Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Scholarly Societies and the Search for Relevance
Scholarly Kitchen chef Alice Meadows discusses the challenges, and opportunities, for scientific societies in an Internet era.
The Persistent Lure of the Impact Factor–Even for PLOS ONE
Despite a growing anti-Impact Factor movement, a quick look at readership and search query data shows a continued growth of interest in knowing journals’ Impact Factors, even for the journal where it may be the least relevant.
Dissertation Embargoes and the Rights of Scholars: AHA Smacks the Hornet's Nest
A recent statement by the American Historical Association is generating heated debate about the rights and best interests of junior scholars, the market dynamics for scholarly monographs, and the competing needs of publishers, libraries, authors, and readers.
Dynamic Visualization of Biomedical Journals 2003-2012
An animated bubble plot of nearly four-thousand biomedical journals over ten years reveals success, decline and the shifting nature of science publishing.
The Relationship Between Research and Publication, Or Why Libraries Should Buy More First Books Than Any Others
Publication in the humanities and social sciences isn’t the reporting of research. It’s the production of a compelling argument, based on a combination of research and interpretation.
Creative Person: Fred Rogers
As a former child and as a current parent, I feel I owe a great debt to Fred Rogers. Here’s a rare treat, a documentary about Mister Rogers from 1967, just before the national launch of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in […]
Meet PAGES — DOE’s Prototype Public Access System
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a prototype public access system that is designed to go to publisher’s websites.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Anita de Waard on the Semantic Web, Data, and Discovery
An expert on the semantic Web, structured markup, and the emerging area of research data services talks about the current state of play.
An Interview with Bob Weinschenk, CEO of SIPX
SIPX aims to simplify digital rights management for end users – faculty and students – while at the same time making life easier for the publishers and purchasers of the content
The Price of Posting — PubMed Central Spends Most of Its Budget Handling Author Manuscripts
New documents obtained via an ongoing FOIA request show that PubMed Central spends most of its money tagging author manuscripts, and that its stricter rules for NIH authors may double its costs.
Game of Papers: eLife, BMC, PLoS and EMBO Announce New Peer Review Consortium
eLife, BioMed Central (BMC), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) will be forming a new peer review consortium based around the concept of what eLife calls “portable peer review.”
Interview With Mike Rossner: On Scientific Integrity, Making Research Data Publicly Available and Routes to Open Access
An interview with MIke Rossner, former Director of Rockefeller University Press.
Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: Bibliometrics in an Age of Abundance
Chef Phil Davis discusses the current state of the art in analysis of citation, usage, and other information sources, and some of the opportunities and challenges for bibliometrics in a data-rich era.
The Issue Tree Structure of Expressed Thought
This article is about my research into the structure of what we say when we write or speak, and the logical form that underlies the discussion of complex issues.
The New Normal: Society Driven Innovation
There is much talk in publishing circles about disruption. What we are actually seeing unfold in our industry is not disruption, but innovation and evolution — or rather, adaption to the new normal.