Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries?

Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries?

Chanson, Hubert (2007) Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries?. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 34 8: 946-951.

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Author	Chanson, Hubert
Title	Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries?
Journal name	Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (ERA 2012 Listed) (ERA 2010 Rank B) Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date	2007-08-01
Sub-type	Article
Year available	2007
DOI	10.1139/L07-027
Volume number	34
Issue number	8
ISSN	0315-1468
Start page	946
End page	951
Total pages	6
Place of publication	Ottawa, Canada
Publisher	NRC
Collection year	2008
Language	eng
Subject	290000 Engineering and Technology 290800 Civil Engineering 290802 Water and Sanitary Engineering 290899 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified 291800 Interdisciplinary Engineering 291899 Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified 299900 Other Engineering and Technology 299999 Engineering and Technology not elsewhere classified 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies 400200 Librarianship 409900 Other Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies 400201 Librarianship
Abstract	A research project is only completed when it has been published and shared with the community. Referees and peer experts play an important role to control the research quality. While some new electronic tools provide further means to disseminate some research information, the quality and impact of the works remain linked with some thorough expert-review process and the publication in international scientific journals and books; unethical publishing standards are not acceptable. The writer argues herein that the new electronic aids do not replace scholarship nor critical thinking, although they impact on the working environment of civil engineers.
Keyword	Research Quality Research Publications Research Impact Civil Engineering Digital Publishing Open Access Repository OAR Commercial databases Information retrieval Hydraulic engineering Impact Peer review Art
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Q-Index Code	C1
Additional Notes	The full bibliographic details are : CHANSON, H. (2007). "Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries ?" Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, NRC, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 946-951 (DOI:10.1169/L07-027) (ISSN 0315-1468). This paper derives from the invited keynote lecture paper : CHANSON, H. (2006). "Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Hydraulic Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries ?" Proceedings of the International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'06), Montemor-o-Novo, Jorge MATOS and Hubert CHANSON Eds., Report CH61/06, Div. of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Dec., Keynote address, pp 1-10 (ISBN 1864998687). The contribution is followed by another invited lecture paper : CHANSON, H. (2008). "Some Experience with Digitial Publishing, Open Access Repository, Research Impact and Quality." Proc.Open Access Collection workshop, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, Brisbane, 14 Feb., 12 pages.

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Sub-type:	Article
Collections:	Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) - Collection School of Civil Engineering Publications 2008 Higher Education Research Data Collection

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