Nowadays, the importance of bibliographic databases (DBs) has increased enormously, as
they are the main providers of publication metadata and bibliometric indicators universally …

Review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes significantly affect how faculty direct their
own career and scholarly progression. Although RPT practices vary between and within …

We describe a system that automatically generates from a curated database a collection of
short conventional publications—citation summaries—that describe the contents of various …

Background Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that there are sex-based
differences at the genetic, cellular, biochemical, and physiological levels. Despite this …

Ratings and rankings are omnipresent and influential in contemporary society. Individuals
and organizations strategically respond to incentives set by rating systems. We use …

Abstract Current implementations of Open Access (OA) publishing frequently involve article
processing charges (APCs). Increasing evidence has emerged that APCs impede …

The changing world of scholarly communication and the emerging new wave of 'Open
Science'or 'Open Research'has brought to light a number of controversial and hotly debated …

The COVID‐19 pandemic points to the need for scientists to pool their efforts in order to
understand this disease and respond to the ensuing crisis. Other global challenges also …

Most scientometricians reject the use of the journal impact factor for assessing individual
articles and their authors. The well-known San Francisco Declaration on Research …

Wood vinegar, a valuable byproduct of biomass pyrolysis, has gained increasing attention
due to its potential applications in agriculture, forestry, environmental sectors and other …