In 2023 we twice assessed the social media landscape and with the explosion of Bluesky over the last weeks it seemed a good time to reassess. How do Chefs use social media differently now, and what are they seeing as platforms of choice or opportunity?
In today’s post is a Kitchen Essentials interview, Anita Bandrowski, CEO and Co-founder of SciCrunch, talks to Alice Meadows about what they do and why it’s important, her thoughts on working in scholarly infrastructure, and more…
Digital accessibility to the scholarly communications process is core to providing equitable access to the literature.
As artificial intelligence begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of the biggest challenges facing publishers?
As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?
A new survey seeks to better understand the risks and benefits of GenAI in the discovery ecosystem.
If we want to broaden the audience base for research outputs, then authors need to explore more visual formats for readers to consume. The graphical abstract is one such format.
In today’s post Alice Meadows shares a case study of community engagement in Ireland as part of the country’s plans to develop a national persistent identifier (PID) strategy
Users (human and machine) are accessing scholarly content in new ways, challenging traditional usage analytics models. In this guest post, Tim Lloyd outlines the challenges ahead in quantifying usage.
In today’s Peer Review Week post we hear perspectives on innovation and technology in peer review from a diverse group of users from different countries and disciplines.
Peer review needs reform. AI systems can act as assistants, providing valuable feedback for both reviewers and editors.
Leading into Peer Review Week 2024, we ask the Chefs: What is, or would be, the most valuable innovation in peer review for your community?
AI-generated content has been discovered in prominent journals. Should peer reviewers be expected to find AI text in manuscripts? Where in the publication workflow should these checks be done?
In today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer for STM Solutions about his organization and his career in scholarly infrastructure
In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Alice Meadows talks to Brian Cody, CEO of Scholastica, a provider of software solutions for scholarly organizations — of all types — that publish journals.