Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus
Five developments that illustrate how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.
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Tackling Science's 'Nasty Photoshop Problem'
What can be done to resolve concerns about image integrity in scientific publications?
Weathering the Storm: What Will 2025 Bring for Academia?
The realities of the new political landscape have cast its shadow on the future of academia.
Does Altering A Dataset Merit Retraction?
Self-archiving on personal sites is perfectly permitted under many journal data policies. But what happens when an author alters the underlying data?
Ask The Chefs: COAlition S's "Towards Responsible Publishing"
Members of the Society for Scholarly Publishing weigh in with their thoughts on the new "Towards Responsible Publishing" manifesto from cOAlition S.
Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 2
Part two of an introduction to two new toolkits from C4DISC -- today a look at the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Are We Providing What Researchers Need in the Transition to Open Science?
There are still barriers and hesitations around open research practices. The authors of this article suggest that publishers and technology platforms can better support authors and drive uptake.
Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 1
Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 1
The first of a two part series introducing new toolkits from C4DISC: Guidelines on Inclusive Language and Images in Scholarly Communication and the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation
Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation in submission and peer review offers improvements for publications and a better experience for researchers and journal staff.
How Do We Measure Success for Open Science?
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz discusses PLOS's Open Science Indicators initiatives and shares initial results.
Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But It IS Fixable
Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But It IS Fixable
Research bureaucracy and administrative burden has become so overpowering that many researchers are reporting that they don't have time to do any research anymore. Phill Jones argues that technology in the form of PIDs will go a long way to fixing this.
Publishing Fast and Slow: A Review of Publishing Speed in the Last Decade
This article analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.
Does Scholarly Publishing Have an Innovation Problem?
Is there an entrenched stasis in scholarly communication in which the core elements of the system have not been much moved by the revolutions happening around us?
Wikipedia's Citations Are Influencing Scholars and Publishers
Rachel Helps, the Wikipedian-in-residence at the BYU libraries discusses the intersection of scholarly journals and Wikipedia.
Indigenous Knowledge and Research Infrastructure
On Indigenous Peoples' Day we revisit an interview with Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl, on how we can ensure that our research infrastructure supports and respects Indigenous knowledge and knowledge management.
How Will Academia Handle the Zero Embargo?
The OSTP Nelson Memo has caused quite a stir in scholarly communication circles. How will academia handle the zero embargo?
Does Trust in Research Begin with Trust in Peer Review?
Does trust in research begin with trust in peer review across the whole ecosystem, and what does that look like for different communities and stakeholders?
Peer Review and Research Integrity: Five Reasons to Be Cheerful
Peer Review and Research Integrity: Five Reasons to Be Cheerful
Chris Graf (and colleagues) present five reasons to be cheerful about research integrity and peer review.
We Asked the Community: Is Research Integrity Possible Without Peer Review?
We Asked the Community: Is Research Integrity Possible Without Peer Review?
For an early start on Peer Review Week, we reached out to the SSP community to ask "Is research integrity possible without peer review?"
The Society for Scholarly Publishing Humanities Community Network Lifts Off
A Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Professionals Community of Interest Network is launching! An interview with facilitators Laura Ansley and Dawn Durante about the group and its focus --and how it's meeting a clear need.
Has Peer Review Created a Toxic Culture in Academia?
It is suggested to revamp the peer review process to make it less about tearing down the work of others, and more about helping authors improve their papers.
Reducing the Burden of Diversity Tax: The Tax No One Talks About
In the first of a four-post series, we explore: the phenomenon of diversity tax and its impact on marginalized individuals.
The End of Journal Impact Factor Purgatory (and Numbers to the Thousandths) - The Scholarly Kitchen
Innovating the Science of Science: A Report of the ICSSI Meeting
A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.
Marketing to the New Generation of Academic Influencers: Mobile First
How can publishers ensure that our content and services are found and used by the growing number of Millennials and Generation Z researchers in academia?
Building Stronger Chains Together: Keeping Preprints Connected to the Scholarly Record - The Scholarly Kitchen
Building Stronger Chains Together: Keeping Preprints Connected to the Scholarly Record - The Scholarly Kitchen
In the global supply chain of scholarly communications, we share a responsibility for accurate metadata that represents the publication lifecycle -- from preprint to version of record, and everything in between.
Hybrid Versus In-Person: What Will Be the Future of Academic Conferences?
This article reports on the results of a study looking at the benefits and problems of remote and hybrid conferences, and what the changes in recent years will mean for meetings going forward.
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