Discovering, reading, publishing, sharing, and monitoring progress: behavior of junior researchers
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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.sep.03Keywords:
Researchers, Early career researchers, Scientific communication, Information behavior, Surveys, Spain, Discovering, Reading practices, Publishing, Open access, OA, Social media, Metrics, AltmetricsAbstract
The scientific communication habits and practices of the new wave of Spanish researchers are analyzed based on the results of an international survey (2019). The results obtained from 100 participants support those previously obtained from interviews conducted between 2016 and 2018 in Spain under the Harbingers Project, and show similarities to and differences from those collected from the mentioned survey in other countries covered by the Project in its second phase. Spanish researchers have two contradictory faces: They are innovative in their perceptions but slightly less so in their practices regarding open access and the use of social media. However, these new attitudes and habits are motivated by a desire to promote their own work and gain recognition; In this sense, they are conservative. The competition in which they are immersed regarding the achievement of tenure and, therefore, the need to focus on their abilities that will be evaluated represent a limitation on enjoying the learning process and dedicating themselves to the practices of open science to which their generation is naturally prone.
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