In this paper we discuss our preliminary experiences in designing a visual system for social data analysis in collaboration between citizens and municipal authorities through a web-based open government system. Based on the integration of theoretical models with findings from formative evaluations and stakeholder workshops with a prototype system, we present a multiperspective visualization mod...

In their daily practice, editors face different problems and questions. To handle these situations, there are many policies and guidelines established by well-known influential organizations such as World Association of Medical Editors, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics, Council of Science Editors, European Association of Science Editors, and Ea...

In their daily practice, editors face different problems and questions. To handle these situations, there are many policies and guidelines established by well-known influential organizations such as World Association of Medical Editors, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics, Council of Science Editors, European Association of Science Editors, and Ea...

This paper examines the bibliometric characteristics of book editors and non-editors, focussing on gender, career stage, number of publications and collaboration practices. The data consist of 8970 Flemish affiliated researchers with at least one publication between 2000 and 2011 in the comprehensive Flemish academic bibliometric database (VABB-SHW). The analysis shows that most book editors ar...

Introduction: This article reports results from a survey of faculty members with editorial responsibilities. The explored what publishing services and platform functionalities respondents found most valuable in their work as editors, how satisfied they were the provided by commercial publishers, to extent aware alternative practices. Method: authors used data collected instrument that ...