Struggling to Meet a Deadline? Japan's Manuscript Writing Cafe is Here to Help
A cafe in Japan helps writers overcome their procrastination.
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Is Infrastructure Consolidation the Next Step? CCC Acquires Ringgold
Is Infrastructure Consolidation the Next Step? CCC Acquires Ringgold
In the light of CCCs acquisition of Ringgold last week, three Chefs, Phill Jones, Roger Schonfeld, and Todd Carpenter reflect on the motivations for the move and its implications for PIDs and organisational identifiers.
Open Access and the Direction Moving Forward
This post offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.
A Decade of Open Data in Research - Real Change or Slow Moving Compliance?
A Decade of Open Data in Research - Real Change or Slow Moving Compliance?
This post looks at the progress that's been made toward open research data -- what's been achieved, what still needs work, and what happens next?
Fraud and Peer Review
An interview that offers a discussion on the role of peer review in uncovering scientific fraud from the perspective of a historian of science.
Accelerating Open Research: A Multi-Stakeholder Discussion
Report on the recent SSP Publisher-Funder Task Force closed forum of funders, publishers, librarians and academics, who met to discuss how collaboration among stakeholder groups may accelerate a transition to open research.
Plan S and Scholarly Publishing: Some Lessons Learned
Review of a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S, asking what lessons have been learned?
Preprint Feedback is Here - Let's Make It Constructive and FAST
ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.
Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
"What Should a Conference Cost?": Lessons Learned from Another Year of Online Meetings
"What Should a Conference Cost?": Lessons Learned from Another Year of Online Meetings
This author offers lessons learned from year of running an online conference in 2021, designing a hybrid conference for 2022, and observing what event providers have offered and delegates have experienced.
How Do We Make Research Assessment More Responsible?
A report on the SSP Publisher-Funder Task Force's meeting of senior researchers, university administrators, funders, publishers, and representatives from other organizations on the topic of Responsible Research Assessment for the 21st Century.
Does Open Access Cannibalize Print Sales for Monographs?
This post describes a new research project which will look at the impact of open access on print monograph sales, particularly in light of the free access provided early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Other Diversity in Scholarly Publishing
After becoming a Scholarly Kitchen Chef back in July 2019, I have never stopped being amazed by the numerous dynamic issues and developments that scholarly publishing is dealing with. As a biologist by training, 'diversity' is the word that comes to mind.
Elsevier's ScienceDirect As Content Supercontinent?
Does today's news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
What's Your Vision for a New Model Library?
Members of the OCLC Research Team discuss their project examining changes to library work, collections, and engagement experiences and how they will lead to the future of libraries.
Our Societies, Journals, and the Narrative of Accessibility and Equity in Open Research
Our Societies, Journals, and the Narrative of Accessibility and Equity in Open Research
What can research societies do to improve accessibility and equity in Open Research? Haseeb Irfanullah suggests ways we can transform our outlook and efforts.
Market Consolidation and the Demise of the Independently Publishing Research Society
Market Consolidation and the Demise of the Independently Publishing Research Society
The last few years have been a period of rapid market consolidation in scholarly publishing. Here, a look at the ongoing demise of the independent research society publisher, as more and more continue to sign on with larger publishing partners.
What Can We Learn from One Million Open Access Articles?
Springer Nature has published 1,000,000 open access articles. Steven Inchcoombe discusses what they've learned during this process, and what it means for the future of open access.
Building the Social and Technical Infrastructures to Transform Research Data Sharing One Plenary at a Time
Building the Social and Technical Infrastructures to Transform Research Data Sharing One Plenary at a Time
Twice a year, members of the Research Data Alliance come together for a plenary meeting that brings together active working groups, interest groups, and communities of practice. Phill Jones virtually attended the 18th plenary from the comfort and (COVID) safety of his home office. These are some of his observations about research infrastructure, data standards and persistent identifiers.
Towards Standardizing Plain Language Summaries: The Open Pharma Recommendations
Towards Standardizing Plain Language Summaries: The Open Pharma Recommendations
A look into the value of providing plain language summaries in research papers, and the standards created for doing so.
Seeking Feedback on a Model Digital Preservation Policy, a Project of the NASIG Digital Preservation Committee
Seeking Feedback on a Model Digital Preservation Policy, a Project of the NASIG Digital Preservation Committee
A look at the NASIG Digital Preservation Policy and a request for comments.
Translating Digital Humanities Skills From College to Career
Sarah Ketchley and Lindsey Gervais discuss the value offered by programs in the digital humanities.
Building Bridges with the Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA)
Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) committee members champion the benefits of standardizing the transfer of papers between journals.
Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on How COVID-19 is Changing Open Access in Canada (Part 2)
Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on How COVID-19 is Changing Open Access in Canada (Part 2)
Part 2 of this series looking at open access developments in Canada examines the changing processes and infrastructure needs for open science.
Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on How COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)
Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on How COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)
A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.
Job Hunting with an "Invisible" Disability: A Conversation
This post is a conversation between Katy Alexander and Sylvia Hunter about job hunting with a disability in the publishing industry.
Is Scientific Communication Trustworthy?
Openness and politicization together have enabled public trust in science to erode. And science is insufficiently trustworthy. The scholarly communication sector must not ignore this situation.
Five Things You Need to Know About UKRI's New Open Access Policy
Victoria Ficarra and Rob Johnson offer insights into the new UKRI open access policy.
What (Not) to Do When Libraries Won't Get on Board
Why aren't libraries providing support for your open access or open science initiative? Be careful what you assume.
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