research publications, open access, plagiarism, and reference management
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Research Publications, Open Access, Plagiarism, and Reference Management by V. Sriram. In Special Winter School for College and University teachers, Dr. John Matthai Centre, University of Calicut, Thrissur. India on 29th November 2014TRANSCRIPT
Research Publications, Open Access, Plagiarism, and Reference Management
V. SriramChief Librarian
Centre for Development StudiesThiruvananthapuram, IndiaThiruvananthapuram, Indiaemail: [email protected]
Special Winter School, Dr. John Matthai Centre, University of Calicut,
Thrissur. India29th November 2014
Contents
� Avenues of Research Publication� Open Access� OA Publishing� Publishing process� Plagiarism� Managing Literature� Reference management software
Avenues of Publication
� Journal article� Article in a collection� Contribution to
newspapersCommentaries
� Book� Book editorial� Book section / chapter� Book review� WP / OP / Notes� Commentaries
� Internal or external report� Dissertation / Thesis
� WP / OP / Notes� Popular publications
� Blogs / Wikis
Open Access
� Green Open AccessDOAR http://www.opendoar.org/
� Gold Open AccessDOAJ http://doaj.org/ DOAJ http://doaj.org/
� Hybrid Open Access
Open Access
� OA stands for unrestricted access and unrestricted reuse
� Articles are free to all interested readers� No copyright barriers between the readers � No copyright barriers between the readers
and the article.� OA Policies of funders to higher education
institutions
OA Benefits
� Accelerated discovery� Public enrichment. � Improved education.
Funding for research.� Funding for research.
OA PublishersBioMed Central publishes 272 peer-reviewed open access journals. http://www.biomedcentral.com/
Public Library of Science (PLOS) http://www.plos.org/
Science Publishing Group (SciencePC)http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/home/index.aspx
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)http://doaj.org/ (More than 10000 journals)
Creative Commons
Source: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
OA Publishing
� Choosing the right publisher� Editor / Editorial Board Members� Journal coverage / objectives � Impact Factor � Journal Indexing Services� Journal Indexing Services� Pay and publish model� Checking predatory publishers (Source
http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/)
ProcessGeneral guidelines� Subject � Language and � Organization.
Process
� General Manuscript Format� Organization of the paper
1. Title 2. Author(s) 3. Abstract & Keyterms4. Introduction
8. Conclusion 9. Acknowledgements10. Appendices4. Introduction
5. Previous Literature 6. Methodology7. Results
10. Appendices11. References 12. Illustrations13. Author’s CV
Tips
� You must know the audience – their types and levels of knowledge.
� You must have something to say, i. e. knowledge of the subject.
� Make the write up relevant and readable.� Keep it simple – avoid poly-syllabic frenzy.� Keep it simple – avoid poly-syllabic frenzy.� Consider your language and style.� Get your piece checked by a friend or colleague
with a good grasp of grammar and of your subject area.
� Build up a relationship / network of peers
Plagiarism
� Paraphrasing an article, book or journal too closely� Missing out punctuation in a citation� Submitting a publication that you didn't write� Copying words or ideas from someone else's work,
without giving creditGiving incorrect information about the source of a � Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
� Copying sentence structure but changing words around, without giving credit
� Copying from your own work
Source: http://www.scanmyessay.com/plagiarism/what-is-plagiarism.php
Plagiarism Check
� Turnitin – http://turnitin.com/
� Viper - http://scanmyessay.com/
Managing Literature and References
Systematic gathering of sources:� Using proper tools to gather literature – Google
Scholar, Journal Databases, …� Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes,
comments, and making it error free� Organizing by topic, subject, research area…� Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval� Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.
Reference management software
Need:� Enhance the presentation� Good practice to give due credit� Avoid plagiarism Benefits:� search easily for a particular reference to which
you need to refer back� print or save lists of references� insert citations into your document and
automatically produce a bibliography in whatever style you require
Zotero
� Free – Open Source� Platform independent � Works Offline and Online� Over 6700 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
� Over 6700 referencing styles � Data Sharing� 26 fields� 34 Types of Sources� Linking full text / pdf� Integration with MS-Office / Open Office
Starting an Journal in OA
� Open Journal System (OJS) https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/
� Ambra: An Open source publishing system http://www.ambraproject.org/
Contributing to mother tongue
� Malayalam Wikipedia has 37297 articles (Source http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/)
� Malayalam is used by less than 0.1% of all the websites as content language (Source http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cl-ml-http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cl-ml-/all/all )
� Publish at least one item per year in your mother tongue.
� Literature in any language will grow and get enriched only with systematic efforts.
Visibility
� Research Gate http://www.researchgate.net/
� Website / Blog - Wordpress, Blogger
� Image Storage – Drop Box, Picasa
� Multimedia Storage – You Tube
Presentations, Notes – Slide Share� Presentations, Notes – Slide Share
� Social networking – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, …
Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!
V Sriramemail: [email protected]