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The Scholarly Kitchen Podcast Episode 23: Jeffrey Mervis on the State of Science in the Trump Administration

The change of administrations in the United States was only 6 months ago but seems like much longer. Many things have changed in Washington with regard to science policy and the new administration’s orientation to science. Jeffrey Mervis, senior correspondent at Science magazine, talks with podcast host Michael Clarke about what has changed, what has not changed, and the implications of it all for science.

Missing the Target: The UK Scholarly Communications License

The UK Scholarly Communications License repeats many of the stumbles of the original monolithic and mandatory OA policies. We urge its proponents to slow down and learn from them instead.

Cabell’s New Predatory Journal Blacklist: A Review

Cabell’s International has stepped into the gap left by the demise of Beall’s List, providing a new predatory journal blacklist that promises to perform the function of identifying and calling out scam publishers more consistently and transparently. How is it doing so far?

Trouble at Hand — How Mobile Devices Perpetuate Weak Business Models

The rise of mobile is cementing business model expectations and driving new monopolies, but the ethics, incentives, and consequences of these models need to be considered.

Cell Theory and the Feuds Behind It

A look at the many personality conflicts behind the establishment of Cell Theory.

Revisiting Two Perspectives on Library-based University Presses

Point: Counterpoint — today we revisit a pair of posts from Joe Esposito and Rick Anderson looking at partnerships and collaborations between university libraries and university presses.

Have We Been Hacked By Sci-Hub?

Recent announcements from the creator of Sci-Hub raise the distinct possibility that Scholarly Publishers have been systematically compromised

Defining a New Content Type: The Exploratory Resource

Scholarly publishers have long thought in categories such as journals, monographs, textbooks, and reference. Reference as a category is splitting in two.

Tracking the Evolution of Reference Resources

A new study from Oxford University Press further documents the decline of reference resources, a category of scholarly material more than ready for an innovative era in its evolution.

The Invisible World of Schlieren Photography

A primer on an imaging technique that lets us visualize the invisible forces that surround us.

Ask The Chefs: If You Were A VC Investing In Scholarly Communications, Where Would You Be Placing Your Bets?

How do you know which technologies, tools, or best practices to incorporate into your organization? What if you had money to invest? Where would you place your bets? This month, we asked the Chefs that question. Come see what they said.

Guest Post: Toll-Free Links Should Be a Win for Everybody

Today’s Guest Post explores toll-free linking as a way for publishers to enable authors to share works published in subscription journals. Guest blogger Todd Reitzel has worked in publishing at several STM and social science associations, most recently the Association for Psychological Science.

Study Reports Open Peer Review Attracts Fewer Reviews, Quality Suffers

Open online review has the potential to attract many more eyes to a new piece of research than conventional peer review. In reality, it may do far worse in attracting the eyes you want.

The Trance of Dysfunction — Why Trolls Have Come to Dominate Discourse

Trolls dominate for many reasons — economics, technology, our predilection for sordid entertainment. But they’ve chilled online discourse and damaged civil exchanges, even making some publishers reluctant to take full advantage of the potential of the Internet. Are we ready for v2.0 of commenting?

Gone Fishing — Fourth of July

We’re off this week for the Fourth of July, see you next week.