First-Hand Publishing Experiences: Researcher Panel at SSP’s New Directions Seminar
A diverse panel of researchers shared their first-hand publishing experiences at the 2024New Directions seminar.
Scholarly Publishing: The Elephant (And Other Wildlife) In The Room
Journal-based scholarly communication needs a structural change
The Chicken or Egg Problem — Should Publishers Mandate Graphical Abstracts or Let Authors Lead the Way?
If we want to broaden the audience base for research outputs, then authors need to explore more visual formats for readers to consume. The graphical abstract is one such format.
Guest Post: Behind Every Paper is a Person – Reviewer Comments Matter
IOP Publishing offers a short video that draws attention to the importance of professional and constructive peer reviews.
Guest Post — Is AI the Answer to Peer Review Problems, or the Problem Itself?
Are there ways to use AI in the research workflow to speed up the peer review process — and, while we’re at it, to address some of the other problems around bias and quality?
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?
Ask the Community — Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers
Antitrust litigation has been filed against six major scholarly publishers. We reached out to the community for their thoughts.
Ensuring attribution is critical when licensing content to AI developers
Publishers should support scholarly authors by requiring license deals with AI developers include attribution in their outputs.
Resetting and Recharging Research Communications in the Sun of Los Angeles: A FORCE11 Conference Report
The FORCE11 conference at UCLA lays the groundwork to continue its efforts to transform research communications and e-scholarship.
Should Publishers Invoice Authors for Retraction Costs?
It is essential to address the hidden costs of retraction and to discuss who needs to bear this cost.
Guest Post — Never Waste a Good Crisis: A Conversation with Klaas Sijtsma, Former Rector Magnificus of Tilburg University
An interview with Klaas Sijtsma discussing the importance of statistical analysis in research integrity.
Woefully Insufficient Publisher Policies on Author AI Use Put Research Integrity at Risk
Do publishers really understand what tools researchers are using and how they are using them? Can we do more to create better policies based on real use cases and not hypothetical conjecture about what AI might do in the future?
Oxford Administrators Want OA Policy Removed from REF 2029. I Have an Even Better Idea.
Three Oxford administrators want to lower the cost of mandatory open access by shifting the responsibility for enforcement to funding agencies. But that doesn’t lower costs at all; it only shifts them. To truly lower costs, stop trying to make open access mandatory.
Guest Post — Elevating Scholarly Publishing through Collaboration: Insights from Publisherspeak US 2023 Part 2
Part two of a look back at the Publisherspeak meeting — today’s themes: metadata infrastructure and diversity in authorship and editorial processes.
Guest Post — Elevating Scholarly Publishing through Collaboration: Insights from Publisherspeak US 2023 Part 1
Part one of a look back at the Publisherspeak meeting — today’s themes: author experience (AX) and AI.