Publications of Current Interest
On this page, we list current publications dealing with themes related to the empirical social and economic research infrastructure in Germany.
At present, this list is in no way exhaustive, and we are working continuously to expand and update it. We intend it to stimulate scientific discussion and hope to receive further publication tips from you on a regular basis.
To tell us about other papers, please send an e-mail to office@ratswd.de with the subject heading “current publications” and if possible, a link to the publication.
- Data Replication and Reproducibility
SCIENCE
Special section, from the 2 December 2011 issue of Science
- MICAH ALTMAN´S BLOG
Social and Information Science
- Recommendations on Research Infrastructures in Humanities and Social Sciences
German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat)
Drs. 10465-11, 28 January 2011
- The voice of science: let's agree to disagree
Consensus reports are the bedrock of science-based policy-making. But disagreement and arguments are more useful, says Daniel Sarewitz.
Daniel Sarewitz
Nature 478, 7 (2011) | 5 October 2011
- Computing giants launch free science metrics
New Google and Microsoft services promise to democratize citation data.
Declan Butler
Nature 476, 18 (2011) | 2 August 2011
- OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
© OECD 2007
- Data archiving is a good investment
Heather A. Piwowar, Todd J. Vision and Michael C. Whitlock
Nature 473, 285 (2011) | 19 May 2011
- The value of data
Barend Mons et al.
Nature Genetics 43, 281-283 (2011) | 29 March 2011
- Systematic documentation and analysis of human genetic variation in hemoglobinopathies using the microattribution approach
Belinda Giardine et al.
Nature Genetics 43, 295-301 (2011) | 27 March 2011
- In silico research in the era of cloud computing
Joel T Dudley and Atul J Butte
Nature Biotechnology 28, 1181-1185 (2010) | 05 November 2010
- D-Lib Magazine
The Magazine of Digital Library Research
January / February 2011 Volume 17, Number 1/2
- THE ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
The Federal Statistical System: Its Vulnerability Matters More Than You Think
September 2010; 631 (1)
- Annual Report 2010 by the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (EASGAB)
Second annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the European Statistics Code of Practice by Eurostat and the European Statistical System as a whole
Press release
- Zehn Jahre European Data Watch: Dokumentation von Datensätzen für die empirische Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung und Zugangswegen zu den Daten
Joachim Wagner
SpringerLink | AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, Volume 4, Number 2, 141-149
- Reform der Unternehmensstatistik in Deutschland: Qualitätskonzept des Programms
R. Gnoss
SpringerLink | AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, Volume 4, Number 2, 77-113
- Scientists need a shorter path to research freedom
Francis Collins explains why the NIH is launching a bid to help some doctoral students dramatically reduce the time required to start an independent career.
naturenews | Published online 6 October 2010 | Nature 467, 635 (2010)
- Nonuniversal power law scaling in the probability distribution of scientific citations
George J. Peterson, Steve Pressé and Ken A. Dill
PNAS | 14 September 2010 | Vol. 107 | No. 37 | 16023–16027
- Assessing the Impact of Science Funding
by Julia Lane
SCIENCE | Vol 324 | 5 June 2009
- What science is really worth
Spending on science is one of the best ways to generate jobs and economic growth, say research advocates. But as Colin Macilwain reports, the evidence behind such claims is patchy.
nature | Vol 465 | 10 June 2010
- An Open Letter on Expanding Access to Administrative Data for Research in the United States
Harvard University Department of Economics
July 27, 2010
- Documentation - Science-Policy Statement on the Status and Future Development of the German Data Forum (RatSWD), Berlin
German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat)
Schmollers Jahrbuch 130 (2), 269-277
- Research integrity: preventing misconduct and dealing with allegations
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum
- Open sesame
Government influence favouring enhanced openness is rightly diversifying practices in science publishing.
www.nature.com/nature
nature | Vol 464 | Issue no. 7290 | 8 April 2010
- Standard Definitions
Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys
American Association for Public Opinion Research, 2008
- Let's make science metrics more scientific
Julia Lane
nature | Vol 464 | 25 March 2010
- Open Access Economics Journals and the Market for Reproducible Economic Research
B. D. McCullough
Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 39 No. 1, March 2009
- Credit where credit is due
A proposed author ID system is gaining widespread support, and could help lay the foundation for an academic-reward system less heavily tied to publications and citations.
www.nature.com/nature
nature Vol 462 | Issue no. 7275 | 17 December 2009
- Census Bureau?s Balancing Act
Carl Bialik
THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL. BLOGS, February 5, 2010
- Review of Spatial Data Needs and Resources
David Owen, Anne Green and Peter Elias
Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick
December 2009
- Promoting Scientific Standards
For quite some time, there has been intense debate within the natural sciences about authorship guidelines for publications. The new year's editorial of the journal "Science" discusses the central aspects of this debate. The editorial is available HIER. In light of the increasing complexity of empirical inquiries and analyses, this topic will surely also soon reach the social, economic and behavioural sciences.
- NDS - The National Data Strategy
UK Strategy for Data Resources for Social and Economic Research
2009-2012
- The granting system turns young scientists into bureaucrats and then betrays them
Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research
Peter A. Lawrence
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
September 15, 2009
- Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council
Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: Fourth Edition
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C.
- US Office of Management and Budget
Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
September 2006
- Bipartisan Panel of Industry, NGO and Academic Experts Proposes New Rules for Science in Federal Regulation Goal to Distinguish Science Questions from Policy Debates.
Science for Policy Project
Final Report, August 5, 2009
- Committee on Ensuring the Utility and Integrity of Research Data in a Digital Age; National Academy of Sciences
Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age
Free PDF Summary
- Serving the Scientific Community:
IZA’s International Data Service Center (IDSC) Offers Comprehensive Services for the Documentation and Analysis of Data in Labor Market Research
Institute for the Study of Labor | I Z A COMPACT | April / May 2009
- Replication in Economics
Daniel S. Hamermesh
NBER Working Paper No. 13026, April 2007
LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC)
The EBDC Newsletter is a free service of the LMU-Ifo Economics and Business Data Center. It informs you about new research results, important publications, selected events, and many more items from the EBDC.
da|ra - Registration agency for social science data
In cooperation with DataCite, the international initiative to establish easier access to digital research data, GESIS offers the DOI registration service for social science data in Germany.
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW Berlin
SOEPpapers is an ongoing series publishing papers based on SOEP data either directly or as part of an international comparative dataset (for example CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). Opinions expressed in SOEPpapers are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views of the DIW Berlin.
