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“Positively Disrupt(ing) Research Culture for the Better”: An Interview with Alexandra Freeman of Octopus

Octopus is a new sharing platform that hopes to disrupt research culture for the better. An interview with founder Dr. Alexandra Freeman.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 18, 2021
  • 17 Comments

Helping Researchers Communicate Their Findings to the World: An Interview with Emma Feloy of Research Outreach

Research Outreach is a young company that helps researchers make their work more easily intelligible to a lay audience. Editorial Director Emma Feloy answers some questions about how their service works.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 15, 2020
  • 8 Comments

Where is the Publication Puck Going? Making Research Available “Upstream” of Publication

Could scholarly publishers’ skills and capacity be re-positioned to serve researchers at earlier stages in the research process, “upstream” of publication? Charlie Rapple shares findings from a survey of the communications needs of almost 10,000 researchers.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Aug 21, 2019
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The Trance of Dysfunction — Why Trolls Have Come to Dominate Discourse

Trolls dominate for many reasons — economics, technology, our predilection for sordid entertainment. But they’ve chilled online discourse and damaged civil exchanges, even making some publishers reluctant to take full advantage of the potential of the Internet. Are we ready for v2.0 of commenting?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 10, 2017
  • 11 Comments

Ask The Chefs: How Do You Stay Informed About Scholarly Publishing?

We often talk about how our customers (a.k.a. users, researchers, authors, readers, etc.) are being overwhelmed by the flood of information available today. Let’s not forget that we are consumers of information as well. How are we handling information overload? […]

  • By Ann Michael
  • Oct 30, 2014
  • 16 Comments

Stick to Your Ribs: Science and Web 2.0: Talking About Science vs. Doing Science

Revisiting the subject of social media and scientific research–have we made much progress in the last few years?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 30, 2013
  • 12 Comments

The Power of Language, the Choice to Share Ideas Widely, and Why Humans Have Prospered

A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 4, 2011
  • 1 Comment

Applications: The Future of Science Communication?

“Building apps is not all unicorns and rainbows.” Publishers should take a practical, iterative, and collaborative approach to delivering content.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 3, 2010
  • 1 Comment

Science and Web 2.0: Talking About Science vs. Doing Science

So far, Web 2.0 tools for scientists have failed to gain much traction with researchers. Is this because they’re tools for talking about science rather than tools for doing science?

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 8, 2010
  • 106 Comments

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