Who's afraid of big data?We continue our Data Week with coverage of an insightful "Who’s afraid of big data" session from the recent  ALPSP conference.  Ah Big Data, how things have changed!  Ten years ago a data talk at a conference would have been nearly empty, but these days it’s standing room only.  And so kicked off an interesting -…

Including third party assets in open access articles with Creative Commons licensesOpen Access publishing enables researchers to share and build on an increasingly wide pool of research, however, it also raises some complex issues.  Publishers and researchers need to work together to increase our understanding of these issues and to address them in ways that meet everyone’s needs.  Offering authors a choice of options is critical…

More data, more questions?We’re taking a break from our Author Series this week to continue our focus on data in conjunction with the RDA4 meeting this week.  Nevertheless, Mike Kirkby’s post below raises many thoughtful questions for authors on the issues surrounding data in research.  Do you want to use my environmental data, or I yours? The question…

Mark Hahnel of figshare talks open data, the six steps of OA, and moreWe’re closing out our data week with an interview with Mark Hahnel, founder of figshare, a Digital Science company which enables researchers to publish their data in a citable, searchable and shareable manner. Also-just an update, the special issue of Learned Publishing on data, covered by LIz Ferguson in "Everybody loves data" is now freely available…

7 principles of social media networking to advance your academic careerWhen you apply for a job or fellowship, or send a cold email to someone, one of the first actions that the recipient may take is to Google you. And the second action he/she may take-which is increasingly becoming the norm - is to check your LinkedIn profile. If you don’t have one, the perception might…

Wiley's data quality pledgeIf there’s one thing I know, it’s that a lot of enthusiasm is required to tackle a topic like data quality. Not quite the jargon juggernaut that is "big data", data quality in this case refers to the inaccuracies and/or gaps in data flows from content creators that prevent users from discovering and accessing e-content.…

12 questions from our early career researchers publishing seminarThe Author Marketing team hosted a webinar this week, which was an Introduction to Publishing for Early Career Researchers. Graham Woodward, Associate Marketing Director, and I were joined by 4 of Wiley’s experienced editors: • Fiona Hutton, Executive Editor, Open Access • Allyn Molina, Publisher, Life Sciences • Andrew Moore, Editor-in-Chief, BioEssays • Simone Taylor,…

Pioneering at MakerereThe post below is republished, with permission, from the Research4Life publication Unsung Heroes: Stories from the Library, which tells the stories of extraordinary librarians from the developing world.  Library Information Science was a new course of study when Dr. Alison Annet Kinengyere was an undergraduate at Makerere University from 1993 to 1996. "We were pioneers…

How to conduct a successful focus groupWhile focus group methodology is often discussed in the context of market research, it is also used in a variety of research fields.  Focus groups have been used to gather data on a wide range of research topics including: attitudes towards tobacco, meat quality, farming, electronic resources, patient quality, solar technology, health and safety, property…

Uncovering the mysteries behind the metricsAs a technology journalist, I’ve been fascinated by social media from the very beginning. I loved the fact that the web had evolved into a lively platform for people to engage in conversation and share information with each other; it felt like an exciting movement to be part of. When I hung up my reporter’s…