Stefanie Haustein was scrolling through her feed when she stumbled on it. A tweet from eLife Innovation promoting a program called “Open Innovation Leaders.” It promised design thinking, open communications, and sustainability—all with only a two hour per week time commitment. Intrigued, she clicked through. Three months later, Stefanie is five weeks deep into what is fast becoming a favourite part of her work week.

ScholCommLab Co-director Goes Back to School: Open Innovation Leaders 2020

From data sharing mandates to clinical trial registration, Open Science (OS) policies for biomedical research are in no short supply.

From data sharing mandates to clinical trial registration, Open Science (OS) policies for biomedical research are in no short supply. But ensuring those policies become real-world practices can be a challenge—particularly when there’s no simple way to measure success.

Turning policy into practice: The Biomedical Research Open Science Dashboard project

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.

ScholCommLab

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Hovagim Zakarian, a research assistant at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Hovagim invites us to go with the flow and shares an exciting project involving bees!    Q#1 What are you working on at the lab? I’m just starting with the lab.

Three questions with… Hovagim!

By Alice Fleerackers, with input from Yao-Hua Law, Mario Malički, Luisa Massarani, Chelsea Ratcliff, and François van Schalkwyk

By Alice Fleerackers, with input from Yao-Hua Law, Mario Malički, Luisa Massarani, Chelsea Ratcliff, and François van Schalkwyk

 The annual Scholarly Communications Institute (SCI) offers opportunities for interdisciplinary and international teams to come together to pursue complex projects related to a common theme.

Studying “Pre-Truth” Science: The 2023 Scholarly Communications Institute

This blog post is the second in a four part series based on the keynote presentation by Stefanie Haustein at […]

This blog post is the second in a four part series based on the keynote presentation by Stefanie Haustein at the Swiss Year of Scientometrics


 lecture


 and


 workshop


 series at ETH Zurich on June 7, 2023.

Swiss Year of Scientometrics Lecture: Opportunities and Challenges of Scientometrics–Part II

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. In this week’s post we’re highlighting Cecilia Rozemblum, a PhD student in the ScholCommLab based at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. With two degrees under her belt already—one in librarianship and documentation—she’s excited to be almost done her third.

Three questions with… Cecilia!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Rukhsana Ahmed, an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Communication at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Three questions with… Rukhsana!

Each October, International Open Access Week invites the global scholarly community to reflect on how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained.

Each October, International Open Access Week invites the global scholarly community to reflect on how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. This year, the University of Ottawa Library hosted an event featuring ScholCommLab co-directors Stefanie Haustein and Juan Pablo Alperin.

Who Owns Our Knowledge? Reflections on Open Access Week 2025 from uOttawa

This blog post is reposted with permission from the Swiss Year of Scientometrics. You can read the original post here.

This blog post is reposted with permission from the Swiss Year of Scientometrics. You can read the original post here.


 On 10
 
 th
 
 of September 2025, the sixth lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS) took place at ETH Zurich.

The 6th lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics: Together for better research representation

Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge.

Open Science (OS) holds a powerful promise: to serve society by providing universal public access to knowledge. But, as we continue to see OS be adopted across the world, it becomes increasingly clear that not all forms of OS fulfill the goal of advancing the

 common good

. In fact, some approaches may even hinder it. There is broad consensus that OS should benefit society.

Tensions in Open Science and Scientific Culture

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces

 Margaret Rose

, research assistant at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Margaret offers a glimpse into some of her inspiring projects and reflects on a piece of advice from her brother that has guided her for nearly 30 years. Q#1 What are you working on at the lab?

Three questions with… Margaret!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces

 Dr. Diego Chavarro

, a Research Associate at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Diego tells us what excites him most about his work.

Three questions with… Diego!

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) hosted their fifth Scientometrics Summer School (CS3) from September 18-26, 2023 in […]

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) hosted their fifth Scientometrics Summer School (CS

 3

) from September 18-26, 2023 in Leiden, the Netherlands. CS

 3

turns theoretical ideas into hands-on research by engaging scientometrics graduate students with data, methods, and techniques used in the field. ScholCommLab members Chantal Ripp, Maddie Hare, Leigh-Ann Butler, and Rémi Toupin attended this year’s event.

Back to class: Reflections from the 2023 CWTS Summer School

Over the last few months, ScholCommLab members took part in over six conferences, including the: International Conference on Science, Technology, […]

Over the last few months, ScholCommLab members took part in over six conferences, including the: International Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023), International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2023), and Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community Conference (BRIC 2023).  In this blog post, we’re sharing highlights from each event.

From Ottawa to Leiden: ScholCommLab’s Conference Highlights

In our digital era, scientists are certainly sharing and reusing open data.

In our digital era, scientists are certainly sharing and reusing open data. Yet it remains unclear how widespread data reuse and citation practices are within academic disciplines, and why scientists cite—or do not cite—data in their research work.

New preprint explores tracing data reuse and citations

Doctors are moving out of their clinics and taking over the digital world.

Doctors are moving out of their clinics and taking over the digital world. Many physicians are engaging in digital media, sharing their expertise and opinions on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. But little is known on how doctors are mediating health research on social media.  Noha Atef, a postdoctoral fellow at the ScholCommLab, led a series of qualitative studies on doctors who create video blogs (or vlogs) on YouTube.

Behind the scenes: New research on doctors who vlog

The review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) process is central to academic life and workplace advancement.

The review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) process is central to academic life and workplace advancement. It influences where faculty direct their attention, research, and publications. By unveiling the RPT process, we can inform actions that lead towards a greater opening of research.

Rethinking Research Assessment for the Greater Good: Findings from the RPT Project

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This week’s post highlights Marc-André Simard, a doctoral student in Information Science at the University of Montreal and member of the ScholCommLab. In this post, he shares his thoughts on work in the lab, the global use of open access literature, and stepping out of his comfort zones.

Three questions with… Marc-André!

By Olivia Aguiar and Alice Fleerackers During the pandemic, more research was shared openly, more preprints were posted, and we […]

By Olivia Aguiar and Alice Fleerackers

During the pandemic, more research was shared openly, more preprints were posted, and we saw an explosion in the public communication of science, particularly in mainstream media. In the long-term, these changes have the potential to foster more open, diverse, and inclusive approaches to research and bolster our capacity to face present and future societal challenges.

Introducing VOICES: Understanding equity and inclusion in open science

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.  This week’s post features Kathleen Gregory, a postdoctoral researcher exploring data citation practices—and the newest member of the ScholCommLab. In this interview, she shares her biggest questions about how researchers use data and offers one simple tip to help with everything from paper writing to home decorating.

Three questions with… Kathleen!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This week’s post features Lisa Matthias, a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.

Three questions with… Lisa!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Natascha Chtena, a postdoctoral fellow and research coordinator for the Value of Openness, Inclusion, Communication, and Engagement for Science in a Post-Pandemic World (VOICES) project at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Natascha!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Our latest post features Mario Malički, a former visiting scholar and ongoing collaborator at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Mario!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This week’s post features Fatou Bah, a master’s student in the School of Information Studies (ÉSIS) at the University of Ottawa (UOttawa), Data Support Specialist in Research Data Management at the UOttawa Library, and research assistant at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Fatou!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Our latest post features Olivia Aguiar, a lab manager at the ScholCommLab and a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University’s Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab (IPML). In this Q&amp;A, she tells us about creating science comics, interviewing “super seniors,” setting boundaries, and more.

Three questions with… Olivia!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This week’s post features Laura Moorhead, an assistant professor in San Francisco State University’s Journalism department and a research associate with the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Laura!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. In today’s post, we’re highlighting Germana Barata, a science communication scholar and practitioner with interests in social media, altmetrics, and science journals.

Three questions with… Germana!

Alice Fleerackers,

 Simon Fraser University

and Juan Pablo Alperin,

 Simon Fraser University

COVID-19 has not only upended our personal lives, it has dramatically changed scientific research. In response to the rapid spread of the virus, scientists around the world have had to find new ways to collaborate and solve problems, all at speeds previously thought unimaginable.

In the rush for coronavirus information, unreviewed scientific papers are being publicized

By Andrea Whiteley, with editorial support by Alice Fleerackers

What happens when you provide the community with free access to academic research?  Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s Community Scholars Program (CSP) is a unique initiative that aims to do just that.

A bridge to access research: Reflections on the Community Scholars Program developmental evaluation

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Noha Atef, a postdoctoral media researcher at the ScholCommLab working at the intersection of social media, citizen media, journalism, and health communication.

Three questions with… Noha!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Leigh-Ann Butler, a master’s student at the University of Ottawa’s School of Information Studies, a Policy Analyst at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and a research assistant at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with…Leigh-Ann!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. In today’s post, we spoke with Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, a postdoctoral fellow at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a research associate at the ScholCommLab. In this post, she tells us more about her research—a fascinating blend of work on data sharing, scholarly metrics, accuracy reviews, and more.

Three questions with…. Sanam!

Press release originally published by Simon Fraser University on January 6, 2021

A new SFU-led study finds that almost half of media stories in early 2020 featuring COVID-19 ‘preprint’ research—research that has not yet been peer-reviewed—accurately framed the studies as being preprints or unverified research.

Almost half of media stories fail to label ‘preprint’ COVID-19 research

Want to make online readings a little more engaging? Social annotation (SA) may offer one solution.

 SA tools allow students to highlight and comment on online course materials,

sharing questions and ideas with each other as they read. When used effectively, they can help boost student motivation, reading comprehension, and more.

How to use social annotation in the classroom

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing—starting with DeDe Dawson. An Associate Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan, DeDe is a visiting scholar with the lab who is passionate about scholarly communication, open access, and advocating for a transition to more equitable and sustainable journal publishing models.

Three questions with…. DeDe!

Data management is a core aspect of the research process, helping scholars organize their work, share it with others, and collaborate effectively.

Managing research data: A beginner’s guide

By Mario Malički and Juan Pablo Alperin This blog post is inspired by our four part series documenting the methodological […]

By Mario Malički and Juan Pablo Alperin


 This blog post is inspired by our


 four part series


 documenting the methodological challenges we faced during our


 project


 investigating preprint growth and uptake.

Interested in creating or improving a preprint server?

Four recommendations for improving preprint metadata

“Should there be an emoji for everything?” asked journalist Sophie Haigney in a recent

 New Yorker

article. “What, exactly, do we want from our emojis?” The future of the emoji may be uncertain, but one thing is abundantly clear. Emojis are booming. From classic smiley faces to dancing “party parrots,” there are now almost 3,000 options to choose from. They fill our text messages, our Slack chats, our emails—even some of our books.

Emojis in Scholarly Communication: 🔥 or 💩?

This slideshow requires JavaScript. “It all started with a pang of jealousy,” says Asura Enkhbayar when asked what inspired him to start Open Science Beers YVR.  Stefanie Haustein had pointed out that Montreal hosted a regular open science meetup every Wednesday. But Vancouver, Asura realized, had nothing of the sort.

Celebrating one year of Open Science Beers

Keynote presented by Juan Pablo Alperin at FSCI on August 9, 2019.


 Overview

Introduction The case for open access Barriers to open access The role of incentives What do we know about incentives? The Review, Promotion, and Tenure project Digging further into open access What do the RPT documents ask for? What are we to make of all this?

Would including open scholarship in tenure guidelines move the needle?

By Mario Malički, Maria Janina Sarol, and Juan Pablo Alperin


 This blog post is the last of a four part series documenting the methodological challenges we faced during our


 project


 investigating preprint growth and uptake.

Analyzing preprints: The challenges of working with metadata from arXiv’s Quantitative Biology section

Each year in August, researchers, librarians, educators, students, and open access advocates gather together for the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (“FSCI”)—a jam-packed week of learning, discussion, and celebration of all aspects of scholarly communication. This year, I was lucky enough to be one of them—thanks to a generous travel scholarship. The experience was one I’ll never forget.

FSCI2019 | A deep dive into scholarly communication

“Sometimes people need to be told that your work is for them, or invited in some way,” says Hannah McGregor, an assistant professor in Simon Fraser University’s Publishing Department and the host and producer of the podcast

 Secret Feminist Agenda

. “There are lots of ways to invite people into your work, but I think one of the best is to think about the kind of language and media that you use.” The podcast, which she describes as “a

Making Research Knowledge Public Award | Interview with recipients Hannah McGregor and Juan Pablo Alperin

The ScholCommLab is excited to welcome three new faces to the lab this spring. Iara Vidal, Isabelle Dorsch, and Lisa Matthias will join us as Visiting Scholars in each of our two locations—Matthias and Vidal in Vancouver, Dorsch in Ottawa—to collaborate on a research project of their choosing. Vidal has a background in library science and is currently finishing her PhD in Information Science in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Meet our Spring Visiting Scholars | Interview with Iara Vidal, Isabelle Dorsch, and Lisa Matthias

Starting this week, ScholCommLab co-director Stefanie Haustein is publishing a series of guest posts on the Altmetric Blog about the role of Twitter in scholarly communication. Read on for a small taste of what to expect, and find the whole series at at altmetric.com/blog/.
 

It’s almost been a decade since altmetrics and social media-based metrics were introduced.

Stefanie Haustein on the Altmetric Blog

How can scholars communicate their work in more accessible, engaging ways? Where should they publish and promote their findings? What does “research communication” actually mean? On Tuesday, January 15, ScholCommLab researcher Michelle La will explore these questions and more in a short talk at SFU’s Graduate and Postdoctoral Student Photo Reception.

Why Research Communication Matters – Q&amp;A with Michelle La

Last week, the ScholCommLab welcomed some smiling new faces to Vancouver. On Friday, Nov 9, attendees of ASIS&amp;T’s 2018 Annual Meeting joined us from Dusseldorf, Detroit, Ottawa, and beyond for a quick lab tour, some dinner and conversation, and one very crowded, very happy selfie. At the conference, speakers and attendees from around the globe met in Vancouver to discuss the latest advances in information science.

ScholCommLab Welcomes Visitors from ASIS&amp;T

Support for the open access movement has grown in recent years, and today more than a quarter of scholarly literature is freely available. Yet, despite years of advocacy work and countless policies and mandates promoting openness, the majority of researchers are still not compelled to make their research outputs publicly available. Why is this the case? What barriers stand in the way of creating real change?

Preliminary Findings from the Review, Promotion, and Tenure Study

With more than 2.2 billion active users—six times as many as Twitter—Facebook is by far the largest social media platform on the web today. Yet despite its popularity, studies investigating Facebook sharing have reported surprisingly low levels of user engagement with scholarly research on the platform. Are Facebook users really sharing fewer academic articles than Twitter users?

Preliminary Findings from the Challenges of Capturing Engagement on Facebook for Altmetrics Study

Taking place from Oct 11 to 12 in Montreal, QC, FORCE 2018 is a multi-disciplinary conference dedicated to creating a more open future for scholarly communications. This year, the conference will bring together a diverse mix of publishers, librarians, students, and policy makers—as well as several members of the ScholCommLab!

ScholCommLab to be a “Force” at FORCE2018

The ScholCommLab is pleased to welcome three visiting scholars to Ottawa this fall: Kate Williams, Enrique Orduña Malea, and Rodrigo Costas. Each of these visitors will spend a short stay at the lab, working with the team on a research project of their choosing. The hope is that these partnerships will pave the way for future collaborations, and interesting research in the long term.

Visiting Scholars at the ScholCommLab

This July, ScholCommLab’s Stefanie Haustein attended the sixth ever Brazilian Meeting on Bibliometrics and Scientometrics in Rio de Janeiro. In this short Q&amp;A, she shares highlights from the event, including a keynote presentation about her work on Twitter and scholarly communication, connections with researchers from around the world, and a healthy dose of delicious Brazilian cocktails.

Highlights from the Brazilian Meeting on Bibliometrics and Scientometrics

On May 2, ScholCommLab director Juan Alperin flew to Mexico City to attend the annual Congreso de Revistas, a three-day long event focused on Latin American scholarly publishing. The conference, which took place at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), brought together researchers, journal editors, students, and speakers from across the world to discuss the advancement of scientific publishing from the global south.

Highlights from the Congreso de Revistas

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Sherry Kuang, a master´s student and research assistant at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Sherry shares her excitement about the insights she has gained from a wide variety of sources, ranging from a recent class co-taught by some of our lab members to Tang dynasty poetry.

Three questions with… Sherry!

Looking Ahead to SCW18’s “How I Scicomm” Panel
 

What does it mean to be a science communicator in 2018? With new apps and social platforms emerging each year, Canada’s media landscape is rapidly transforming—as is the way we share and consume research. But how are these changes affecting today’s science communicators? What challenges and opportunities do they present?

Unpacking the Social Side of Science Communication

As ScholCommLab co-director Juan Pablo Alperin continues advancing in his career, he reflects on the path that brought him here.

As ScholCommLab co-director Juan Pablo Alperin continues advancing in his career, he reflects on the path that brought him here. In this blog post, he revisits his professional journey and most notable achievements, including the founding and ongoing impact of the ScholCommLab. He also opens up about some of the challenges he has faced and overcome along the way, and shares the steps he plans to take as he looks ahead.

Juan Pablo Alperin reflects on his academic career

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces

 Molly Frost

, a research assistant with the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Molly shares her excitement about her recent involvement with the lab and encourages us to embrace curiosity wholeheartedly.

Three questions with… Molly!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces

 Lucía Céspedes

, a research associate at ScholCommLab. In this interview, Lucía tells us about her exciting work and encourages us to dare to write, rewrite, and publish, while letting go of the unachievable desire to read it all.

Three questions with… Lucía!

After three years of collaboration across four countries and multiple disciplines, the VOICES project has come to a close.

What VOICES Taught Us About Open Science and Inclusion in Times of Crisis

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces

 Maxime Descartes Mbogning Fonkou

, a postdoctoral fellow at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Maxime reflects on his trajectory and commitment to advancing an open science that is also more equitable and accountable.

Three questions with… Maxime!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Maddie Hare, a doctoral student in the Digital Transformation and Innovation (DTI) Program at the University of Ottawa—and the newest member of the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Maddie!

By Alice Fleerackers (Simon Fraser University) and Lauren A Maggio (Uniformed Services University of the Health Science) Journalists covering scientific […]

By Alice Fleerackers (Simon Fraser University) and Lauren A Maggio (Uniformed Services University of the Health Science)

A story on gender inequity in scientific research industries. A deep dive into the daily rhythms of the immune system. A look at vaccine effectiveness for COVID-19 variants.

Journalists reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic relied on research that had yet to be peer&nbsp;reviewed

This blog post is the third in a four part series based on the keynote presentation by Stefanie Haustein at […]

This blog post is the third in a four part series based on the keynote presentation by Stefanie Haustein at the Swiss Year of Scientometrics


 lecture


 and


 workshop


 series at ETH Zurich on June 7, 2023.

Swiss Year of Scientometrics Lecture: Opportunities and Challenges of Scientometrics–Part III

Fatou Bah, master’s student in the ScholCommLab, attended the 2023 Bromley Memorial event in Washington, D.C. alongside invited graduate students […]

Fatou Bah, master’s student in the ScholCommLab, attended the 2023 Bromley Memorial event in Washington, D.C. alongside invited graduate students from the University of Ottawa (UOttawa).  Organized by the UOttawa Institute for Science, Society &amp; Policy (ISSP) and the George Washington University Institute for International Science &amp;

Fatou Bah on the Bromley Memorial Event

In the slow, unpredictable world of journal publication, preprints—unreviewed published papers—offer a mechanism for rapidly communicating health research with the […]

In the slow, unpredictable world of journal publication, preprints—unreviewed published papers—offer a mechanism for rapidly communicating health research with the scholarly community. Historically, media coverage of preprints was discouraged in journalism, due to potential concerns about reporting flawed, biased, or provisional research.

How is emerging health research communicated online?

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. In this week’s post, PhD student and writer Alice Fleerackers shares her thoughts on managing the ScholCommLab blog, learning through collaboration, and letting commitments go.  Q#1 What are you working on at the lab?  The TLDR version? I communicate research and I research communication.

Three questions with… Alice!

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today we’re highlighting Heather Woods, a part-time professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, researcher and podcaster in Social Emotional Learning, and member of the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Heather!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Michelle Riedlinger, a senior lecturer in the School of Communication at the Queensland University of Technology and a research associate at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Michelle!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today’s post features Asura Enkhbayar, a PhD student and data scientist at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Asura!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Alyssa Jeffrey, a first year master’s student in the School of Information Studies at the University of Ottawa and a research assistant at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with… Alyssa!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions



series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.

Three questions with… Isabelle!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing.

Three questions with… Rémi!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Erica Morissette, a master’s student in Information Studies at the University of Ottawa, a researcher at the ScholCommLab, and a self declared “nature nerd.”

Three questions with …. Erica!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Michelle La, a master’s student studying the subculture of sneaker enthusiasts at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and a research assistant at the ScholCommLab.

Three questions with…. Michelle!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Isabella Peters, a new research associate at the ScholCommLab and a professor of Web Science at the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and CAU Kiel University.

Three questions with… Isabella!

Our lab is growing! In our

 Three Questions

series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. Today, we’re highlighting Anton Ninkov, a recent graduate of Western University’s PhD in Library and Information Science program and the ScholCommLab’s newest postdoctoral fellow. In this post, he tells us more about what he’s up to inside and outside of the lab.

Three questions with… Anton!

Three questions with…Esteban!

“I am convinced that openness and transparency make research outputs and outcomes better,” says Stefanie Haustein when asked what motivates her to practice open scholarship. “Knowledge produced by the scholarly community should be open to all, not hidden behind paywalls.”

Stefanie Haustein wins uOttawa Library Open Scholarship Award

Once all but unknown to anyone but economics or high energy physics researchers, preprints are becoming more popular across the disciplinary spectrum. These unreviewed reports allow scholars to share their work with the wider research community as soon as it is finished, without having to navigate what can sometimes become a lengthy peer review process.

Preprint comments: A place for praise, critique, and everything in between

K


 eynote presented by Juan Pablo Alperin for


 Open Education 2019: Transforming Teaching &amp; Learning at SFU


 on May 27, 2019.


 Overview

Introduction Public purpose of higher education Why do I practice Open Pedagogy? Student feedback on Open Pedagogy

Keynote Talk: Open Education 2019

By Mario Malički, Maria Janina Sarol, and Juan Pablo Alperin


 This blog post is the second in a four part series documenting the methodological challenges we faced during our


 project


 investigating preprint growth and uptake.

Analyzing preprints: The challenges of working with OSF metadata

As governments across the world grapple with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, several other urgent crises have taken a back seat.  Among them is the opioid epidemic. Here in Vancouver, BC, where almost half of our team is based, the effects of this second, fatal crisis are visible every day. Just this May, our province reported a record-breaking number of overdose-related deaths: 170 in a single month, or about 5.5 a day.

New study: Tracking opioid science in the news

Stefanie Haustein wins Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grant of $200K US
 

Have you ever wondered what motivates researchers to reuse open data and what makes them cite (or not cite) datasets in their work? Or how sharing, reusing and citing open data differs between research areas or changes during a researcher’s career? ScholCommLab co-director Stefanie was awarded $199,929 US ($281,660 CDN) by the Alfred P.

ScholCommLab co-director receives funding to analyze patterns of how research data is cited and reused

Keynote presented by Juan Pablo Alperin at


 Atla Annual


 on June 13, 2019

.

 Overview

Introduction The case for open access Barriers to open access The role of incentives What do we know about incentives? The review, promotion, and tenure project Digging into open access Digging into the impact factor Who creates these documents? Summarizing

Understanding and Improving Incentives for Open Access

“I hope that the kind of altmetrics research that has been going on lately is dying out,” says Asura Enkhbayar, in a conversation about the ScholCommLab’s latest preprint.

Altmetrics researchers: Time to take another look at Facebook, you’ve been missing something

By Mario Malički, Maria Janina Sarol, and Juan Pablo Alperin

As can be seen from a series of recent publications,

 1-6

there is great interest surrounding

 preprints

—scholarly manuscripts that are published ahead of peer review.

Analyzing preprints: The challenges of working with SHARE metadata

By Meredith T. Niles, Lesley Schimanski, Erin McKiernan, and Juan Pablo Alperin – with Alice Fleerackers

As tenured faculty positions become increasingly competitive, the pressure to publish—especially in “high impact” journals—has never been greater. As a result, many of today’s academics believe having a strong publication record is necessary for the review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) process.

Publish or perish? Faculty publishing decisions and the RPT process

“Academic life” by uonottingham is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0  “For researchers, there is immense pressure to publish in journals that are highly competitive,” says Naomi Penfold, associate director of the scientist-driven nonprofit ASAPbio.

To preprint or not to preprint? Research for a more transparent publishing system

This week, the Vancouver ScholCommLab packed things in early and hit the bowling lanes. Team bonding, apparently, is best achieved by participating in competitive individual “sports.”   Each of us had their own unique strategic, from granny-style bowling to a carefully orchestrated gutter-bounce approach.

ScholCommLab goes bowling!

Published April 8, 2019 by Kate Shuttleworth on the Radical Access Blog

The University of California recently took a bold step in support of open access publishing by terminating subscriptions with Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publisher. We asked SFU Faculty for their thoughts on the cancellation and what this means for open access. What happened?

SFU Faculty perspectives on open access and the University of California’s Elsevier cancellation

“The good news is, we’re not too dumb for democracy,” David Moscrop told a packed room of media, activists, book lovers, academics, and more. “The bad news is, we’re encouraged to be.” On March 21, Moscrop celebrated the launch of his new book,

 Too Dumb for Democracy?

Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab

Not “collegial” enough: New study examines unsaid criteria in the tenure process