Robert Harington talks to Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at The American Society for Microbiology, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
Robert Harington digs into the world of preprints. He uses the field of mathematics to explore how an inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater than the sum of the parts.
Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.
AI-enabled discovery and summarization tools seem like magic to end users, but for publishers it looks like disintermediation.
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.
The analysis of operational data is complex, dull, and unrewarding. It is also necessary. Three case studies of major journals and portfolios explain why.
The NIH has answered the lingering questions about the future of the Nelson Memo. Not only is it still in effect, it’s being accelerated by six months. We asked the Chefs for their thoughts.
Libraries and publishers can work together to improve the availability of accessible published content for people with disabilities. Here we present recommendations to support the cross-sector collaboration necessary to improve the accessibility of content in our communities.
How should we think about the problems of misinformation and disinformation in the context of scholarly publishing, research, and libraries?
How do the problems of misinformation and disinformation intersect with the concerns of scholarly communication?
“Rights reservation language, whether in plain English, included in terms, or coded into, e.g., metadata, is “machine readable.” It is a choice by an AI developer to not read “human readable” rights reservation language.”
In today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer for STM Solutions about his organization and his career in scholarly infrastructure
In a world full of natural and man-made shocks and stresses, we need to be resilient against those affecting the academic publishing ecosystem.
In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Alice Meadows talks to Brian Cody, CEO of Scholastica, a provider of software solutions for scholarly organizations — of all types — that publish journals.
It is essential to address the hidden costs of retraction and to discuss who needs to bear this cost.