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Early Career Researchers Open‐Up on Citations in Respect to Reputation, Trust, Ethics, <span>AI</span> and Much More Open
This paper, part of the Harbingers project studying early career researchers (ECRs), focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on scholarly communications ( https://ciber‐research.com/harbingers‐3/index.html ). It investigates …
Integrity and Misconduct, Where Does Artificial Intelligence Lead? Open
This paper, part of the third stage of the Harbingers project studying early career researchers (ECRs), focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on scholarly communications. It concentrates on research integrity and misconduct…
Where Will <span>AI</span> Take Scholarly Communication? Voices From the Research Frontline Open
Early career researchers (ECRs) are in an ideal position to soothsay. Yet, much of what we know about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) comes from vested interest groups, such as publishers, tech companies and industry leaders, wh…
Early Career Researchers on all Aspects of Peer Review: A Deep Dive Into the Data Open
The Harbingers study of early career researchers (ECRs) and their work life and scholarly communications began by studying generational—Millennial—change (H‐1), then moved to pandemic change (H‐2) and is now investigating another change ag…
Authors, wordsmiths and ghostwriters: Early career researchers' responses to artificial intelligence Open
Presents the results of a study of the impact of artificial intelligence on early career researchers (ECRs). An important group to study because their millennial mindset may render them especially open to AI. We provide empirical data and …
Are early career researchers feeling the consequences of the <span>COVID</span> pandemic? Open
During the COVID pandemic, some commentators thought that early career researchers (ECRs) would become a ‘lost generation’. Yet the Harbingers (H‐2) longitudinal study, which followed ECRs for 2 years during the pandemic found that ECRs to…
The impact of generative <span>AI</span> on the scholarly communications of early career researchers: An international, multi‐disciplinary study Open
The Harbingers study of early career researchers (ECRs), their work life and scholarly communications, began by studying generational—Millennial—change (c.2016), then moved to pandemic change (c.2020) and is now investigating another poten…
The impact of <span>AI</span> on the post‐pandemic generation of early career researchers: What we know or can predict from the published literature Open
This extensive literature review is not a stand‐alone paper, as it was conducted to help set the scene for the third and current stage of the Harbinger of Change project (H‐3), which is focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI…
View article: Never mind predatory publishers… what about ‘grey’ publishers?
Never mind predatory publishers… what about ‘grey’ publishers? Open
The Harbingers project, which studied the working lives and scholarly communication behaviour of early career researchers (ECRs) over 6 years, found evidence of changing attitudes to questionable (grey) publishing. Thus, whilst predatory p…
View article: Transforming scholarly communications: The part played by the pandemic and the contribution of early career researchers
Transforming scholarly communications: The part played by the pandemic and the contribution of early career researchers Open
Investigates whether junior researchers believe that the scholarly communication system is changing in a significant way, whether they have contributed to the changes they envisaged, whether the pandemic has fast‐forwarded change and what …
View article: Peer review: the attitudes and behaviours of Covid-19 pandemic-era early career researchers
Peer review: the attitudes and behaviours of Covid-19 pandemic-era early career researchers Open
Explores science and social science early career researchers’ (ECRs) perceptions and experiences of peer review, seeking also to identify their views of any pandemic-associated changes that have taken place. Data are drawn from the Harbing…
View article: ‘Cracks’ in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers
‘Cracks’ in the scholarly communications system: Insights from a longitudinal international study of early career researchers Open
Key points 170 early career researchers interviewed three times over 2 years, have uniquely contributed towards a stress test of scholarly communications and cracks have been identified. The perfect storm created by the convergence of mill…
View article: The pandemic and changes in early career researchers’ career prospects, research and publishing practices
The pandemic and changes in early career researchers’ career prospects, research and publishing practices Open
Introduction As part of the Harbnger-2 project, this study aimed to discover the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on junior researchers’ work-life, career prospects, research and publishing practices and networking. Methods An online intern…
View article: Early career researchers and predatory journals during the Covid-19 pandemic. An international analysis
Early career researchers and predatory journals during the Covid-19 pandemic. An international analysis Open
Around 170 early career researchers (ECRs) from 8 countries were interviewed about the whole range of their scholarly communication attitudes/behaviours during pandemic times and this paper analyses what they said about predatory journals …
View article: Harbinger-2 survey: impact of the pandemic on early career researchers
Harbinger-2 survey: impact of the pandemic on early career researchers Open
The data were collected through an online international survey of early career researchers in the 2nd half of 2022 to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their work-life, career, and scholarly communication behaviour and atti…
View article: Early career researchers in the pandemic-fashioned ‘new scholarly normality’: voices from the research frontline
Early career researchers in the pandemic-fashioned ‘new scholarly normality’: voices from the research frontline Open
After two-years of talking to around 170 early career science/social science researchers from China, France, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Spain, UK and US about their work life and scholarly communications during the pandemic, the Harbingers-…
View article: Early career researchers in the pandemic-fashioned ‘new scholarly normality’: a first look into the big changes and long-lasting impacts (international analysis)
Early career researchers in the pandemic-fashioned ‘new scholarly normality’: a first look into the big changes and long-lasting impacts (international analysis) Open
After two-years of repeat interviewing around 170 early career science/social science researchers from China, France, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Spain, UK and US about their work life and scholarly communications in pandemic-times, the Harb…
View article: Insights into the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: the case of remote teaching
Insights into the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: the case of remote teaching Open
The study presents comparative qualitative findings from a longitudinal exploration of the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers (ECRs) from the sciences and social sciences. Using qualitative methodologies, it focuses on the …
View article: Insights into the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: the case of remote teaching
Insights into the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: the case of remote teaching Open
The study presents comparative qualitative findings from a longitudinal exploration of the impact of the pandemic on early career researchers (ECRs) from the sciences and social sciences. Using qualitative methodologies, it focuses on the …
View article: The impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: what we already know from the internationally published literature
The impact of the pandemic on early career researchers: what we already know from the internationally published literature Open
In order to take account of the impact of the pandemic on the already changing scholarly communications and work-life of early career researchers (ECRs), the 4-year long Harbingers study was extended for another two years. As a precursor t…
How is open access publishing going down with early career researchers? An international, multi-disciplinary study Open
This study explores early career researchers’ (ECRs) appreciation and utilisation of open access (OA) publishing. The evidence reported here results from a questionnaire-based international survey with 1600 participants, which forms the se…
Open science from the standpoint of the new wave of researchers: Views from the scholarly frontline Open
Reports on the findings on the open science attitudes and behaviours of early career researchers (ECRs) from the Harbingers research project, which sought to determine whether they are the agents of change when it comes to scholarly commun…
Early career researchers: observing how the new wave of researchers is changing the scholarly communications market Open
The paper presents the early findings from the first two years of the Harbingers research project, a 3-year-long study of early career researchers (ECRs), the new wave of researchers, which sought to ascertain their current and changing ha…
Scholarly reputation Open
The aim of this literature review on scholarly reputation is: (i) to clarify the concept of scholarly reputation; and (ii) to identify the opportunities for scholars (and especially the early career ones among them) to build, maintain and …
What publishers can take away from the latest early career researcher research Open
Key points Early career researchers (ECRs) consider journals the central form of communication – but are concerned about pressure to publish. ECRs want to share but currently accept the closed publishing system because of the need to build…
Peer review: The experience and views of early career researchers Open
This paper presents selected findings from the first year of a 3‐year longitudinal study of early career researchers ( ECRs ), which sought to ascertain current and changing habits in scholarly communication. Specifically, the aims of the …
Early career researchers and their publishing and authorship practices Open
This study presents findings from the first year of the Harbingers research project, a 3‐year longitudinal study of early career researchers ( ECRs ), which sought to ascertain current and changing habits in scholarly communication. The st…
Early career researchers: Scholarly behaviour and the prospect of change Open
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Where and how early career researchers find scholarly information Open
This article presents findings from the first year of the Harbingers research project started in 2015. The project is a 3‐year longitudinal study of early career researchers ( ECRs ) to ascertain their current and changing habits with rega…