Universal Citations
Italian researchers may have discovered the solution to comparing citation impact across disciplines. Is the Impact Factor next?
Halloween Scholarship
The origins of Halloween, via video. Boo!
Big News, Small Newspaper
The Christian Science Monitor drops daily print. The big news may be that it still exists at all.
Subscription Toys
The subscription model retains many virtues, but making it work in the digital world requires new toys.
The 0.7% Book Settlement
For a fraction of their revenues, Google creates a win-win.
OpenID Goes Mainstream
Microsoft adopts OpenID in its Windows Live environment. Dick Hardt’s argument seems poised to win the day.
The Article Download Game
The Usage Factor may come with unanticipated consequences: article spam and malfeasance.
Mail Goggles Come to Google
Mail Goggles suggests something more, but might accidentally stop some happier souls from connecting.
Is the Facebook Platform Dead?
Once touted as Platform 2.0, Facebook is now suffocating its applications to make room for a new growth strategy every Web publisher should see coming.
Authors Seek Shelter
In the information tsunami, some of the best writers are seeking shelter, preferring intimacy and connection to broadcast and reach.
Breaking News
News is breaking. How it’s breaking holds lessons for customer-centric scholarly publishers.
Is Science Being Distorted?
A recent PLoS Medicine article claims that information economics distort science. But maybe it’s an obsession with journals distorting the views of the authors.
A Debate for the Ages
In great debates, it seems some things are either timeless or predictable. Watch this video to judge for yourself.
Business Model Mystery
Why would a business person ask an academic what the business model is? Strange days, indeed.
The Fractured Brand
Is your brand truly one brand in the digital world? Or has the new media space fractured it?