Mapping Open Science Tools
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.
Workflow Lock-in: A Taxonomy
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.
Guest Post — Do Libraries Still Dream Unified Dreams? Part 1
[…] 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 […]
Two Competing Visions for Research Data Sharing
[…] 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 […]
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing Workflow: A High-Level Map of What Changes Next
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.
There is No Truth, There is Only Workflow
The crisis of information integrity is real. Integrity of workflow — analyses of process, investment in process, transparency of process — is the intervention
Guest Post — Beyond Efficiency: Reclaiming Creativity and Wellbeing in the Age of AI and Scholarly Publishing
[…] 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, […]
Guest Post — Do Libraries Still Dream Unified Dreams? Part 2
[…] 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 […]
Guest Post — Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation
[…] 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 […]
Editorially Surviving an Outbreak
[…] 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 […]
The Research Data Sharing Business Landscape
[…] 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, […]
Revisiting: Peak Subscription
[…] OA allows publishers to continue to grow a product category in which they have existing economies of scale (e.g. composition, workflow systems, platform hosting), while at the same time opening up revenues from new sources. New Product Development. By this […]
Peak Subscription
[…] OA allows publishers to continue to grow a product category in which they have existing economies of scale (e.g. composition, workflow systems, platform hosting), while at the same time opening up revenues from new sources. New Product Development. By this […]
When Consolidation Provides Benefits as well as Market Power
[…] an obvious benefit to end-users that it is often surprising how long it takes for some consolidations to deliver on workflow benefits. We have seen many examples of consolidations that stand to improve user workflow. For example, following their acquisitions […]
Will Libraries Help Publishers Prop Up the Value of the Big Deal?
[…] are instructive, because Elsevier (in these materials sometimes called RELX’s STM unit) receives a higher percentage of its business from workflow platforms and tools (in other words, outside primary publishing) of any publisher. From these public materials, we can see […]