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Driving Science Information Discovery in the Digital Age
1st Edition - September 30, 2021
Author: Svetla Baykoucheva
Paperback ISBN:
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eBook ISBN:
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New digital technologies have transformed how scientific information is created, disseminated—and discovered. The emergence of new forms of scientific publishing based on open… Read more
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New digital technologies have transformed how scientific information is created, disseminated—and discovered. The emergence of new forms of scientific publishing based on open science and open access have caused a major shift in scientific communication and a restructuring of the flow of information. Specialized indexing services and search engines are trying to get into information seekers’ minds to understand what users are actually looking for when typing all these keywords or drawing chemical structures. Using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and semantic indexing, these "discovery agents" are trying to anticipate users’ information needs. In this highly competitive environment, authors should not sit and rely only on publishers, search engines, and indexing services to make their works visible. They need to communicate about their research and reach out to a larger audience. Driving Science Information Discovery in the Digital Age looks through the "eyes" of the main "players" in this "game" and examines the discovery of scientific information from three different, but intertwined, perspectives:
Discovering, managing, and using information (Information seeker perspective)
Publishing, disseminating, and making information discoverable (Publisher perspective)
Creating, spreading, and promoting information (Author perspective).
- Presents an overview of the current scientific publishing landscape
- Shows how users can search for scientific information more efficiently
- Critically analyses the metrics used to measure the quality of journals and the impact of research
- Looks at the discovery of scientific information from the perspectives of information seekers, publishers, and authors
- Delves into the practices used by specialized indexing services and search engines to process scientific information and make it discoverable
- Recommends strategies that authors could use to promote their research
Scientific researchers who are engaged in publishing research; information professionals and instructors who are engaged in promoting research and increasing research impact within their institutions
Preface
1. Pathways to science information discovery
Introduction
Searching for information
Selecting information resources
Searching for chemical information
Visual searching
Linking data and citations
Cited reference searching
Encountering information: Discovering by accident (serendipity)
Sharing information: Social media and networking
Conclusion
References
2. Scientific publishing in transition: Evolution of peer review, academic impact, and reliability of scientific information
Introduction
Evolution of peer review
Metrics for evaluating journals and individual researcher’s work
Preservation of the record of science
The future of scientific publishing
References
3. Opening science
Introduction
Open Science
Open Access to scientific publications
Open research data
Open citations
Preprints vs journals
Academic social sites: Unpaywalling research
Shattering the scientific article
Conclusion
Appendix: Organizations promoting Open Access
References
4. Designing for information discovery
Introduction
Dissemination of scientific information
Indexing
Metadata
Unique identifiers
Author disambiguation tools
Optimizing information discovery
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Discovery tools
Conclusion
References
5. Discovering scientific information
Introduction
Communication formats
Overview of science information resources
Search engines
Bibliographic indexing databases
Finding chemical literature and properties of chemical compounds
Managing search results
Preprint servers
Finding research data
Finding patents and trademarks
Social media as an information environment
Conclusion
References
6. Promoting your research
Introduction
Titles and abstracts
Why keywords are so important
Selecting a journal
Highlighting your research and raising your social media profile
Strategies for making your research discoverable
Conclusion
References
7. How Eugene Garfield’s ideas and legacy revolutionized the discovery of scientific information
Introduction
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Current Contents and the essays
Citing, citation indexing, and citation linking
Science Citation Index: the making of a citation-conscious society
Journal Impact Factor (JIF): the making of a citation-obsessed society
Web of Science 135
Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
Globalization of research
Conclusion
References
8. Interviews with Eugene Garfield
Interview with Eugene Garfield
From the Science Citation Index to the Journal Impact Factor and
Web of Science: interview with Eugene Garfield
References
Index
1. Pathways to science information discovery
Introduction
Searching for information
Selecting information resources
Searching for chemical information
Visual searching
Linking data and citations
Cited reference searching
Encountering information: Discovering by accident (serendipity)
Sharing information: Social media and networking
Conclusion
References
2. Scientific publishing in transition: Evolution of peer review, academic impact, and reliability of scientific information
Introduction
Evolution of peer review
Metrics for evaluating journals and individual researcher’s work
Preservation of the record of science
The future of scientific publishing
References
3. Opening science
Introduction
Open Science
Open Access to scientific publications
Open research data
Open citations
Preprints vs journals
Academic social sites: Unpaywalling research
Shattering the scientific article
Conclusion
Appendix: Organizations promoting Open Access
References
4. Designing for information discovery
Introduction
Dissemination of scientific information
Indexing
Metadata
Unique identifiers
Author disambiguation tools
Optimizing information discovery
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Discovery tools
Conclusion
References
5. Discovering scientific information
Introduction
Communication formats
Overview of science information resources
Search engines
Bibliographic indexing databases
Finding chemical literature and properties of chemical compounds
Managing search results
Preprint servers
Finding research data
Finding patents and trademarks
Social media as an information environment
Conclusion
References
6. Promoting your research
Introduction
Titles and abstracts
Why keywords are so important
Selecting a journal
Highlighting your research and raising your social media profile
Strategies for making your research discoverable
Conclusion
References
7. How Eugene Garfield’s ideas and legacy revolutionized the discovery of scientific information
Introduction
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Current Contents and the essays
Citing, citation indexing, and citation linking
Science Citation Index: the making of a citation-conscious society
Journal Impact Factor (JIF): the making of a citation-obsessed society
Web of Science 135
Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
Globalization of research
Conclusion
References
8. Interviews with Eugene Garfield
Interview with Eugene Garfield
From the Science Citation Index to the Journal Impact Factor and
Web of Science: interview with Eugene Garfield
References
Index
- No. of pages: 176
- Language: English
- Published: September 30, 2021
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128237236
- eBook ISBN: 9780128237243
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Svetla Baykoucheva
Svetla Baykoucheva (Baykousheva) is a Chemistry and Life Sciences Librarian at the University of Maryland College Park (USA), where she teaches chemical information. She holds a PhD in Microbiology, BS and MS degrees in Chemistry, and a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree. A postdoctoral fellowship from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) allowed her to specialise at the University of Paris VI (France) for one year. For more than 20 years she performed interdisciplinary research in infectious microbiology and biochemistry, publishing more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals (see her Google Scholar Profile). She has also served as the head of the White Memorial Chemistry Library at the University of Maryland College Park and as manager of the Library and Information Center of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, D.C. In her role as editor of the Chemical Information Bulletin (published by the ACS Division of Chemical Information), she took numerous interviews from scholars, information experts, editors, and publishers. She previously published Managing Scientific Information and Research Data, also with Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of the White Memorial Chemistry Library, University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA