A Look Under the Hood of Scopus AI: An Interview with Maxim Khan
To learn about how Scopus AI works under the hood, we interview Elsevier Sr. VP of Analytics Products and Data Platform, Maxim Khan.
A Successful Start to a New Festival of Identifiers: PIDfest 2024
In this post by Todd Carpenter, Phill Jones, and Alice Meadows, you can read all about PIDfest, which brought together nearly 400 persistent identifier users and providers from around the world (in person in Prague, and virtually).
The Case for Probabilistic Metadata
Moving from a binary right/wrong view of metadata to a probabilistic framework brings many benefits
The World of Competitive Excel eSports
Think you’re pretty handy with Excel? Wait until you see the world of professional spreadsheet competitors.
Towards Conversational Discovery: New Discovery Applications for Scholarly Information in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
How is generative AI moving us towards conversational discovery and what does this mean for publishing and future trends in information discovery?
Guest Post: Jagged Edges of Conversational Interfaces Over Scholarly and Professional Content
The gaps in capability of AI will narrow over time, but publishers and end users need education on those gaps to make investment decisions and to confidently utilize Generative AI tools effectively.
Guest Post: The STM Integrity Hub — Connecting the Dots in a Dynamic Landscape
An update on progress from the STM Research Integrity Hub.
The Interplay Between Copyright Licensing and Exclusive Rights; AI Edition
In copyright law, the existence of licensing options impacts upon a rights owners exclusive rights.
A Case Study: Investing in Open Scholarly Infrastructure in Ireland Will Save Time and Money. It’ll Also Be Good for Research.
National PID strategies are on the rise. In this post, Phill Jones reports the findings of cost-benefit analysis of investment in PIDs and research infrastructure in Ireland.
Ask the Community: What Do Campus Disability Services Staff Most Want Publishers to Know?
We asked Campus Disability Services leaders, “What would you most like Publishers to know?”
Guest Post: The Future of Image Integrity in Scientific Research
As high profile cases about image integrity problems in scientific papers become more frequent, the community must consider how to overcome the issues with the manual image review process and the benefits of AI in rapidly detecting, and potentially preventing, these issues.
Tracking Research Facilities in Science: A CSIRO/CHORUS Pilot Sets Sail
A new CSIRO/CHORUS project seeks to improve tracking of the use of research faciilities and their impact.
Guest Post — Navigating the Drift: Persistence Challenges in the Digital Scientific Record and the Promise of dPIDs
The internet was not designed to provide a permanent digital record of scientific research. This post looks at current approaches to addressing the shortcomings of the existing Internet technology, identify remaining bottlenecks, and suggest how they could be resolved. Upgrades to the backbone of the scientific record could go a long way toward addressing the replication crisis and the increasing challenges for publishers to spot fake research.
The BTO Goes Electric
A landmark musical event, as the Boston Typewriter Orchestra breaks new ground.
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Categorizing Mental Health Research
Hélène Draux presents the first of a two-part effort to chart the topography of mental health scholarship. Here, established methods, including pre-existing classifications are employed.