Journals Peer Review: Past, Present, Future
Peer review of journals has been evolving ever since it was first introduced in the seventeenth century. Today there are a multitude of peer review processes, many different flavors of…
Seven Things I Learned at the Eighth International Peer Review Congress
Around 600 attendees gathered in Chicago this week for the Eighth International Peer Review Congress (#PRC8). Held every four years, its focus is primarily on peer review in medical and…
Three Cheers for Ada Lovelace Day!
Hands up if you’ve heard of Ada Lovelace! If you have, chances are it’s because of the efforts of Suw Charman-Anderson, a long-time supporter of women in science, technology, engineering,…
Gender Bias in Peer Review: An Interview with Brooks Hanson and Jory Lerback
Earlier this year, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) published a study of gender bias — at all ages — in peer review. It concluded that: …women of all ages have…
Diversity and Inclusion at SSP: An Interview with Executive Director, Melanie Dolechek
You may have noticed an increase in posts about diversity and inclusion — and posts by a more diverse group of authors — on the Kitchen recently. This is part…
Illegitimate Journals and How to Stop Them: An Interview with Kelly Cobey and Larissa Shamseer
Earlier this year, David Moher, Larissa Shamseer, Kelly Cobey, and colleagues caused a bit of a stir when they published an article in Nature showing that, contrary to some (many?)…
Getting the PID Word Out — At PIDapalooza and Beyond…
On January 23-24, 150+ PID (persistent identifier) people from 23 countries across six continents gathered in Girona, Spain for the second PIDapalooza festival of persistent identifiers. Co-hosted by California Digital…
Celebrating SSP at 40: Let’s Paint the Town Red!
In case you hadn’t already heard, the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) — host society to The Scholarly Kitchen — is turning 40 in 2018, and you are all invited…
The Scholarly Kitchen 10th Anniversary Survey
All this week, we’ve been celebrating The Scholarly Kitchen‘s 10th anniversary. It was set up by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) in February 2008, with these goals: Keep SSP…
Everything* You Always Wanted To Know About Blockchain (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Blockchain seems to be the word of the moment — both in scholarly communications and elsewhere. And it elicits strong opinions, both positive and negative, even though many of us…
A Woman’s Worth: Examining the Gender Pay Gap among UK Scholarly Publishers
This post was co-authored with Lauren Kane, Chief Strategy and Operation Officer, BioOne It probably won’t come as news to anyone that there is a gender pay gap in scholarly…
Celebrating SSP at 40: A Conversation between Emma Brink and Sue Kesner
To celebrate the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP’s) 40th anniversary, I invited two members — at very different stages of their careers — to engage in a conversation about why…
Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion: An Interview with Vicky Williams, CEO Emerald Publishing
It’s almost exactly five years since I first wrote about diversity in scholarly publishing — specifically the lack of women in leadership roles in our profession. This issue and others…
A New Approach to Article Sharing: Interview with Maria Ritola of Iris.ai
Much has been written about article-sharing, here in the Kitchen and elsewhere. Many researchers expect — and want — to share their work with colleagues, before, during, and after publication….
Sharing and Recognizing Early Stage Research: An Interview with Sami Benchekroun of Morressier
There are plenty of opportunities for researchers to share their work for community feedback and reuse once they’ve written up the results — from preprints to publication and beyond. But…