Guest Post: Improving Methods Reporting in the Life Sciences
What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.
Guest Post — New Directions Seminar: Reverse Roundtables Kept the Post-Lunch Conversations Going!
What are the new directions in scholarly publishing? Check out the unique “reverse roundtable” discussions at SSP’s New Directions seminar!
Woefully Insufficient Publisher Policies on Author AI Use Put Research Integrity at Risk
Do publishers really understand what tools researchers are using and how they are using them? Can we do more to create better policies based on real use cases and not hypothetical conjecture about what AI might do in the future?
Digital Archiving, and What Would it Cost to Print an Always Up-to-date Version of Wikipedia
Is the easiest way to preserve digital materials printing them out? What if we’re talking about the constantly changing Wikipedia?
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Wendy Queen of Project MUSE
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Wendy Queen, Director, Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world.
What To Do Once the Paper is Retracted: NISO Issues Recommended Practice on the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern
New NISO guidance on clear consistent display of retraction information will reduce inadvertent reuse of erroneous research.
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: It’s OK to Talk ‘Mental Health’, Isn’t it? Two Founders, Two Opinions
Mental health affects everyone across an organization. Today we explore insights on mental health with the founders and leaders of two industry organizations. What are the challenges of starting your own business and keeping it running?
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Richard Jefferson of The Lens
In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Richard Jefferson, founder of The Lens, which enables discovery and analysis for scholarly works, patents, and patent sequences.
The Case for Probabilistic Metadata
Moving from a binary right/wrong view of metadata to a probabilistic framework brings many benefits
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Michael Levine-Clark
In today’s Chef de Cuisine article, Robert Harington talks with Michael Levine-Clark, Dean of the University of Denver Libraries. The University Libraries are currently ranked as the #3 “best college library” by Princeton Review.
Web-scale Institutional Search: How are Vendors Responding to ODI Recommendations?
Providers of library discovery services reflect on the impact and value of NISO’s Open Discovery Initiative.
bioRxiv and Citations: Just Another Piece of Flawed Bibliometric Research?
Even a flawed paper can offer lessons on how (not) to report, and what (not) to claim.
Mental Health Awareness — Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Fireside Chat with Sarah Durrant, Lead from Within (Parts 3 & 4)
A fireside chat with Sarah Durrant; independent coach and transformational teacher, on the subject of Imposter Syndrome. Today, parts 3 & 4.
Mental Health Awareness — Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Fireside Chat with Sarah Durrant, Lead from Within (Parts 1 & 2)
A fireside chat with Sarah Durrant; independent coach and transformational teacher, on the subject of Imposter Syndrome. Today, parts 1 & 2.
Guest Post — At the Nature Picket
The strike at Springer Nature raises questions about how editorial work is valued.