Ask the Chefs: Making Sense of Changing US Policies
We asked the Chefs to weigh in on the policy chaos emerging from Washington over the last ten days.
Molecular Connections Buys Morressier
Molecular Connections has purchased Morressier. Analysis from Roger C. Schonfeld.
Guest Post: Finding Your Voice in a Ventriloquist’s World – AI and Writing
What are prompts in our writing tools asking us if we want to “rewrite with AI” really telling us? And what would broad adoption of those tools mean for creativity and scholarly research communication?
Mental Health Mondays: Occupational Burnout Prevention and Recovery
What is burnout, and how can individuals, as well as companies combat this systemic workplace problem?
Grammarian vs. Errorist
A battle to the death, the Grammarian versus the Errorist. Who will triumph?
Guest Post: Reflections from The Munin Conference Part Three – Measuring Impact
This is the third and final article in a guest series reflecting on the main themes and ideas gathered and discussed at The Munin Conference at the end of 2024. Today’s focus is measuring impact.
Guest Post: Reflections from The Munin Conference Part Two – Open Science
This is the second article of three in a guest series reflecting on the main themes and ideas gathered and discussed at The Munin Conference at the end of 2024. Today’s focus is Open Science.
Guest Post: Reflections from The Munin Conference Part One – Bibliodiversity
This is the first article of three in a guest series reflecting on the main themes and ideas gathered and discussed at the Munin Conference at the end of 2024. Today’s focus is bibliodiversity.
Does Altering A Dataset Merit Retraction?
Self-archiving on personal sites is perfectly permitted under many journal data policies. But what happens when an author alters the underlying data?
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., and Sage Forge a New Relationship
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., an independent publisher focused on cutting edge biotechnology research, has been acquired by Sage. In this interview, the company’s namesake shares her future vision of the company under Sage ownership as well as her reflections on over 40 years of STM publishing.
Guest Post: An Editor’s Perspective on “My Very Last Issue.”
BMJ’s Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace reflects on changes in publishing that are making important work harder to do.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Stephanie Dawson, ScienceOpen
For today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Stephanie Dawson, CEO of ScienceOpen, about her thoughts on and experience of research infrastructure, as the leader of an organization working in this space.
The Genesis and Purpose of the Forensic Scientometrics Declaration: An Interview with Dr. Leslie McIntosh
What is the Forensic Scientometrics Declaration, and how did it come about? An interview with Dr. Leslie McIntosh.
Good Good Boy Alert: The Dogs of 2024
Before the chaos of 2025 really kicks in, luxuriate in the dogs of 2024.
AI and Content — The 2024 Trend that Wasn’t and the Related Opportunity that Exists
As a result of EU law and other factors, rights holders are reserving their AI rights. This material is available for AI training/licensing.