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office). Yet another threat to the future of the academic profession was recently exposed. The pressure to ‘publish or perish’ alongside the casualisation of academic work and ludicrous workloads has forced the editors of 43 academic journals to write to universities and funding bodies calling for institutional recognition and support. More...
LERU universities embrace Open Access and endorse the European Commission’s advocacy of open, wide dissemination of research outputs in its Science 2.0 (Open Science) agenda.Across Europe, universities are making progress in delivering on this objective. A number of challenges remain. One of these is the ‘Total Cost of Ownership’, which includes both subscription costs paid by institutions and APCs (Article Processing Charges) for publishing in hybrid journals with an Open Access option paid by their staff members and researchers. This dual method of charging may mean that universities end up paying twice for access to the same material. The challenge is particularly acute in countries such as the UK and the Netherlands, which have strong national policies on Gold Open Access. The impact of any double payment is felt particularly in research-intensive universities in LERU, since these universities produce significant numbers of research outputs. Read more...
Ce numéro rend compte de nombreux éclairages sur les pratiques mises en oeuvre pour reconstruire des dynamiques positives chez celles et ceux qui ont été confrontés à l'échec scolaire et professionnel. Voir l'article...
Par Sylvestre Huet. Un sociologue est né. Il nous vient du Québec, et répond au nom très «pure laine» de Jean-Pierre Tremblay. Très jeune, puisqu'il est encore doctorant, il possède une maîtrise de sociologie de l'Université de Laval. Et pourtant la gloire académique lui est déjà ouverte, avec un formidable article dans la dernière parution de la revue «Sociétés» - sous-titrée «revue des sciences humaines et sociales» - , éditée par De Boeck Supérieur, et où publier permet d'inscrire son travail dans les bases de données professionnelles servant à la diffusion des connaissances mais aussi à évaluer les chercheurs. Voir l'article...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Automobilités…, par Jean-Pierre Tremblay, Université de Laval (Québec), De Boeck Supérieur, Sociétés, 2014/4 – n° 126, pages 115 à 124. Cet article est un canular anti-maffesolien. Une valse en 3 temps.
Temps 1. L’article de sociologie Automobilités postmodernes : quand l’Autolib’ fait sensation à Paris a été accepté et publié par une revue scientifique ; il peut même être acheté en ligne… L’article dans son intégralité.
Résumé. Le présent article vise à mettre au jour les soubassements imaginaires d’un objet socio-technique urbain contemporain : l’Autolib’. Suite...
By Barbara Fister. Many academic authors by now have heard the phrase “predatory publishers.” It’s usually associated with a list of fraudulent pseudo-publishing operations maintained by Jeffrey Beall, whose crusade to name and shame these shady opportunists has made it to The New York Times. What worries me far more than these fairly obvious scams are the emerging business practices being used by highly profitable publishers with long and distinguished pedigrees that are treating open access as a new revenue stream that can be both open and closed – earning money through subscriptions and author fees. Read more...
By Paul Jump for Times Higher Education. A senior psychology professor has strongly denied any wrongdoing after a blog highlighted what it claimed was his high self-citation rate in papers published in journals he edited. Read more...
By Ian Morris and Joanne Diaz. As is evident from the recent staff shake-up at Virginia Quarterly Review, university quarterlies face a perilous future. They are squeezed by campus-wide cost-benefit analyses on one side and a new wave of popular, innovative independent magazines on the other. Read more...
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