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Preprints are publicly shared versions of manuscripts before peer review. They have gained new importance during the present pandemic, where fast dissemination of research results is wanted. Further benefits of publishing preprints are: setting a time stamp (when the question arises who discovered a result first), gaining visibility (due to open access of preprints), receiving […]

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What impact does a journal have? Can this impact be “calculated”? These questions can be answered to some extent via the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). This is a platform that evaluates journals from the literature database Web of Science Core Collection.Specifically, the journals that are included in these indices: SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) SSCI […]

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With this blog post we would like to provide a guideline on how to create citations and reference lists with the LaTeX typesetting environment, which is a free and open source document preparation system, especially popular among scientists who want to include mathematical and technical expressions in their documents. In order to cite in LaTeX […]

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Are you looking for geoinformation on Switzerland? Search the Swiss Geoportal, which provides geodata on various topics. geo.admin.ch is the geographic information platform of the Swiss Confederation within the Federal Administration. The portal is an important step in the implementation of the Geoinformation Act: the platform records the official geodata of each federal office, so […]

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Author Impact Beamplots present a new visualization tool in Web of Science. They showcase the range of a researcher’s publication and citation impact in a single data exhibit. Beamplots make use of field-normalized citation metrics (percentiles). They put the citation counts in a larger context. Furthermore, they do not unduly penalize those with gaps in […]

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The Coffee Lectures of the Main Library take place at the end of November/beginning of December. In about 15 minutes you will get an insight into these topics: 23.11.2021 24.11.2021 25.11.2021 30.11.2021 01.12.2021 02.12.2021 07.12.2021 08.12.2021 09.12.2021 Author Impact Beamplot in Web of Science CC-BY & Co: Creative Commons in a Nutshell Do it Yourself! […]

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During international Open Access Week 2021, we are pleased to launch a series of lunch talks on the topic of Open Science. From 25 October to 5 November, you are invited to discuss via ZOOM with experts from different areas of Open Science, ask questions and gain new insights. The International Open Access Week is […]

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As a follow-up to the UZH Open Science Summer School 2020, a half-day workshop on “The Legal Aspects of Open Science” was held earlier this year. The workshop was organized by the HBZ in cooperation with the Graduate Campus and met with such great interest that it even had to be held three times. It […]

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The Data Services & Open Access team of the Main Library is hosting an introduction to Open Science practices. The focus will be on Open Access and the support structures available to researchers at UZH. This event is aimed at UZH researchers who have little or no prior knowledge of what Open Science is. During […]

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Open Access indicates that a publication is accessible on the internet without technical and legal obstacles. In 2016, Swissuniversities – the governing body of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions – developed a national strategy for Open Access in cooperation with the Swiss National Science Foundation. The aim is for 100% of publicly funded scientific publications […]

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