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Ensuring the Scholarly Record: Scholarly Retractions, Scientific Reproducibility, and the Role of Publishers and Libraries

Webinar

About the Webinar

Science is often referred to as a self-correcting system and scholarly communications are meant to play an important role in that process. By describing the work that has been undertaken, others can verify the work by replicating it, testing its validity, and applying it in their own work, thereby building upon it. Recently, questions have arisen about the scholarly record, with revelations about false data, erroneous processes, and irreproducible research.

Are there problems with the peer review process that are allowing more faulty research into publication? Is the availability and discoverability of content making it simply more visible to the scholarly marketplace? Once content is retracted, what practices should be implemented to identify retracted materials as such? How is retraction information communicated and are corrections to the scholarly record connected in an obvious way? This webinar will explore ways in which scholars, publishers and libraries are working to ensure the trustworthiness of the scholarly record.

Event Sessions

Retractions, Post-Publication Peer Review, and Fraud: Scientific Publishing’s Wild West

Speakers

Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus founded Retraction Watch in 2010. What they didn't know then was that retractions had grown ten-fold in the previous decade. As part of this webinar, Oransky will discuss the reasons for that increase, other trends he and Marcus have seen, as well as proposed guidelines for retraction notices, and plans for a database of retractions the site is building.

Life After Publication – Reproducibility Challenges and the Role of Publishers

Speaker

An editor’s perspective on the instruments for maintaining the integrity of the scientific record and promoting reproducible science — from reporting standards to retractions. We will discuss best practices, challenges and limitations, and explore avenues to promote the continued evaluation of research articles beyond publication. 

Trust through transparency - why the quality (and quantity) of publishers’ metadata matters

Speaker

This talk will focus on the practical steps that publishers can take to make sure that the content they publish is original and trustworthy. The metadata that Crossref collects and redistributes includes information that researchers can use to help them judge the provenance and reliability of a paper, and it is part of our mission to work with publishers to make this metadata widely available.

Additional Information

  • Cancellations made by January 6, 2016 will receive a refund, less a $35 cancellation. After that date, there are no refunds.

  • Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the virtual conference via e-mail the Friday prior to the event. (Anyone registering between Monday and the close of registration will receive the message shortly after the registration is received, within normal business hours.) Due to the widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact the NISO office if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the webinar.

  • If you have not received your Login Instruction e-mail by 10 a.m. (ET) on the day before the virtual conference, please contact the NISO office at nisohq@niso.org for immediate assistance.

  • Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the conference. You may have as many people as you like from the registrant's organization view the conference from that one connection. If you need additional connections, you will need to enter a separate registration for each connection needed.

  • If you are registering someone else from your organization, either use that person's e-mail address when registering or contact nisohq@niso.org to provide alternate contact information.

  • Conference presentation slides and Q&A will be posted to this event webpage following the live conference.

  • Registrants will receive an e-mail message containing access information to the archived conference recording within 48 hours after the event. This recording access is only to be used by the registrant's organization.

For Online Events

  • NISO has developed a quick tutorial, How to Participate in a NISO Web Event. Please view the recording, which is an overview of the web conferencing system and will help to answer the most commonly asked questions regarding participating in an online Webex event.

  • You will need a computer for the presentation and Q&A.

  • Audio is available through the computer (broadcast) and by telephone. We recommend you have a set-up for telephone audio as back-up even if you plan to use the broadcast audio as the voice over Internet isn't always 100% reliable.

Please check your system in advance to make sure it meets the Cisco WebEx requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that your system is properly set up before each webinar begins.

Event Dates

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Registration

To sign up: To register using a credit card, click here.

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Fees

Registration Costs

  • NISO LSA & Voting Members; NASIG Members

    • $190.00 (US and Canada)

    • $230.00 (International)

  • Non-Member

    • $255.00 (US and Canada)

    • $295.00 (International)

  • Student

    • $85.00

Location

  • NISO has developed a quick tutorial, How to Participate in a NISO Web Event. Please view the recording, which is an overview of the web conferencing system and will help to answer the most commonly asked questions regarding participating in an online Webex event.
  • You will need a computer for the presentation and Q&A.
  • Audio is available through the computer (broadcast) and by telephone. We recommend you have a set-up for telephone audio as back-up even if you plan to use the broadcast audio as the voice over Internet isn't always 100% reliable.
  • Please check your system in advance to make sure it meets the Cisco WebEx requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that your system is properly set up before each webinar begins.