Robert Harington talks to a range of expert stakeholders with differing views about the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy and Creative Commons Licensing. Part 2. of 2 interview posts.
The pandemic has normalized remote work, but happens as it wanes? Will we go to the office again – and, if so, how often? What impact will a ‘hybrid’ way of working have on how we communicate, connect and create? Will work-from-home be the great leveller in terms of gender equality and diversity? And what will work mean if our offices are virtual and we lose those day-to-day social interactions?
Do Sci-Hub downloads cause more citations, or are high impact papers simply downloaded more often?
Anna Abalkina discusses evidence of widespread academic misconduct in Russia.
Deborah Sweet of Cell Press discusses their recently introduced Inclusion and Diversity Statement in this interview with Alice Meadows
Some journals are expected to benefit immensely under Clarivate’s new counting model.
How to address lies in the political life of a democracy? Education, information literacy, gatekeeping, and dialogue are not enough. Lisa Hinchliffe and Roger Schonfeld examine the issue.
The journal brand has proven to be the great intangible asset of the scholarly publisher. Can publishers extend the reach and value of journal brands by supporting research materials beyond the version of record?
Journalists are increasingly flagging unsupported claims and blatant falsehoods–it’s time for preprint platforms to do the same.
Starting 2021, Journal Impact Factors will be calcuated using online publication dates, not print ones. But phased roll-out may lead to bias for some journals.
Katy Alexander and Ruth Wells talk about their experience of neurodiversity as part of the Publishing Inclusion Enabled group mission
Jennifer Regala discusses the pursuit of the “R” word — how to drive your career in scholarly publishing by remaining relevant.
Send in your proposals for sessions at the 2021 SSP Annual Meeting.
Can community-action publishing prove to be a viable alternative to market-based publishing?
A look at Thieme’s “Select Crowd Review” approach to peer review.