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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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The new additions in EndNote 20 are mainly visible in the new interface. Only few functional additions have been made: New modern interface design Improved screening and reading experience New simple search with highlighting Enhanced duplicate detection Navigation improvements for time-saving workflows Many established features are also available in EndNote 20: PDF import Easy import […]

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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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Last week, the Open Science Office, together with the Main Library and the Center for Reproducible Science, launched the Open Science Game “Open Up Your Research” on the last day of International Open Access Week. The game explores what open science entails, how open science practices can be applied, and how an open approach differs […]

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