Established publishers don’t have the luxury of start-ups of ignoring existing operations, which makes it harder to fully engage with the Web. But an established brand can help create an extended marketing network.
While e-readers continue to fail crucial tests for academic utility, the alternative hints at more robust devices, not a return to print.
The media’s flip coverage of science is certainly a problem — but atheoretical studies are a waste of everyone’s time.
A massive study of student papers by Turnitin reveals that many are copying text from Wikipedia and other user-generated sites, but it’s not clear in distinguishing text-matches from plagiarism.
Major social media plays in science hit the rocks, as hype hits reality and the culture of science.
Does an increase in article retractions signal a corrupt publishing system or just better policing?
The disintermediation of publishers and libraries is more difficult than many suppose, as each link in the value chain does in fact add value to the process of scholarly communications.
Education reform requires educators acting as media players and change agents. Can it happen?
An entire issue of a society’s newsmagazine is taken down, and an editor resigns, after a slightly uncomfortable attempt at humor. We’re talkin’ ’bout overreaction.
I knew there was something they weren’t telling me!
In many Chinese universities, authors are paid to publish. And the more prestigious the journal, the higher the reward.
Promises of more citations if authors pay are problematic in more ways than one.
Publishing supplemental files online now common, but commenting remains rare, a new study reports.
Does resisting the urge to go online at work lead to worse job performance?
The Google Books Settlement actually hit its second roadblock this week. Here’s why, and where matter might go from here.