Peer Review in a Baker’s Dozen
A Baker’s Dozen TSK posts that address issues central to diversity, the theme of Peer Review Week 2018. We hope these will get your reading, thinking and commenting!
Eight Ways to Tackle Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
We continue our Peer Review Week celebrations with a roundup of articles about bias, diversity, and inclusion in peer review, by Alice Meadows, including eight lessons we can all learn from them
Clear, Blue Sky: The Environment for Diversity in Peer Review
To kick off Peer Review Week 2018, Alice Meadows and Karin Wulf — guest editors for this week — share their vision of the environmental requirements for a diverse and inclusive peer review ecosystem.
A New Approach to Article Sharing: Interview with Maria Ritola of Iris.ai
Learn about a new approach to article sharing in this interview with Maria Ritolo, co-founder of Iris.ai, developer of R4R — a tool that enables researchers to more easily share their research on request.
Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion: An Interview with Vicky Williams, CEO Emerald Publishing
We all know that our community — and our society — face major challenges around diversity and inclusion. Many of us are committed to tackling these challenges at the individual level, but what are organizations doing? In this interview, Vicky Williams, CEO of Emerald Publishing, shares their experiences of addressing diversity and inclusion as a company.
#PeerReviewWeek18 Is Coming!
Peer Review Week 2018 takes place September 10-15. Find out more about the theme, how you can get involved, and what we will be doing to celebrate here on The Scholarly Kitchen in this post by Alice Meadows
The Scholarly Kitchen at Ten: Results of our First Readership Survey
Earlier this year we carried out our first readership survey and today we are happy to share the preliminary results in this post by Alice Meadows, one of the group responsible for the survey.
Collaboration to Improve Scholarship
The last morning of this year’s Fiesole Library Collection Retreat focused on the important topic of collaboration to improve scholarship. Read more in today’s post from Alice Meadows.
SSP: The Next Generation
How can we ensure that SSP continues to be “the community for everyone engaged in scholarly publishing”? As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations, today we’re hearing from a range of early career professionals about their own career aspirations, and the role that SSP can play in helping them develop and thrive in a constantly changing landscape.
Celebrating SSP at 40: A Conversation between Emma Brink and Sue Kesner
To celebrate SSP’s 40th anniversary celebrations this week, join Sue Kesner (Copyright Clearance Center and former SSP President) and Emma Brink, an early career professional at Wiley in conversation about what SSP means to them.
A Woman’s Worth: Examining the Gender Pay Gap among UK Scholarly Publishers
It’s a well-known secret that women are paid less than men — in scholarly publishing as in other sectors — but the UK government’s recent legislation requiring organizations with more than 250 employees to publish their gender pay gap provides valuable data on just how much of a gap there is…
Everything* You Always Wanted To Know About Blockchain (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Love it or loathe, blockchain is making the headlines everywhere! But what exactly is it? Does it really have a role to play in scholarly communications? If so, what and how? In this interview, Joris van Rossum (Digital Science) and Martijn Roelandse (Springer Nature) answer these questions and more.
The Scholarly Kitchen 10th Anniversary Survey
Ending our week-long celebration of The Scholarly Kitchen’s first decade, we are delighted to launch our first-ever readership survey. Find out how you can give us your feedback!
Celebrating SSP at 40: Let’s Paint the Town Red!
We’re getting ready to paint the town red in celebration of SSP’s 40th anniversary this year! Find out more about our plans and how you can get involved.
Getting the PID Word Out — At PIDapalooza and Beyond…
Outreach was the word of the moment at PIDapalooza 2018. So how can we improve persistent identifier adoption and usage by researchers?