Highly cited papers are among the most commonly used indicators for measuring scientific excellence. The primary purpose of this study is to determine characteristics of highly cited papers authored ...or co-authored by Croatian researchers and to identify patterns of their national and cross-national collaboration. The Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection was used for collecting data. Data were filtered for the highly cited papers published in the 2008-2018 period. Half of 428 identified highly cited papers were published in only 18 journals. The distribution across subject areas showed a strong domination of the fields of physics and clinical medicine. The median number of authors per average paper was 30,5, while the same value in the case of Croatian authors was 2. Only 4% of the analysed papers were authored by Croatian researchers only. The national inter-institutional collaboration was marginal and mainly visible through joined collaboration with foreign institutions. European institutions are most frequently found among the authors' addresses. For a small country on the scientific periphery, international cooperation is a prerequisite not only for the publication of highly cited papers but also for acquiring additional research experience in mainstream scientific teams.
Otvoreni pristup istraživačkim podatcima važan je dio koncepta otvorene znanosti. Cilj ovoga članka je identificirati hrvatske autore/ustanove koji su prepoznali važnost dijeljenja istraživačkih ...podataka i koji su im omogućili pristup u nekom od podatkovnih repozitorija zastupljenom u citatnom indeksu Data Citation Index. U bazi podataka je ukupno pronađeno 265 takvih dokumenata. Analizirani su i podatkovni članci hrvatskih autora dostupni na platformi Web of Science Core Collection. Pronađeno ih je 29, najvećim dijelom multidisciplinarnog usmjerenja. Autori najvećeg broja podatkovnih dokumenata pripadaju Sveučilištu u Zagrebu. Hrvatski znanstvenici arhiviraju podatke u međunarodne repozitorije, jer je infrastruktura za njihovu pohranu na nacionalnoj razini tek razvijena i tek se počinje koristiti.
Open source software offers free access to the source code. Users have the right and possibility to modify software and adapt it to their own needs, and also the right of further distribution. There ...are numerous examples of open source software which can be used to improve the functioning of library work and services. For instance, VuFind is an open source replacement for the OPAC, Evergreen is interesting to larger library systems because of its functionality which can offer each library the ability to control their own settings and rules. SubjectPlus is a tool which enables libraries to create, maintain and connect different resources on their web pages, ePrints and Fedora are repository software that provide a web interface for archiving documents. Invenio is an example of an open source program which can be used to build a repository or a digital library.
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