Could Robots Handle Peer Review?
Technologist argues that artificial intelligence could make publishing decisions in milliseconds.
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LSU Takes Disagreement with Elsevier to Court
Louisiana State University (LSU) takes Elsevier to court in an attempt to settle a disagreement with the publisher about its $1.64 million contract.
Relying on Women, Not Rewarding Them
New study suggests female professors outperform men in terms of service -- to their possible professional detriment.
In Praise of ‘B’ Journals
Academic publishing is becoming more about establishing a pecking order and less about pursuing knowledge.
Is 'Inclusive Access' the Future for Publishers?
Textbooks aren't selling like they used to, but a new business model that has led to increased access to course materials and lower costs at some universities is beginning to take shape.
Advice on how to write effective tenure-review letters
Many professors frequently write tenure-review letters, but as a community, we’re not regularly discussing how we should be doing so, argues Eric Goldman.
Mega-Journal PLOS ONE Continues to Shrink
The world's largest scholarly journal, PLOS ONE, is seeing fewer and fewer researchers publish their work in it as the open-access publishing market evolves.
Socializing Academia
Sick of relying on commercial platforms for academic sharing? Humanities Commons, SocArXiv, and the Center for Open Science to the rescue!
Exploring CiteScore, Elsevier's New Journal Impact Metrics
Elsevier explains the thought process behind its new journal impact metrics.
How Academics Can Use Twitter Most Effectively
A guide on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.
New study could be another nail in the coffin for the validity of student evaluations of teaching
New study could be another nail in the coffin for the validity of student evaluations of teaching
New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.
Supporting Sci-Hub vs. Explaining Sci-Hub
Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. Cal State defends its librarian.
Big Pay Differences Among New Male, Female Ph.D.s
Female Ph.D.s in science and engineering earn 31 percent less than their male cohorts one year after graduation, according to a new study in American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. When controlling for the fact that women tend to earn degrees in fields that pay less than those in which more men earn degrees, the observed gap dropped to 11 percent. And the gap disappeared when controlling for whether the women were married and had children.
Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees
Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees
Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees.
Men are more likely than women to engage in self-citation
[11]A new study found that 31% of men engage in self-citation, compared to only 21% of women.
Ending all-male panels
Microbiologists show it's possible to achieve gender equity in scholarly presentations
Freezing out young scientists
Share of research funding going to young scientists is declining.
How to evaluate academic research
Don't evaluate scholarly research on public impact alone.
On the time spent preparing grant proposals
On the time spent preparing grant proposals
Academic research can be hugely stressful. This study shows that the demands of applying for a research grant also carry an emotional toll.
Why faculty members work so much?
As I am writing this article, I should be writing something else: an email to an editor, an email to an author, a letter of recommendation, notes for tomorrow’s classes, comments on students’ papers, comments on manuscripts, an abstract for an upcoming conference, notes for one of the books I’m working on.
New GRE data illustrate trends on future graduate students
Test-takers who took the GRE in 2012-13 were more likely to be a bit younger and a bit more science-oriented than those who took the exam the year before.
Interdisciplinary penalty
Everyone, it seems, loves the idea of scholars interdisciplinary work. But does academe reward those -- particular young scholars -- who actually do it?
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