[…] DOI that will be then passed on to the VoR, and as a result they can accrue citations. Figure 2. Workflow from acceptance to issue publication. Barring MDPI, peer review appears static MDPI is a fast-growing and controversial publisher. It […]
[…] what was involved in developing the PRW? Responsibly sharing manuscript metadata at scale requires knowledge, experience, infrastructure, and a well-designed workflow. Through our experience with the PEERE project, and based on the advice and knowledge of that group, we learned […]
[…] (do ‘X’ or we won’t publish this manuscript) when authors can be compelled to comply with a funder data sharing policy. A potential workflow would see journals pass ‘in review’ articles to a third party to assess compliance with the relevant funder policies, and […]
[…] trust in research by making peer review policies and processes (e.g., ethical guidelines, type of peer review, revise and resubmit workflows) transparent for all parties involved, including the users of the work. Without transparent assessment processes either before, during, or […]
[…] fees. Further, the practice of making openly available all the steps of the research project lifecycle, including code written, data, workflows, etc., democratizes research, increases reproducibility, and avoids duplications of effort. Acknowledge a broad range of activities: different types of […]
[…] portfolio? That’s right. Our experience building new digital products and evolving our publishing platforms has made us acutely aware of workflow issues faced by students and researchers working across publisher platforms. In this new area of innovation at SAGE we […]
[…] credible community-based venture. Peer review is no longer strictly a pre-publication exercise. It can now be a part of post-publication workflow, even an action taken before data collection. To overcome the challenges around peer reviewers’ availability, quality of review, and […]
Editor’s Note: Over the last week, we’ve had two posts looking at the potential changes to the research communication workflow that are now emerging as preprints become a more accepted part of the landscape. Tim Vines suggests that preprints may […]
[…] interfere in the process of scholarly communication? To be specific, does the interplay of different identities in the scholarly publishing workflow make essential steps like peer review less objective? Though this may sound contradictory, only by embracing these identities can […]
[…] including start-ups, which support different aspects of scholarly publishing — from helping authors to check manuscript language to improving journals’ workflow to creating opportunities to enhance journals’ profile — also work with wide range of volunteers at different capacities (e.g., […]
[…] bold and opt-in if you’re ever presented with the opportunity to participate in open peer review, or other new peer-review workflow models. Open review is designed to increase transparency in peer review and give power back to the community by […]
[…] larger companies whose goal was to achieve the scale necessary to bring the content online. Second Wave – 2010s – Workflow and Open Access By the second decade, many societies and publishers relied on vendor software to support editorial workflows […]
Cell Press recently announced a new initiative called Community Review. The initiative tackles the core inefficiency of the current peer review system: articles often have to be reviewed at multiple journals before finding the right place where they ‘fit’. This […]
[…] fact that publishers have succeeded over the past two decades in reaping 100% of the efficiencies from digital media and workflows and shared none of that with authors. This will continue. More authors will find their way to smaller publishers […]
[…] transparency, reproducibility, and reuse of contents used and generated. Preprints are now one of the first steps in the publishing workflow. The responsibility for trustworthy behavior here falls upon the author. This can be enriched with the sharing of data, […]