Abstract
This chapter discusses the products of research and their dissemination. It focuses on scientific publications and on the peer review process that guarantees their quality. It also discusses other forms of dissemination that are becoming quite common, like artifacts and datasets. It describes the publication world, which includes publishers and professional societies. It also is discusses the current trend towards open science and in particular open access to publications.
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Some journals have been investing considerable efforts to try to counter this phenomenon and compete with the conferences that decide about acceptance/rejection in three to 4 months.
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This is just a random list of buzzwords, probably automatically extracted from my previous papers.
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Conflict of interests is discussed at length in Chap. 6.
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Unfortunately, reality shows that often these deadlines are not respected.
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In some cases, papers may be conditionally accepted, subject to certain modifications to be made in the final manuscript.
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Patents may also be generated to protect a researcher’s invention. I provide comments on patents later in this section.
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Fees vary a lot depending on the publisher and on the journal. For example, the publishing fees of a well-known publisher range from US$ 150 to US$ 6000.
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The term platinum open access is sometimes used to refer to gold open access journals that do not charge any author fees. They are usually financed by a university or research organization.
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Unlike Gold open access, the copyright for these papers is usually owned by the publisher and there are restrictions as to how the work can be reused.
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The full text may be found here https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright-policy.
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Ghezzi, C. (2020). The Products of Research: Publication and Beyond. In: Being a Researcher. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45157-8_3
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