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China and Open Access

An interview with Mark Robertson about the CAST/STM report on open access and China.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Feb 28, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments

Guest Post – Quantifying the Impact of the OSTP Policy

The new US policy on access to research publications suggests an acceleration in the shift toward open access. Christos Petrou examines what that would look like in different fields and for different journals.

  • By Christos Petrou
  • Sep 13, 2022
  • 10 Comments

Chinese Publishers React to New Policies on Research Evaluation

Thoughts on the new Chinese policy on research evaluation from three Chinese publishers.

  • By Tao Tao
  • May 11, 2020
  • 6 Comments

The Walls Around Us — Why Cambridge University Press’ Predicament Demands Attention

The recent attempt by China to censor scholarship points to a growing set of challenges in information dissemination. Blaming the publisher obscures these issues.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 22, 2017
  • 9 Comments

World Article Publishing Illustrates Regional Values

An interactive visualization of article publication data from the 2016 NSF Science & Engineering Report suggest discrepancies in the cultures of science around the world.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 11, 2016
  • 1 Comment

Locks, Keys, and Firewalls — Why Internet Security Requires Digital, Analog . . . and Diligent Humans

Internet security seems to be crumbling before our eyes, and our media and leaders are not immune and lack a crucial understanding of how vulnerable a totally digital world can be. The answer may lie with analog technologies.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 10, 2016
  • 6 Comments

Going APE — Thoughts and Insights with a European Perspective

The Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) meeting in Europe is 10 years old, but feels as fresh and frisky as some of the meetings in the US used to. This report touches on some of the most interesting threads of two days’ worth of interesting presentations and conversations.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 26, 2015
  • 35 Comments

Cyberwar and Cyberterror — New and Unwelcome Companions in Publishing and Culture

The emerging spectre of cyberwar and cyberterror has real implications for academic and scientific publishers, who already deal with the side effects and may become targets in the future.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 22, 2014
  • 6 Comments

Are US Taxpayers the Primary Beneficiaries of the NIH Public Access Policy?

New evidence suggests that US taxpayers are not the major beneficiaries of the NIH Public Access Policy, and that even within the NIH, there has been some unease about the situation.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2013
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Please Use Whole Names on Scholarly Articles

While elaborate systems might help us disambiguate authors of scholarly articles, is there a simpler approach?

  • By David Wojick
  • Jul 11, 2012
  • 25 Comments

Paying for Impact: Does the Chinese Model Make Sense?

In many Chinese universities, authors are paid to publish. And the more prestigious the journal, the higher the reward.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 7, 2011
  • 37 Comments

The Rise of China: Data Show How Science Follows Economic Growth

Within a few short years, China has become an economic and scientific powerhouse. Watch the dynamic bubble plot.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 26, 2011
  • 30 Comments

How the WSJ-NYT Turf War Looks From China

A video from practical people outside our little bubble gets it right.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 24, 2010
  • 0 Comments

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