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For an early start on Peer Review Week, we reached out to the SSP community to ask "Is research integrity possible without peer review?"
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.
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.
In the first of a four-post series, we explore: the phenomenon of diversity tax and its impact on marginalized individuals.
A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.
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?
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.
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.
A cafe in Japan helps writers overcome their procrastination.
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.
This post offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.
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?
An interview that offers a discussion on the role of peer review in uncovering scientific fraud from the perspective of a historian of science.
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.
Review of a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S, asking what lessons have been learned?
ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Does today's news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
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.
What can research societies do to improve accessibility and equity in Open Research? Haseeb Irfanullah suggests ways we can transform our outlook and efforts.
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.
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.
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.
A look into the value of providing plain language summaries in research papers, and the standards created for doing so.
A look at the NASIG Digital Preservation Policy and a request for comments.
