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Guest Post — Academia’s Versatility Demand: Examining the Pressure on Researchers to Master Diverse Skills

What are the burdens researchers face? And what can be done to lighten the load and make the academic environment more diverse, equitable, inclusive, safe, and welcoming?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Aug 2, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Are We Finally Thread(s) Up with Social Media?

Last January we wrote a group post about “Twexit” and with the launch of Threads we wondered how the Chefs were feeling about the emerging and existing social media options.

  • By Karin Wulf, Haseeb Irfanullah, Todd A Carpenter, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Avi Staiman
  • Jul 27, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — Ghost-writing Peer Reviews Should Be a Thing of the Past

Policies that formally give peer reviewers the option to officially invite a colleague to collaborate with them improve integrity, transparency, and offers a chance to give fair credit where it is due.

  • By Laura Feetham-Walker
  • Jul 26, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Towards Global Equity for Open Access Books 

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, a great opportunity to reflect on how far we have come with open infrastructures for the distribution and discoverability of open access books (monographs, edited collections, and other long-form publications).

  • By Niels Stern, Ronald Snijder
  • Jun 14, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Accessibility Powered by AI: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Universalize Access to Digital Content

Digital transformation can revolutionize the world, turning it into an inclusive place for people with and without disabilities, with accessibility powered by artificial intelligence.

  • By Hong Zhou, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Jun 5, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Swimming in the AI Data Lake: Why Disclosure and Versions of Record Are More Important than Ever

Data quality and record keeping are going to grow in importance as a result of AI applications.

  • By Roy Kaufman
  • May 15, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The State of Scholarly Metadata: 2023

A new interactive report on the research lifecycle designed to offer a deeper understanding of the state of scholarly metadata in 2023 is presented.

  • By Jamie Carmichael, Jessica Thibodeau, Roy Kaufman
  • May 9, 2023
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Is the Essence of a Journal Portable?

When a journal’s entire editorial board is replaced, is it still the same journal? And if that board starts another journal on the same topic, is it a new one or a continuation of the old one? Discuss.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • May 8, 2023
  • 19 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

How Related are Journal Impact and Research Impact?

Journal-level impact feeds academic impact, which in turn feeds broader impacts potential

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 11, 2023
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Annie Callanan

Robert Harington talks to Annie Callanan, Chief Executive of Taylor & Francis, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Apr 3, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

SXSW Interactive: Slow Down To Speed Up

Back to SXSW this year! Hear about the conference, the speakers, and the themes. Tell us what resonates with you the most!

  • By Ann Michael
  • Mar 22, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — In Tough Times the Key is to Think Differently

Alan Harvey from Stanford University Press discusses their evolving strategy in turbulent times.

  • By Alan Harvey
  • Mar 8, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Jasmin Lange

Robert Harington talks to Jasmin Lange, Chief Publishing Officer at Brill, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 27, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Judy Verses

Robert Harington talks to Judy Verses, President Academic and Government Markets, Elsevier, in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 21, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation

Digital transformation in submission and peer review offers improvements for publications and a better experience for researchers and journal staff.

  • By Hong Zhou, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Jan 31, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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