I recently published a paper in Materials titled "Database of Shear Experiments on Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams without Stirrups". This is my first paper as a single author, of one of my new research projects in Ecuador related to…
Lately, I've been receiving emails from Elsevier, telling me that they are sending take-down notices to ResearchGate for papers that I have privately stored on the RG servers. These are not papers that are ready for download at one click…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
I recently wrote a tweetstorm about why publication targets are absurd. Quota are for 19th century factories, not universities.Here's the wake of this tweetstorm:
I recently ran a poll on Twitter on which platform is most used for publication metrics. While in my field it seems to be Scopus, the consensus of the poll is clear: Google Scholar! Here's the wake of the poll:
Last fall, I attended IALCCE 2018 where together with my colleagues from TU Delft, I organized a Mini Symposium on Load Testing of New and Existing Structures. For this MS, I submitted 4 papers as coauthor - 3 of these…
I recently ran a poll on Twitter to learn if academics change the way they review depending on the journal impact factor. As for myself, I won't be "milder" if I'm reviewing for a lower impact factor - the methods…
In 2018, I was co-author of two papers on the topic of the arched strut - both were presented by my colleague Dr. Alexander.The first paper, presented at the conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges in Quebec City, looks…
Eleven countries in Europe formed cOAlition-S, with as its basic principle: "After 1 January 2020 scientific publications on the results from research funded by public grants provided by national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in…
After a discussion about how fast or slow the review process is these days, and agreeing with a colleague that 3 weeks is a reasonable amount of time, I wanted to know if other academic think alike. The majority of…
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