Honest Signaling and Research Integrity
Promoting research integrity is not just identifying bad behavior: problem articles can also be detected by the absence of ‘honest’ signals of integrity.
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Susan King
Robert Harington talks to Dr. Susan King of Rockefeller University Press (RUP), in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
Guest Post: FoSci — The Emerging Field of Forensic Scientometrics
Leslie McIntosh names the emerging field of forensic scientometrics.
Putting Research Integrity Checks Where They Belong
Research journals and the peer review process should not be the first line of defense in identifying research integrity issues. In today’s post, Angela Cochran calls for research institutions to take a larger role in validation and integrity checks.
SSP’s Generations Fund Exceeds 75% Mark — Pulls Close to Goal
The Generations Fund is celebrating its next milestone achievement and SSP thanks 373 Individual & Organizational Contributors.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 17: Interview with Editor-in-Chief of Nature Magdalena Skipper
In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature and the first woman to lead the journal.
Guest Post — Navigating the Drift: Persistence Challenges in the Digital Scientific Record and the Promise of dPIDs
The internet was not designed to provide a permanent digital record of scientific research. This post looks at current approaches to addressing the shortcomings of the existing Internet technology, identify remaining bottlenecks, and suggest how they could be resolved. Upgrades to the backbone of the scientific record could go a long way toward addressing the replication crisis and the increasing challenges for publishers to spot fake research.
Navigating the Page and The Reader’s Task
Juggling formats of print vs. digital for books, have developers simply given up on whether there’s room to improve navigation and design?
Chef de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Amy Brand
Robert Harington talks to Dr. Amy Brand of MIT Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
United2Act Against Paper Mills: Fighting Fraud that Corrupts the Scholarly Record
Fraud is undermining the integrity of the scholarly record. United2Act is striking back at paper mills.
Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Categorizing Mental Health Research
Hélène Draux presents the first of a two-part effort to chart the topography of mental health scholarship. Here, established methods, including pre-existing classifications are employed.
Chef de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Barbara Kline Pope
Robert Harington talks to Barbara Kline Pope, Director of Johns Hopkins University Press, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for- profit sectors of our industry.
Guest Post — The Perplexing Puzzle of the Top 2% Scientists List
A list of the most influential scientists suffers from anomalies and inaccuracies.
The Second Digital Transformation
The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. Today, Ithaka S+R reviews this strategic landscape as part of a broader analysis of the shared infrastructure that supports scholarly communication.
Guest Post — Society Publishers Respond to Plan S “Towards Responsible Publishing” Proposal
Three global society publishers respond to cOAlition S’s recent “Towards responsible publishing, a proposal from cOAlition S”.