Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus
In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.
Why Should Publishers Conserve Nature?
What role does/could scholarly publishing play in nature conservation?
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.
Ethics In Scholarly Publishing Is More Than Following Guidelines
Without understanding the dimensions of ethics in scholarly communications, our attempts at improving the system through tools and training may not be effective and sustainable.
Scholarly Publishing: The Elephant (And Other Wildlife) In The Room
Journal-based scholarly communication needs a structural change
Sustainability: When Being Small Is Big Enough To Create A Legacy
How can smaller publishers support the Sustainable Development Goals?
Peer Review Week 2024: Ask the Chefs
Leading into Peer Review Week 2024, we ask the Chefs: What is, or would be, the most valuable innovation in peer review for your community?
Understanding Resilience in Scholarly Publishing
In a world full of natural and man-made shocks and stresses, we need to be resilient against those affecting the academic publishing ecosystem.
Point/Counterpoint on the Framing of DEIA Efforts: Should We Separate the Personal from the Professional?
Today we offer a double-post, with a proposal and a response concerning how we frame our efforts toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as a community.
Trust in Scholarly Publishing
How do we define, track, and measure trust in scholarly publishing?
Ask The Chefs: cOAlition S’s “Towards Responsible Publishing”
We asked the Chefs to weigh in with their thoughts on the new “Towards Responsible Publishing” manifesto from cOAlition S.
Building a Voluntary Contribution Transaction System
Here I propose a framework for a Voluntary Contribution Transaction system to recognize the voluntary contributions in the scholarly workflow and to give tangible benefits to the volunteers.
Ending Human-Dependent Peer Review
Human-dependent peer review is inequitable, suffers from injustice, and is potentially unsustainable. Here’s why we should replace it (eventually) with AI-based peer review.
Ask the Chefs: What is the Single Most Pressing Issue for the Future of Peer Review?
What is the single most pressing issue for the future of peer review in scholarly publishing? In advance of Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs.
AI Beyond the Publishing Workflow
What uses for artificial intelligence (AI) might we expect outside of the publication workflow? Some answers to this question can be found through the lenses of sustainability, justice, and resilience.