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You probably all know what plagiarism is: using someone else’s work without giving them proper credit. It is a form of theft, a serious breach of academic ethics, and is heavily sanctioned, for students and for researchers alike. But what is the meaning the word “self-plagiarism”? You cannot steal from yourself! Our colleague Catherine Brendow explains.
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78% of the journal articles published by our researchers in 2023 were open-access, compared to 66% in 2022, 52% in 2021, and 35% in 2020. This progress is driven by our Read and Publish agreements with major publishers, the OA mandates of many funders, and the conviction of most researchers that open-access publishing is good for them. But is this “gold route” sustainable in the long term?
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Since 2021, Geneva Graduate Institute researchers can fulfill their OA mandates easily and make their research more accessible through Read and Publish agreements with 6 large publishers. Most of them have jumped at the opportunity, and our research is now more open than ever before.
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Google Scholar is the go-to search engine for anyone looking for scholarly content. It offers the same convenient and familiar interface as Google, as well as options that can be useful to researchers. Here is how to use it properly.
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Twitter is an important social networking tool for academics. As its future is unclear, some may want to migrate to a different social network offering familiar features and populated with other academics. Mastodon is an open-source alternative currently growing at a rapid pace that you may want to explore.
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