Weaponizing the Research Community
The research community is increasingly caught up in geopolitical events and strategies.
The New STM Integrity Hub
Interview with Joris van Rossum and Hylke Koers about the new STM Integrity Hub service launch and its potential future developments.
Guest Post: Open Access and the Direction Moving Forward
A.J. Boston offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.
A New Twist on a Publishing Scam: Ghost-authoring Book Reviews for Fun and Profit
In a new twist on academic fraud, a company now offers to pay you to write and publish book reviews that will be credited to someone else.
Fraud and Peer Review: An Interview with Melinda Baldwin
Robert Harington and Melinda Baldwin discuss whether peer review has a role to play in uncovering scientific fraud.
Guest Post – Plan S and Scholarly Publishing: Some Lessons Learned
Sally Ekanayaka reviews a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S and asks what lessons have been learned?
Libraries and the Contested Terrain of “Neutrality”
Are libraries “neutral”? That question is way too simplistic to serve as anything other than a political football.
Restoring the Version of Record
The restoration of a glorious portrait raises questions about the scholarly Version of Record.
How Do We Make Research Assessment More Responsible? – A Multi-stakeholder Discussion
A report on the SSP Publisher-Funder Task Force’s meeting of senior researchers, university administrators, funders, publishers, and representatives from other organizations on the topic of Responsible Research Assessment for the 21st Century.
Elsevier’s ScienceDirect as Content Supercontinent?
Does today’s news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
Revisiting — Journalism, Preprint Servers, and the Truth: Allocating Accountability
In light of the recent anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, we revisit Rick Anderson’s post on how journalists flag unsupported claims and blatant falsehoods, and whether preprint platforms should do the same.
Make Way for the Metaverse
This is where innovation happens, not among the gods on Mount Olympus but in small, tangible ways where people go about their lives and try to improve them a little bit at a time. We all work together, unknowingly, making things better, faster, cheaper.
Paving the Path: Considerations for Transformative Agreements
How do we lay down the layers of “pavement” that build up a quality scholarly communications system that is safe and durable and meets the capacity demands of the scholars of today and, equally importantly, tomorrow? @lisalibrarian
What (Not) to Do When Libraries Won’t Get on Board
Why aren’t libraries providing support for your open access or open science initiative? Be careful what you assume.
Revisiting: A 2008 Look at Open Access
A look back at Joe Esposito’s 2008 essay on Open Access — what has come to pass and what has changed since then?