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Publier la recherche en santé publique en 2015
February 3 2016 Vincent Larivière
This content is not available in the selected language. 5 à 7 – Publier la recherche en santé publique en 2015: Pour qui ? Où ? Comment ? Publier la recherche en santé publique en 2015 – Partie 1 Conférencier Vincent Larivière, UdeM – EBSI sujet Ouverture des échanges et introduction aux concepts: Facteur d’impact ; H-index ; Accès libre; […] Read more
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Call for papers for the Canadian Journal of Sociology : The role of national journals in the social sciences and humanities
Vincent Larivière and Jean-Philippe Warren are guest editing a special issue of Canadian Journal of Sociology which aims to explore the roles and functions of social sciences and humanities journals in the new scholarly ecosystem. Call for papers The role of national journals in the social sciences and humanities Canadian Journal of Sociology The vast […] Read more
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Facteur d’impact: définition du concept
January 11 2016 Vincent Larivière
This content is not available in the selected language. Résumé Vincent Larivière, professeur en Sciences de l’information à l’Université de Montréal et membre du CIRST, définit le concept “facteur d’impact” dans l’ouvrage collectif «Sciences, technologies et sociétés de A à Z». À PROPOS DU LIVRE Fruit du réseau d’expertise du Centre interuniversitaire de recherche […] Read more
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Appel de textes: Les revues savantes de langue française en sciences humaines et sociales
Vincent Larivière et Jean-Philippe Warren dirigent un numéro spécial de Recherches sociographiques ayant pour thème les revues savantes de langue française en sciences humaines et sociales: les défis d'un environnement nouveau. Au cours des dernières décennies, les revues savantes ont consolidé leur rôle en tant que mode de diffusion principal des connaissances dans le champ […] Read more
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"The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era" in the Top 100 of the most shared and discussed papers of 2015
December 14 2015 Philippe Mongeon / Stefanie Haustein / Vincent Larivière
The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era published by Vincent Larivière, Stefanie Haustein and Philippe Mongeon last June in PLOS ONE, is one of the most discussed and shared papers of 2015. The article generated many reactions in the media since its publication, as its position in the Altmetric Top 100 reveals. Results […] Read more
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ALISE 2016 Conference
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Patents in academia: women's filings have risen fastest
December 8 2015 Vincent Larivière
Analyzing more than 4.6 millions patents issued between 1976 and 2013, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Chaoqun Ni, Jevin West et Vincent Larivière show, in a paper published in PLOS ONE, that women are patenting at higher rates in academia compared to industry, government and individuals. Sugimoto, C.R., Ni, C., West, J.D., Larivière, V. (2015). The academic advantage: gender […] Read more
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Interdisciplinarity and Scientific Impact
December 8 2015 Clément Arsenault / Shiji Chen / Vincent Larivière
In a recent article published in Journal of Informetrics, Shiji Chen, Clément Arsenault et Vincent Larivière investigate the relationship between interdisciplinarity and scientific impact, by analyzing the level of interdisciplinarityof the top 1% most highly cited papers and of papers with lower citation percentile ranks. Results show that the top 1% most cited papers exhibit higher […] Read more
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Five companies control more than half of academic publishing
December 8 2015 Philippe Mongeon / Stefanie Haustein / Vincent Larivière
In a study published in PLOS ONE, Vincent Larivière, Stefanie Haustein and Philippe Mongeon show that the market share of the five largest academic publishers increased from 20% in 1973 to 50% in 2006. Vincent Larivière explains that while it is true that publishers have historically played a vital role in the dissemination of scientific […] Read more