Ana Heredia and Eloisa Viggiani discuss the founding of the Latin American Association of Scientific Editors, and focus on the use of metrics and the role of the region’s scientific journals in research evaluation.
Registration is open for the 2022 SSP Annual Meeting. We asked the community, “What are you most looking forward to about attending the SSP Annual Meeting in person?”
Susie Winter reviews recent data on cybersecurity for academic libraries, as well as a survey of awareness and attitudes toward best practices among librarians.
What can the SSP learn from our experience of the virtual 2021 meeting that can inform future annual meetings, whatever the format?
Sally Ekanayaka reviews a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S and asks what lessons have been learned?
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.
ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.
Mark Carden offers lessons learned from year of running an online conference in 2021, designing a hybrid conference for 2022, and observing what event providers have offered and delegates have experienced.
A look at developments in research integrity, and the attempt to build a universal culture of ethical and responsible practice in research as well as systems within the overall research ecosystem for such a culture to flourish.
A report from the 9th annual BioASQ workshop discussing the ongoing development and future of AI-based tools.
John Sherer describes a new research project which will look at the impact of open access on print monograph sales, particularly in light of the free access provided early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Laura Martin and Rashmi Verma take a look at how organizations handle change and disruption through strategic planning and structured execution.
Justin Alexander from ITHAKA discusses effective ways to continuously ensure that media meets accessibility requirements.
Minhaj Rais looks at possible solutions for beneficial data mining activities that don’t infringe on user privacy.
There is value in exploring the concept of different perspectives on open access in order to begin to develop a “unified approach to open”.