Business models for publishers fall into four broad categories, defined by how revenue is generated. Some classes of content lend themselves to one model over another.
Authors use movies and songs to inspire the titles of their papers, often to unintentionally silly effect.
A new study suggests that reference works can be created cheaply and effectively through only mildly organized collaborations. Have we been missing a critical contribution of peer-review? Does it suggest that post-publication won’t review won’t be very effective?
A debate at PSP reveals much, especially after it ends.
Full of experimental biases and important omissions, what can be learned from the Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP) survey of scientists?
While the JofUR may represent a culmination of many trends in publishing, there’s still room for improvement.
“Free” is an illusion and an insult. All information we want costs money, and we as creators want it to cost money.
A study showing that randomized controlled trials don’t cite much of the preceding literature suggests there’s a problem, but it’s unclear exactly what the problem is.
Books take the shape of their containers, and the containers in turn shape the kinds of books we create. The new ebook containers have different affordances, which must be studied to develop a successful ebook program.
Now that the vaccine-autism link has been shown to be based on a fraud, will ego continue to trump humility in the face of evidence?
When Nature goes head-to-head with PLoS, will non-profit society publishers take the hit?
Wikipedia’s 10th anniversary must be acknowledged, and its seismic, worldwide redefinition of the reference work recognized.
As new analytical tools emerge, editors can harness them to advance their craft — or find their craft automated out of their hands.
The truth isn’t disintegrating, but perhaps weaker or ad hoc theoretical frameworks are dissolving more quickly these days.
Why hasn’t scientific publishing been disrupted? The question created one of the year’s most-read posts.