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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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You are searching in Web of Science, Scopus or PubMed. With the browser extension LibKey Nomad you can go straight from one of these databases to the fulltext!gelangen! The LibKey Nomad browser extension is available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and Vivaldi.weiterung LibKey Nomad gibt es für Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave und Vivaldi. How to […]

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In 2017, Switzerland has developed its National Open Access Strategy. The vision is that by 2024, at latest, publications originating from public funding should be available in Open Access. With the help of an action plan and various measures, this goal is to be achieved. The following action lines have been developed: National monitoring Communication […]

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What are the Creative Commons Licenses? When browsing online we often find content that we would like to copy and reuse in our own work. But are we allowed to do so? Who do we need to contact to find out? Which conditions apply? Online content that is not labelled is generally protected by copyright […]

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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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Since 1 July 2020, scientists at the University of Zurich are able to publish Open Access articles free of charge in journals published by Springer Nature. This agreement covers the article processing charges (APC) for a fixed number of articles published in hybrid journals per year. This number has now been reached for 2021. Until […]

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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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For UZH students, the Main Library offers a large range of important textbooks in the fields of science and medicine. Recommended textbooks can be borrowed or read as e-book.Here we list the most important textbooks with a link to the e-book and the signature in the Main Library – Science. Missing a book? In swisscovery […]

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