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Diamond Open Access Needs Institutions, Not Heroes
What would it mean to support community-led publishing as infrastructure, rather than as a collection of heroic individual efforts?
So... IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on NeuroImage and Imaging Neuroscience
So... IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on NeuroImage and Imaging Neuroscience
Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity
Is open scholarship an honest signal of researcher integrity? Preliminary evidence suggests that data and code sharing, preprinting, and other open behaviors are indeed less common in papermill articles.
Replacing Public Doubt with Public Confidence: Experiments in Building Trust at Science
Replacing Public Doubt with Public Confidence: Experiments in Building Trust at Science
If more research is openly available than ever before, and open is framed as a way to build trust, why isn't public trust in science at an all-time high?
From Language Barrier to AI Bias: The Non-Native Speaker's Dilemma in Scientific Publishing
From Language Barrier to AI Bias: The Non-Native Speaker's Dilemma in Scientific Publishing
For decades, researchers with English as an additional language have faced systemic disadvantages in publishing. AI writing tools promise relief, yet, they also bring new risks into science.
Three Years After the Launch of ChatGPT, Do We Know Where This Is Heading?
Nearly three years after ChatGPT's debut, generative AI continues to reshape scholarly publishing. While workflows are becoming more efficient, the long-term impact on research creation and evaluation remains uncertain.
Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem
An inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater than the sum of the parts.
Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher's Role in Service of the Reader
Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher's Role in Service of the Reader
Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus
Five developments that illustrate how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.
Tackling Science's 'Nasty Photoshop Problem'
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?
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.