Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested?
To kick off Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs, What’s a bold experiment with AI in peer review you’d like to see tested?
Rise of the Machine Readers: What They Really Want to Read
As AI becomes a major consumer of research, scholarly publishing must evolve: from PDFs for people to structured, high-quality data for machines.
Subscribe-to-Open Is Doomed. Here’s Why.
A scholarly communication ecosystem that relies on voluntary support rather than charging for access to content becomes radically less capable of keeping money in the system.
Guest Post — Fear, Learning, and Luddites: Opportunities to Lead the AI Revolution
Scholarly communications leaders have the opportunity to turn AI uncertainty into discovery.
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Matthew Kissner
Robert Harington talks to Matt Kissner, CEO of Wiley, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
Picnic Awareness: Lightning and Watermelons Do Not Mix
A public service announcement about the dangers of picnics in thunderstorms.
Dispensed With A Matronly Air: Trust and AI
BBC Maestro has delivered a writing course taught by a speaking and moving on-screen image of Agatha Christie. Did the AI behind it succeed?
Defending the “Walled Garden”: Yes, Academic Libraries Actually Should Focus on the Needs of Their Host Institutions
Academic libraries’ first and most fundamental obligation is to support the work of their host institutions. This doesn’t preclude global engagement, but may put constraints upon it.
Chatting at the Kitchen Table about India’s ONOS Deal
India’s recently announced One Nation, One Subscription plan is in some ways an audacious step into the future and, in other ways, an embrace of the past. What are its implications?
Access to Science & Scholarship: An Interview with Amy Brand of MIT Press
On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship: An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and outcomes of the workshop.
Disruption As an End in Itself: eLife’s Suspension and DORA’s Response
DORA’s reaction to Clarivate’s decision to no longer fully index eLife (and, therefore, not to give it a Journal Impact Factor) seems inconsistent with both its and eLife’s public positions, and based on the mistaken belief that “disruption” is an absolute good in itself.
The Important Questions of Our Time — What if….
As we enter the bleak months of winter, now is the time to ponder the really important questions, like, what would happen if every person on earth shined a laser pointer on the moon?
Guest Post — Overcoming Skepticism Through Experimentation: The Role of AI in Transforming Peer Review
AI offers great potential, but also raises significant concerns when it comes to its use in peer review. Experimentation with AI is needed to find the right role for it in the process.
PLOS’s Next Big Thing
In this post, Alice Meadows shares some thoughts about PLOS’s recently announced R&D project to help overcome the lack of recognition for Open Science contributions, and the lack of affordability for researchers.
Guest Post: Improving Methods Reporting in the Life Sciences
What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.