The Year in Review: 2019 In The Scholarly Kitchen
As we sign off for 2019, a look back at the year in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Biology’s Impact on Counting Words
A short video about the words we use for counting and how biology influences both language and math.
Revisiting The Great Acceleration: A Technology Perspective
A reflection on the increasing rate of change in the technology space, enabled by the commoditization of compute capability and what the implications are for the world of scholarly publishing
Guest Post: Interesting Versus True? Measuring Transparency and Reproducibility of Biomedical Articles
Today’s guest post, by Anita Bandrowski and Martijn Roelandse, highlights some of the challenges – and opportunities – of evaluating the quality of research rather than its impact.
Will the Hybrid Journal Be Transformed by Plan S?
Plan S proposes criteria for the “transformative journal” – how are publishers responding?
Politics and Open Access
Robert Harington explores rumors circulating in recent weeks of an impending US Executive Order focusing on public access to federally funded research and open data.
A Rare Shared Cultural Experience and the Value of Inconvenience
When was the last time everyone you knew experienced the same piece of culture at the same time? Is the age of shared cultural experiences over?
Ask The Chefs: 2019 Lessons Learned
Looking forward to 2020, what did you learn in 2019 that might change your plans or actions going forward? How have you grown?
The Need to Simplify Indexing and Data Sharing
Indexing and metadata sharing are the lifeblood of scholarly journals. Even with services and infrastructure available to all journals, the effort needed to participate is not small. Journals that are self-published and on their own platforms need significant resources to implement metadata sharing and depositing. This guest post serves as a case study and provides suggestions for how to make it easier.
Why are Librarians Concerned about GetFTR?
Some were surprised GetFTR wasn’t immediately welcomed by the library community. @lisalibrarian analyzes why.
Room For One More? (Conference, That Is)
The last five years have seen a new wave of scholarly communications meetings and events. Read this roundup of some key ones and why they’re proving successful – by Alice Meadows.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 2
Episode 2 of the Early Career Podcast from the Society for Scholarly Publishing. Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme speak with Laura Ricci and Ian Mulvany about career progression.
TL;DR (That is, Too Long; Didn’t Read)
Do I really have to read all of that essay or monograph? Can’t artificial intelligence do the heavy lifting for me?
Are You Ready to ROR? An Inside Look at this New Organization Identifier Registry
What is the Research Organization Registry (ROR) and why do we need it? Learn more from the team behind it (CDL, Crossref, DataCite, and Digital Science) in this interview with Alice Meadows.
Publishers Announce a Major New Service to Plug Leakage
Today, a group of leading publishers is announcing a major new service to plug leakage, improve discovery and access, fight piracy, compete with ResearchGate, and position their platform for the OA ecosystem. This new service shows that publishers are finally beginning to address digital strategy in an environment that has steadily eroded their ability to monetize the value they create. Does it go far enough to reset the competitive environment?