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Guest Post — The Outlook for Data Sharing in Light of the Nelson Memo

What are the likely impacts of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo on data sharing for researchers and repositories?

  • By Dylan Ruediger
  • Sep 6, 2022
  • 1 Comment

Slow Down with Hummingbirds

As our community bursts into motion, we offer a moment to slow down.

  • By David Crotty
  • Sep 2, 2022
  • 3 Comments

Announcing Scholarly Kitchen Translation Collections

Announcing the first releases from our new program to create and offer translations of Scholarly Kitchen posts into different languages.

  • By David Crotty
  • Sep 1, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Ask The Chefs: OSTP Policy Part II

Day 2 of Chef reactions to the OSTP Policy memo. What are your thoughts? Share your views with the Scholarly Kitchen community.

  • By Ann Michael, Todd A Carpenter, Angela Cochran, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Karin Wulf, Michael Clarke
  • Aug 31, 2022
  • 7 Comments

Ask The Chefs: OSTP Policy Part I

Everyone has an opinion about the OSTP Policy memo! Come over and hear what the Chefs have to say and share your opinions with us. Part 1 of a 2 part post.

  • By Ann Michael, Tim Vines, Robert Harington, David Crotty, Tao Tao, Alison Mudditt
  • Aug 30, 2022
  • 15 Comments

A New OSTP Memo: Some Initial Observations and Questions

Some initial thoughts on the new OSTP memo on public access to results of federally funded research — and questions about its intent and implications.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 29, 2022
  • 35 Comments

Revisiting: Humanities Research Infrastructure is Great ROI

What brings humanities infrastructure together — whether materials-based (content) or process-based (projects) or tools-based (platforms and laboratories) — is an iterative process of knowledge creation. Revisiting a post from 2020.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Aug 23, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Revisiting — Should You “Revise and Resubmit”? Probably

Today Angela Cochran revisits a post from 2016 on “revise and resubmit” decisions and what it means for authors and editors. Do new peer review models or cascading programs change the use of “revise and resubmit”?

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Aug 22, 2022
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Who Cares About Publication Integrity?

No one questions the critical importance of a reliable biomedical literature, so why is achieving and maintaining publication integrity so fraught?

  • By Andrew Grey, Alison Avenell, Mark Bolland
  • Aug 18, 2022
  • 18 Comments

Still Ambiguous at Best? Revisiting “If We Don’t Know What Citations Mean, What Does it Mean When We Count Them”

If we don’t know what citations mean, what does it mean when we count them? Revisiting a 2015 (!) post in light of recent developments in citation metrics and impact.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Aug 17, 2022
  • 11 Comments

Guest Post — Has Peer Review Created a Toxic Culture in Academia? Moving from ‘Battering’ to ‘Bettering’ in the Review of Academic Research

Avi Staiman suggests revamping the peer review process to make it less about tearing down the work of others, and more about helping authors improve their papers.

  • By Avi Staiman
  • Aug 16, 2022
  • 31 Comments

Guest Post – Reducing the Burden of Diversity Tax: The Tax No One Talks About

In the first of a four-post series, we explore a side of DEIA efforts not often talked about: the phenomenon of diversity tax and its impact on marginalized individuals.

  • By Chhavi Chauhan, Shaina Lange, Tony Chen
  • Aug 8, 2022
  • 18 Comments

The Latest in Spider Necrobiotics

The latest in soft robotics research finds materials from an unexpected source.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • 1 Comment

Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science – A Book Review

Robert Harington reviews Fred Dylla’s book, Scientific Journeys: A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science, a collection of prose pieces that portray the author’s approach to a world of science and the science of the world.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Aug 4, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Tribalism, Fraud, and the Loss of Perspective in Alzheimer’s Disease Research

A recent data falsification scandal in Alzheimer’s research raises new questions about perverse incentives in the culture and practice of science.

  • By Phill Jones
  • Aug 2, 2022
  • 15 Comments
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