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Open Access – Keeping It Real

Like rock and roll, Open Access is here to stay but, as with rock and roll, it doesn’t always live up to its own hype. Continue reading »

Austerity Research — When Ideology and Polemicism Overwhelm Facts and Logic

An economics paper’s failings in substance and pre-publication and post-publication processes holds many lessons, not the least of which is about the poisonous environment of discourse we have allowed to form. Continue reading »

The Personality of a Publisher

While we tend to think of publishing as an attempt to make objectively true comments about the quality of research, in fact publishing is driven by personality. Services that try to eliminate such personality are likely to see personality reassert itself in other ways. Continue reading »

Research Integrity – More Questions Than Answers

The digital world increases the need to distinguish good information from bad, and despite multiple approaches, we still have a patchwork approach — but more attention is being paid. Continue reading »

Do We Need a Consumer Reports of Journals, Written by the Authors?

A proposal for a community site to review author experiences at various journals suggests the need for a new player in the trust economy of journals. Continue reading »

Impact Crater — Does DORA Need to Attack the Impact Factor to Reform How It Is Used in Academia?

A new declaration to improve research assessment practices shoots wide of the mark and reveals some misunderstandings on behalf of many of those involved. Continue reading »

High Noon — A Publisher Threatens to “Lunch” a Criminal Case Against Librarian Critic

Another publisher sues a librarian for opinions expressed on a blog. This time, the publisher is demanding $1 billion in damages and $10,000 for having to write the threatening letter in the first place. Continue reading »

Signal Distortion — Why the Scholarly Communication Economy Is So Weird

Incomplete signals in the scholarly publishing marketplace create problems for every participant. What is the path forward? Continue reading »

The Limits of Crowdsourcing in the Scientific Disciplines

Social networking and crowdsourcing have attributes that may make them both incompatible with the goals and process of science. Can we accept that? Continue reading »

It’s Not 1995 Again — Why the Threats from the New Big Players May Be Much More Significant This Time

Eighteen years ago, Mosaic ushered in the potential for a sea-change in publishing based on technological prowess and scale. Today, the “open” label covers a set of disparate incentives under a single blanket, one that funders, government, and technology companies are all under, each for its own reason. Continue reading »

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