The Scholarly Kitchen
Archive for October 2011
Vanishing Ghost Authorship
The prevalence of ghost authorship in the medical literature may be in decline, a new study reports. Is the issue really social or is authorship partly a problem of definition? Continue reading
Quantum Levitation — Turning Your World Upside-Down
When science breaks your brain, it’s time to acknowledge its power once again. Continue reading
Red, Green, and Blue — The Library Classification System Parody
Full of “all kinds of odd mappings between the categories and the world they describe,” library organizational systems get a jolly send-up in this pre-Google British comedy sketch. Continue reading
Content as Commodity — Price Elasticity and New Business Models
The commodity nature of the OA service seems to predict certain structural aspects, including lower prices and bigger journals. Continue reading
Some Tough Love for Authors
Readers and the law determine how works are used, not authors. And while this can feel like a shock in the age of e-books and other electronic resources, online information has only revealed a long-standing set of truisms about published works. Continue reading
Governance and the Not-for-profit Publisher
The governance of not-for-profit publishing entities plays a large role in those entities’ success or failure. Continue reading
Should Journals Sell Reprints?
Article reprints can be a considerable source of income for some medical journals and there is some worry that this source of income presents a conflict of interest for publishers. Continue reading
SSP Annual Meeting — A Call for Participation
Now is your chance to shape the SSP program as a speaker or session organizer. The Call for Participation is open now through November 11, and we want to hear from you with a proposal for a session you would like to see, organize, or lead. Continue reading
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2011 — Global, Mobile, and Immersive
Once again, Mary Meeker has presented her Internet trends, and once again, they are fascinating. Subtitled, “We Aren’t in Kansas Anymore . . .,” the data Meeker presents paints a picture of an online world — literally. More users come from outside the US, more time is spent on social media in at least a … Continue reading
The Qwikflip 780: Netflix Trails Only HP in the New Olympic Sport of Corporate Strategy Flipping
The way Netflix unbundled DVD-by-mail and streaming video services, flipped branding strategies, and made it all a public show created a focus on strategic inflection points and betting for the long-term. Continue reading
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