The Year in Review: 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we launch into 2023, a look back at 2022 in The Scholarly Kitchen.
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?
Research Integrity and Reproducibility are Two Aspects of the Same Underlying Issue – A Report from STM Week 2022
Observations on reproducibility and research integrity from London STM Week
Guest Post – How Do We Measure Success for Open Science?
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz discusses PLOS’s Open Science Indicators initiatives and shares initial results.
Guest Post — 10 Quick Wins to Make Your Organization More Disability Inclusive
Small-scale and low-cost activities can make a huge difference in making your organization more disability inclusive.
Some Observations from Charleston (Open Access Edition):
Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.
Books Are For Use and What That Means
We don’t talk very much about physical production values for books. What message does that send to readers of scholarly titles?
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 1
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 1 today.
The Predator Effect – Fraud in the Scholarly Publishing Industry: An Interview with Simon Linacre
An interview by @lisalibrarian with Simon Linacre, author of “The Predator Effect”
Important Capybara Update
The latest developments in Capybara science.
Guest Post — Charleston 2022 — Finding Paths to Open Access Book Publishing
Erich van Rijn looks at the University of California’s Luminos open access books program and reviews lessons learned and what is needed for such programs to succeed.
A Failure to Communicate: Indicators of Open Access in the User Interface
Though open access indicators within a given publishing platform are relatively consistent, significant inconsistency across platforms likely creates user confusion.
A History of Encabulation — Advancements From the Turbo Encabulator and the Retro Encabulator Have Led to the Hyper Encabulator
Significant breakthroughs in jargon have enabled the development of the hyper encabulator, sure to serve all your encabulation needs.
Guest Post — The STM Mentorship Program
Mark Robertson and Rachel Moriarty discuss the STM Association’s Mentorship Program.
Guest Post – Publishing Fast and Slow: A Review of Publishing Speed in the Last Decade
Christos Petrou analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.