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Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo, Information Research
Publons now includes a citation map function if you have a profile there, that’s very nice and interesting! Check yours at https://publons.com/dashboard/tools/citation-map/


Profile of Student Respondents of our Global Student Survey on Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Life of Higher Education Students. Find out more: http://www.covidsoclab.org/

Regarding the emotional wellbeing, Mexican students have been among the most frustrated during the pandemic. Comments? Recommendations?

I put together a video we shot in Peru with some notes I took when we spoke in order to publish ‘Open science, open access and Latin America: a short conversation with Jon Tennant’, published as a tribute to him, the smartest ideas are his and as he would say: “it’s published on #OpenAccess, duh!”

Full text available at EmeraldInsight
Recommended reference: Machin-Mastromatteo, J.D. and Tennant, J. (2020), “Open science, open access and Latin America: a short conversation with Jon Tennant”, Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-05-2020-051
9 years after my first participation in QQML as a PhD student, today was the turn of my student Alex Villegas, congratulations!

New publication! We analyzed the dynamic role that a bibliometrics research unit can have for boosting any higher-education institution’s scientific production, a case study on Unidad de Investigación en Bibliometría – USIL co-written with my friends Josmel Pacheco-Mendoza and Joe Alway https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666920918466
Abstract: In this article, we review the process behind the establishment of the Bibliometrics Research Unit at the San Ignacio de Loyola University (Peru), as a specialized unit that has aided in enhancing its university’s scientific production and research practices. The Unit’s functions and its role as a dynamic engine for scientific production are also presented and discussed under the Peruvian and Latin American contexts.
Complete text at Sage Publications
Recommended citation: Pacheco-Mendoza, J., Alhuay-Quispe, J., & Machin-Mastromatteo, J. D. (2020). Bibliometrics units as dynamic engines for universities’ scientific production. Information Development, 36(2), 301–305. http://doi.org.conricyt.remotexs.co/10.1177/0266666920918466
Tales from the Writing Crypt (read as internal monologue). 1. At 5,000 words: this is a chapter, I must have at least 10,000. 2. At 10,000: I still need to finish all sections, then I will make sure it is 12,000 at most. 3. Almost finished. Wordcount? 14,500. Will they accept this? Where did I put the darned guidelines? Oh, I still haven’t written that section on (put your topic here).

So saddened by the news of Jon Tennant’s passing. The #OpenAccess community mourns this huge loss. I really knew him for a short time but he was an extremely smart and great guy.



Remembering this very fortunate opportunity I had of interviewing Jon Tennant. We’ll miss you a lot!