Fry, Jenny and Oppenheim, Charles and Creaser, Claire and Johnson, W. and Summers, Mark and White, Sonya and Butters, Geoff and Craven, Jenny and Hartley, Richard J. (2009) Communicating knowledge: how and why researchers publish and disseminate their findings. Research Information Network (RIN) in conjunction with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
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This report looks at how researchers publish and why, including the motivations that lead them to publish in different formats and the increase in collaboration and co-authorship. It also explores how researchers decide what to cite and the influence of research assessment on their behaviours and attitudes.
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