For many of us, augmented reality is primarily associated with gaming and other forms of online entertainment. But it is also increasingly being used in scholarly publishing — in expected…
The lack of diversity at the top of pretty much every profession is well-documented, and scholarly communications is no exception. Compared with the number of women who work in our…
As a Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Board member, I am hugely proud of the progress our organization has made in recent years toward addressing issues around diversity, inclusion, and…
We’re delighted to end this year’s Peer Review Week celebrations by sharing some great community resources that you can use all year round! The Peer Review Week channel on YouTube…
Last week I had the pleasure of moderating a Scholarly Kitchen webinar* with several of my favorite scholarly communications colleagues on one of my — and their! — favorite topics,…
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has really put its money where its mouth is when it comes to addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Their most recent Diversity and…
We all know that there are many different ways that researchers contribute to progress beyond just the publication of their own results: peer review of all shapes and forms; serving…
As we say farewell to another Peer Review Week, here are some handy resources created by members of the Organizing Committee that you can use all year round! Peer Review…
The first PIDapalooza took place in Reykjavik, Iceland, just over four years ago, rather inauspiciously starting the day after the 2016 US elections. The primal scream that the 120 or…
This year’s Association of University Presses’ annual conference included a Collaboration Lab on Early Career Pay Equity and Inclusivity. Facilitators Rebecca (Becca) Bostock, Associate Editor and Subventions Coordinator at Ohio…
Today’s interview is with an organization that is very close to my heart! I first started to engage with DataCite while I was at ORCID, including working with them and…
Indigenous knowledge, defined by UNESCO as “the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings”, is increasingly — if belatedly — being…
It’s been great to see so many scholarly publishers — and the organizations they work with (societies and associations, vendors and infrastructure providers, industry organizations like SSP, and more) —…
Peer Review Week (PRW, September 19-23, 2022) is now in its eighth year, and it’s time to announce the theme for 2022! As usual, we’ll be celebrating with a week…
September is peer review month, with both the Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication (Chicago, September 8-10) and this year’s Peer Review Week (September 19-23) taking place…