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Research That's Not in English Often Goes Unread - Leaving Massive Data Blind Spots
English is the lingua franca of science - but as a result, science published in languages other than English often goes unread.
Transforming the Transformative Agreement
Brigitte Shull from Cambridge University Press looks at the lessons learned so far from transformative agreements and how they continue to evolve.
Revisiting: How Traditional Publishing Works
Revisiting a 2018 primer on the business side of publishing. The defining property of traditional publishing is editorial selection. That is what publishing is about.
Wiley Acquires Editorial Services Group
Scholarly publishing powerhouse purchases editorial services group raising questions about industry comfort with using publisher owned services.
Publication Outperformance Among Global South Researchers: An Analysis of Individual-Level and Publication-Level Predictors of Positive Deviance
Publication Outperformance Among Global South Researchers: An Analysis of Individual-Level and Publication-Level Predictors of Positive Deviance
Research and development are central to economic growth, and a key challenge for countries of the global South is that their research performance lags behind that of the global North. Yet, among Southern researchers, a few significantly outperform their peers and can be styled research "positive deviants" (PDs). This paper asks: who are those PDs, what are their characteristics and how are they able to overcome some of the challenges facing researchers in the global South?
Citation Patterns Between Impact-Factor and Questionable Journals
Citation Patterns Between Impact-Factor and Questionable Journals
One of the most fundamental issues in academia today is understanding the differences between legitimate and questionable publishing. This study's findings show that neither the impact factor of citing journals nor the size of cited journals is a good predictor of the number of citations to the questionable journals.
Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI: An Interview with Darrell Gunter
Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI: An Interview with Darrell Gunter
Today features an interview with Darrell W. Gunter, editor of the new book Transforming Scholarly Publishing With Blockchain Technologies and AI.
Revisiting: Theory of the E-book
Joe Esposito revisits his 2012 post on the unstated theory of the e-book, which assumes that a book consists only of its text and can be manipulated without regard to the nature and circumstances of its creation.
81% of Horizon 2020 Papers Were Published in Open Access Journals
81% of Horizon 2020 Papers Were Published in Open Access Journals
More than 80% of scientific papers stemming from Horizon 2020 funded projects were published in open access journals, according to the European Commission in a new report.
The North is Drawing the South Closer, But, This is Not the Whole Picture of Geographical Inclusion
The North is Drawing the South Closer, But, This is Not the Whole Picture of Geographical Inclusion
Geographical inclusion in scholarly publishing needs to do more than just drawing the Global South closer to the Global North.
Unpacking The Altmetric Black Box
Article Attention Scores for papers don't seem to add up, leading one to question whether Altmetric data are valid, reliable, and reproducible.
Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing
This substantive work from John B. Thompson provides a historical overview and analysis of technological and legal challenges to publishing practices in the 21st century.
Why We Should All Care About Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion
Why We Should All Care About Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusion
Learn how two early career publishers are tackling the thorny issue of pay equity and inclusion in today's interview with Rebecca Bostock (Ohio State UP) and Dominique J Moore (University of Illinois Press).
More Unintended Consequences: How the Plan S Transformative Journal Route Favors Larger Incumbent Publishers
More Unintended Consequences: How the Plan S Transformative Journal Route Favors Larger Incumbent Publishers
For smaller and independent publishers, the Transformative Journal route to Plan S compliance seems like a viable option. At least until you see the reporting requirements.
Digital Transformation Requires Cultural Evolution
Turns out, digital transformation is actually more human than technical. Learn more in these case studies from Emerald and De Gruyter.
Happy Birthday to the EBook!
On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.
Preprints Are Not Going to Replace Journals
At a recent meeting, a debate was held on the motion: Preprints are going to replace journals. The author was asked to oppose the motion and this post is based on their arguments.
Of Brown M&M's and Publishing in Academic Journals
Why did a certain band eliminate brown M&M's from their dressing room? And what does that have to do with the formatting requirements at some journals? This article explains.
Journal Impact Factor Gets a Sibling That Adjusts for Scientific Field
But critics worry the metrics remain prone to misuse.
What's Wrong with Paying for Peer Review?
Lots of things are wrong with paying for peer review.
Introducing a Novelty Indicator for Scientific Research: Validating the Knowledge-Based Combinatorial Approach
Introducing a Novelty Indicator for Scientific Research: Validating the Knowledge-Based Combinatorial Approach
In this study, a novelty indicator to quantify the degree of citation similarity between a focal paper and a pre-existing same-domain paper from various fields in the natural sciences is applied by proposing a new way of identifying papers that fall into the same domain of focal papers using bibliometric data only.
ELife Announces New Approach to Publishing in Medicine
By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.
Scientific Publishing Needs to Embrace the Rapid Correction
Scientific publishing needs to stop treating error-checking as a slightly inconvenient side note and make it a core part of academic research.
Hundreds of Gibberish Papers Still Lurk in the Scientific Literature
Hundreds of Gibberish Papers Still Lurk in the Scientific Literature
The nonsensical computer-generated articles, spotted years after the problem was first seen, could lead to a wave of retractions.
Frosty Reception for Algorithm That Predicts Research Papers' Impact
A mathematical model designed to forecast the success of biotechnology papers has drawn criticism from researchers.
Research Lobbies Lock Horns with Science Publishers over Open Access
Research Lobbies Lock Horns with Science Publishers over Open Access
Nearly 900 universities, research organisations, and funding agencies want science publishers to be more transparent and abide by open access rules, after scientists complained their submissions are rejected if they apply a public copyright licence to accepted manuscripts.
Research Findings That Are Probably Wrong Cited Far More Than Robust Ones
Academics suspect that papers with grabby conclusions are waved through more easily by reviewers.
Scientific Publishing Is a Joke
An "XKCD" comic and its many remixes perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research.
Comparison of Preprints and Final Journal Publications from COVID-19 Studies
Comparison of Preprints and Final Journal Publications from COVID-19 Studies
A comparison of preprints and their final journal publications show discrepancies in results reporting and spins in interpretation.
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