Category Archives: data

Copyright drains academic productivity and the birth of cyber-science

Posted on July 22, 2007 by pm286

I am now starting a train of thought that will show how cyber-science (e-science in UK) might be practised. It’s real, and the work that Joe, Nick and I have done will lead to conventional publications in reputable journals. Yet … Continue reading →

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Hughes afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Posted on July 19, 2007 by pm286

From Peter Suber, blogging Alex Palazzo PS: More on the HHMI-Elsevier deal Alex Palazzo, JCB to HHMI: Why did you sell out to Elsevier? The Daily Transcript, July 18, 2007. Excerpt: Yesterday…I came across a commentary by Mike Rossner and … Continue reading →

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Shared data? Open data?

Posted on July 19, 2007 by pm286

Heather (Research Remix) asks a key question: Shared data? Open data? 15:49 18/07/2007, Heather Piwowar, Quick wondering. My research is on data re-use. I struggle with what to call the source datasets. I’d like to call them “open data” but … Continue reading →

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Can Open Data be manipulated?

Posted on July 17, 2007 by pm286

Chrsi Rusbridge – who runs the Digital Curation Centre – has raised the question of whether making data Open increases the risk of fraudulent manipulation of content: Open Data… Open Season? Peter Murray Rust is an enthusiastic advocate of Open … Continue reading →

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Open Access at Copernicus

Posted on July 16, 2007 by pm286

In further travels I have come across Copernicus GmbH, “A Spin-Off of the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie und Sonnensystemforschung”. This is listed in DOAJ and publishes Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (which is of interest to me as I have a colleague … Continue reading →

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Open Data genetics and Open Data astronomy

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

The world is exploding with Open Data posts… From the Data Strategy blog: Open data astronomy I started writing this post on open data astronomy some time ago, and damn… I got scooped by Read/WriteWeb today with their article on … Continue reading →

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US citizens: please lobby for House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber blogs: House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday  (Open Access News) Yesterday when I posted the good news that the House Appropriations Committee had approved an OA mandate for the NIH, I didn’t have the exact language of … Continue reading →

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Heather shows that Open Data increases Citations

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

If your life is driven by citations, then Heather Piwowar has shown that data openly accessible in papers increases the citations. From her blog: Presentation on Citation Rate for Shared Data Piwowar HA, Day RS, Fridsma DB (2007) Sharing Detailed … Continue reading →

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Do authors want to give publishers a monopoly over their data?

Posted on July 12, 2007 by pm286

In response to my post Why doesn’t Springer use a CC licence? and Bill Hooker’s reply Egon Willighagen writes: Egon Says: Bill, regarding [1]… I think the following plays a role here. Say the make it CC-BY, and someone extracts … Continue reading →

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SPECTRa – we've been blogged!

Posted on July 10, 2007 by pm286

It’s rather gratifying when someone else reports our own work, nn this case Chemistry Central blog. They have picked up our 18-month project with Imperial and this substantial summary saves us the work of creating our own: The findings of … Continue reading →

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