[…] and the organization I was working for, Aries Systems, was integrating CRediT role capture as part of the manuscript submission workflow in their flagship product, Editorial Manager. Aries took integrations to the next level in truly partnering with organizations and […]
[…] advanced by those new market service providers, especially among repositories, video services, and protocols providers. Experimentation around search, and scientific workflow management are interesting areas of growth. A few publishers have adopted this user-centered approach in their product development, but […]
2021 was a year of rapid change in our community. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
[…] one article summarizing a project, Octopus is predicated on researchers doing this eight times per project, at each stage of workflow. And, since most research projects are a series of failures and readjustments, those eight interruptions could quickly turn into […]
[…] in our transitional agreements, so there’s no impact on our society partners as a consequence. Are you considering using Hindawi’s workflow tools to support the workflows of existing Wiley journals? Liz: Hindawi’s Phenom platform was created for gold OA, and […]
[…] the workaround methods we know so many adopt. While not all authors or reviewers have multiple manuscripts active in their workflow at any one time, active researchers and reviewers face a real management challenge which the most productive ones surely […]
[…] through platforms, publishers have worked hard to defend the journal brand and extend it, for example through cascades and author workflow integrations. The version of record, which publishers typically control exclusively, has been their vehicle for doing so. But everywhere […]
[…] big problems and simplify them. When I was put on a team to help develop the most efficient peer review workflow for a new open access journal, it was those leadership skills that helped me to go beyond practical questions […]
[…] to manage the editorial process. We had an engaging meeting internally about the ins and outs of the peer review workflow as well as discussing challenges that were brought up during the panel. The peer review process is a vital […]
[…] one group decides to change the format of one data element, a column in a database table, or a simple workflow without informing other groups. External content feed pipelines may break if FTP transfer fails on either the sending or […]
[…] will drive and be the impetus for future innovations. It is simply prudent to build agility and flexibility into our workflows and prioritize research and development to be able to respond to changes effectively. We noted that subject matter packages […]
[…] new mode of collaboration, peer review, and other research functions. Live and recorded video is also findings its place in the research workflow — while these formats are not yet fully accepted as formal publication vehicles, they could easily become part of […]
[…] acquires Atypon, etc., etc. We have also discussed with great interest the desire of the big publishers to offer start-to-finish workflow solutions. Roger Schonfeld warned of “lock in” while others argued business diversification. Stealer’s Wheel on TopPop, 1973, performing their […]
[…] a ways to go. The newest entrants in the scientific search market demonstrate that the expected focus on the research workflow has indeed arrived. The focus on user experience is clear and commendable. In particular, we’re seeing a strong drive […]
Looking at the two most complete researcher workflow portfolios, those owned by Digital Science and Elsevier, one of the glaring differences has been Digital Science’s lack of a citation database to compete with Elsevier’s Scopus. Today, Digital Science announced Dimensions, […]