Naslov
Enhancing the visibility and accessibility of academic work in the digital era

Autori
Racz, Aleksandar ; Marković, Suzana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Aktivna vloga pacienta v digitalni dobi [Elektronski vir] : zbornik prispevkov z recenzijo in izvlečkov = Patient engagement in the digital era : book of papers with peer review and abstracts Mednarodna znanstvena konferenca HealthOnline / Starc, Andrej - Ljubljana : Zdravstvena Fakulteta, 2018, 154-170

ISBN
978-961-6808-82-8

Skup
2nd International Scientific Conference Health Online

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 25.01.2018. - 26.01.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
citation, self-citation, citation cartels, open access, accessibility, visibility, new technologies

Sažetak
Abstract Introduction: Technology-driven changes alongside a continual increase in online availability and accessibility of journals and papers are rapidly changing the patterns of academic communication and publishing. The dissemination of important research findings through the medical community begins with publication in peer-reviewed journals. Aim: The aim of this article is to identify, critically evaluate and integrate the findings of relevant, high-quality individual studies addressing the trends of enhancing the visibility and accessibility of academic publishing in the digital era. Results and discussion: The number of citations that a paper receives is often used as a measure of its impact and by extension, also of its quality. Many aberrations of citation practices have been reported in an attempt to increase the impact of a paper through manipulation using self-citation, inter- citation and citation cartels. Authors’ revenues to legally extend the visibility, awareness and accessibility of their research outputs through an increase in the number of citations and amplifying a scientist’s measurable personal impact has been greatly enhanced by online communication tools such as networking (LinkedIn, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Google Scholar), sharing (Facebook, Blogs, Twitter, Google Plus) media sharing (Slide Share), data sharing (Dryad Digital Repository, Mandalay data, PubMed, PubChem), code sharing, impact tracking and publishing in open access journals. Many studies and review articles in the last decade have examined whether open access articles receive more citations than equivalent subscription toll access articles. Most of them have come to the conclusion that it is highly likely that open access articles have the open access citation advantage over generally equivalent pay-for-access articles in many, if not most disciplines. Conclusion: “Publish or perish”, which is a phrase that is usually used to describe the pressure in academia to rapidly and continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career, can now be reformulated into “Publish and be cited, not to Perish”.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Ekonomija, Integrativna bioetika (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničke, društvene, humanističke znanosti)

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