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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

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Mandy Hill

Robert Harington talks to Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press 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
  • Jan 23, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Editors can’t spot talent. I’ve heard this joke before. It isn’t funny

Editors at The BMJ are lousy at predicting the citation performance of research papers. Or are they?

  • By Phil Davis
  • Dec 15, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — The Time Has Come to Start Swimming Upstream: How Meaningful Engagement with Authors Early in the Research Process Can Yield Significant Benefits to Publishers

Avi Staiman discusses how meaningful engagement with authors early in the research process can yield significant benefits to publishers and journals.

  • By Avi Staiman
  • Dec 7, 2022
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Innovation at eLife: An Interview with Damian Pattinson

eLife’s recent announcement that it will reinvent itself as a “service that reviews preprints” has generated much discussion over recent weeks. But what are the primary drivers and goals, and what might we all learn from this bold experiment?

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Nov 15, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

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