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This article delves into the various challenges and opportunities faced in academic work, exploring the non-neutral impacts imposed on funders, publishers, and researchers. It dissects the divide between demands in teaching and research in science, humanities, and social sciences. The narrative navigates through the complexities of scholarly communication, highlighting the significance of quality, time, money, and the friction therein. It sheds light on the evolving landscape of publishing, emphasizing the limitations of traditional formats and advocating for more open and diverse channels. The discussion touches upon the nuances of impact metrics, altmetrics, visibility, collaboration, and competition in the scholarly ecosystem.
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The Impacts of “Impact”: Challenges and Opportunities of ‘Multichannel’ Academic Work @ernestopriego #citylis
THE SAME (RT)
IT IS LIKELY YOU HAVE ALL HEARD THIS BEFORE (but what’s old news for someone is always news for someone else)
NEVER NEUTRAL
IMPOSED, NOT ENCOURAGED
HUGE DIVIDE
RESEARCHERS (rarely)
SCIENCE (teams)
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (solitary medieval monks?)
MONEY, MONEY (always money)
PUBLISHING: WHERE CONTENT GOES TO DIE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
OPENNESS (not just “free”, but open)
THE PDF: LIMITED AND LIMITING
NOT ONLY “PAPERS” POSTERS INFOGRAPHICS DATASETS DECKS OF SLIDES BLOG POSTS TWEETS AND BACKCHANNEL ARCHIVES VIDEOS PODCASTS
“WHAT I PUBLISHED WHEN I WAS UNEMPLOYED”
JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
OUTPUT-LEVEL METRICS #altmetrics
INTERCONNECTED OUTPUTS NOT MONOLITHS; NODES
MEGA JOURNAL DISAGGREGATED JOURNAL