[…] in academia: Over 50% of respondents envision social applications “playing a key role in shaping nearly all aspects of research workflow” in the next 5 years Over 25% currently use social applications Nearly 25% (23%) believe social applications will have […]
[…] combining the strengths of both to enable speed with quality in service of research integrity and scholarly trust. Current Human-Led Workflow (Baseline) This model simulates today’s standard journal workflow: manual triage, human reviewer recruitment, and fully human reviews. It provides […]
[…] this interview, he answers some of our questions about this, as well as sharing his vision for decoupling the assertion workflow from the content workflow as one way to simplify the publication workflow for authors and publishers alike. What problems […]
A fresh mapping of open-science tools for the researcher workflow reveals numerous gaps and opportunities for software solutions in the name of scientific progress.
Research workflow providers can be expected to lock in researchers and universities to their products through a variety of tactics. This piece provides an overview of what is meant by lock-in and a taxonomy of approaches that may be pursued.
[…] comments don’t seem to support the decision recommendation they are making. How about a handy editor in the reviewer report workflow that nudges them about constructive feedback language? I guess my concern is that we seem singularly focused on products […]
[…] rationale for the unified vision is fairly obvious, and in many cases, it actually makes sense. Moving a lot of workflows and data into one piece of software makes it easy to manage (and get good statistics), while it supports […]
[…] datasets. These article-centric approaches can be contrasted with the strategies being pursued by some other publishers (or, if you prefer, workflow and analytics companies). If the article as the principal artifact of the research project is to give way to […]
Rather than just bolting on AI to existing publication workflows,there is a real opportunity to rethink and redesign them for human–AI collaboration. Some thoughts on what that looks like in practice.
The crisis of information integrity is real. Integrity of workflow — analyses of process, investment in process, transparency of process — is the intervention
[…] moments of quiet reflection that the best editorial judgment, insight, and ideation often emerge. As AI becomes more integrated into workflows, we need a new dimension in our evaluation frameworks: psychological impact. Will this tool improve not just the speed, […]
[…] are forced to duplicate work in various systems, because of something as redundant as a lack of data exchange and workflow management. In case the systems do not link together well it also creates obstacles for the very workflows that […]
[…] and involves a different user experience, and none provides a comprehensive solution that can be seamlessly integrated into the publishing workflow, with minimal effort and training. Nevertheless, we do already have many of the tools needed to achieve the goals […]
[…] as quickly and efficiently as possible to accommodate the rapidly growing pandemic. With daily updates driving constant changes to our workflow, it has all been rather maddening. As we have ramped up our workflows to survive this current epidemic, I […]
[…] is substantial variation in organizational models even among these four repositories. Mendeley Data and figshare are commercial products offered by workflow and analytics companies; Dryad is a membership-based nonprofit organization; and Zenodo is the creation of a government program. Below, […]