11 articles in this issue
Cameron Neylon
The pressure on researchers to generate publications is increasing and the competition for increasingly scarce resources is bringing this pressure to critical levels. At the same time the web creates new opportunities to communicate, both to other researc... see more
Simon Neilson
BioMed Central advocates free and complete access to scientific research and publishes over 200 fully peer-reviewed open access journals across biology, medicine and chemistry. BioMed Central has decided to take this concept a step further and look into t... see more
Gunnar Sivertsen
A large part of the scholarly journal articles from the humanities and social sciences at Norwegian research institutions are published in a small number of national or common Nordic journals. Many of these journals are sponsored by the Research Council o... see more
Rune Rambæk Schjølberg
The Research Council of Norway’s publication grant scheme has since 1993 contributed to the publication of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Presently 44 Norwegian journals receive support from the Councils Publications committee. ... see more
Martin Rasmussen
The scientific and economic value of research data is enormous. In order to realize a successful subsequent usage, the scientific community needs efficient access to data. Thereby, the access has to be reliable and persistent. In addition, the quality of ... see more
Marnix van Berchum
One of the subjects of the SURFshare programme of SURFfoundation - started in 2007 and ending this year - were Enhanced Publications (in Dutch: 'Verrijkte Publicaties'). The first projects of the programma started with experiments on how to create, store,... see more
Petter Bae Brandtzæg
Dissemination is defined as "the act of diffusing knowledge". The traditional ways of research dissemination, is through the publications of papers and to attend conferences. Traditional dissemination is important, but not very accessible, transpare... see more
Angelika Renner, Jenny Baeseman
The Virtual Poster Session (VPS), developed by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), is an open access online tool for publishing conference posters and discussing the research presented through posters outside the traditional co... see more
Eelco Ferwerda
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Conflicting and doubtful composer attributions are a common phenomenon in early musical repertories, but the problem is particularly acute with the output of Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521), the foremost musical authority figure of the 16th century. ... see more
Leif Longva
Vitenskapelig publisering i form av Open access (OA) er en modell der tidsskriftenes og utgivernes tjenester finansieres på andre måter enn gjennom betaling for adgang. Den åpenbare fordelen med dette er at alle har adgang til artiklene, og forskningen so... see more