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    Transitions in Scholarly Communications
    Many readers will know that the RIN is currently embarking, in concert with JISC and a range of other bodies in the library, publishing and research funding communities, on a portfolio of projects under the heading of transitions in scholarly communications.

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  • Peer review: good for all purposes?
    10 March 2010

    Peer review is both a principle and a set of mechanisms at the heart of the arrangements for evaluating and assuring the quality of research. A new guide from the Research Information Network provides for researchers and others an outline of how the peer review system works, and highlights some of the challenges as well as the opportunities it faces in the internet age.


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