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Publication practices in motion: The benefits of open access publishing for the humanities
The changes we have seen in recent years in the scholarly publishing world - including the growth of digital publishing and changes to the role and strategies of publishers and libraries alike - represent the most dramatic paradigm shift in scholarly communications in centuries. This volume brings together leading scholars from across the humanities to explore that transformation and consider the challenges and opportunities it brings
Investigating SSH Research and Publication Practices in Disciplinary and Institutional Contexts. A Survey-Based Comparative Approach in Two Universities
In this paper, we comparatively analyze, present and discuss the results from a survey on increasing the visibility of research achievements in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) that was carried out at the University of Vienna (Austria) and the University of Navarra (Spain) in 2016 and 2017. Covering four major topicsâsearching and finding literature, publishing, the visibility of research, and the assessment of research outputsâwe ask the following questions: are there disciplinary differences to be identified, and how do they present themselves in the two institutional contexts? Discussing the results, we showcase how disciplinary and institutional traditions and contexts are important factors that influence research and publication practices in the SSH. Our results indicate that the practices of searching and finding literature as well as publication practices and behavior are shaped by disciplinary traditions and epistemic cultures. On the contrary, assessment and valuation of research outputs are influenced by institutional and national contexts in which SSH research is organized and carried out
Congress UPV Proceedings of the 21ST International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators
This is the book of proceedings of the 21st Science and Technology Indicators Conference that took place
in ValĂšncia (Spain) from 14th to 16th of September 2016.
The conference theme for this year, âPeripheries, frontiers and beyondâ aimed to study the development and
use of Science, Technology and Innovation indicators in spaces that have not been the focus of current indicator
development, for example, in the Global South, or the Social Sciences and Humanities.
The exploration to the margins and beyond proposed by the theme has brought to the STI Conference an
interesting array of new contributors from a variety of fields and geographies.
This yearâs conference had a record 382 registered participants from 40 different countries, including 23
European, 9 American, 4 Asia-Pacific, 4 Africa and Near East. About 26% of participants came from outside
of Europe.
There were also many participants (17%) from organisations outside academia including governments (8%),
businesses (5%), foundations (2%) and international organisations (2%). This is particularly important in a
field that is practice-oriented.
The chapters of the proceedings attest to the breadth of issues discussed. Infrastructure, benchmarking
and use of innovation indicators, societal impact and mission oriented-research, mobility and careers, social
sciences and the humanities, participation and culture, gender, and altmetrics, among others.
We hope that the diversity of this Conference has fostered productive dialogues and synergistic ideas and
made a contribution, small as it may be, to the development and use of indicators that, being more inclusive,
will foster a more inclusive and fair world
Urban Regeneration of Underused Industrial Sites in Albania
Industrial heritage can be considered as a significant asset of modern civilization, mostly
epitomizing living patrimony of industrialization process. However, it nowadays represents
under-valuated heritage, as a consequence of massive closure of industrial sites due to
political and economical changes through years.
This thesis focuses on the study and recognition of underused Albanian industrial sites,
mostly constructed during the communist period, and proposes possible regeneration model
based on international examples. The majority of Albanian degraded sites, due to change of
regime and mass closure or harassment of industrial sites, are being seen as high priority
objective from central government and municipalities. At the verge of approval of General
National Plan of the Republic of Albania and most of Local General Plans for countryâs
municipalities, it has become a primary requirement the redevelopment of these âsilentâ
assets, which now have the opportunity to become promotors of cities development.
The study follows with descriptive analysis of international positive cases, reflecting how
these internventions can be appropriately applied for Albanian cases. Consistent reuse
methodologies were proposed based on three pillars: economic and urban, environmental
and heritage.
Lastly, this thesis presents general conclusion for practical application of the above
mentioned methodologies, as a positive approac
International Research Infrastructure Landscape 2019 : A European Perspective
The report is the final product of the RISCAPE project, funded by the European Commission H2020 programme
Study on open science: The general state of the play in Open Science principles and practices at European life sciences institutes
Nowadays, open science is a hot topic on all levels and also is one of the priorities of the European Research Area. Components that are commonly associated with open science are open access, open data, open methodology, open source, open peer review, open science policies and citizen science. Open science may a great potential to connect and influence the practices of researchers, funding institutions and the public. In this paper, we evaluate the level of openness based on public surveys at four European life sciences institute
International Research Infrastucture Landscape 2019: A European Perspective
The book 'International Research Infrastucture Landscape 2019: A European Perspective' provides the final report of the RISCAPE-project, supported by the European Commission's Horizon 2020-project. The RISCAPE-project aims to provide a systematic, focused, high-quality, comprehensive, consistent and peer-reviewed international landscape analysis report on the position and complementarities of the major European RIs in the international Research Infrastructure landscape.University of Turku has contributed with the domain report on international Energy Research Infrastructures, which forms chapter 6 of the final book.</p