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Decoupling from Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a sudden and serious decoupling of the West from Russia. Today, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Roger Schonfeld discuss implications for research collaboration, scientific exchange, and scholarly communication.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Mar 2, 2022
  • 24 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

The Future of Scholarly Societies: Interviews with Society Leaders (Part 2)

In this second of two posts, Robert Harington talks with several forward-thinking Society Executive Directors/CEOs, representing a range of fields, on the future of scholarly society operations and strategy.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 22, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Elsevier’s ScienceDirect as Content Supercontinent? 

Does today’s news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar? 

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Jan 18, 2022
  • 20 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Revisiting — Journalism, Preprint Servers, and the Truth: Allocating Accountability

In light of the recent anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, we revisit Rick Anderson’s post on how journalists flag unsupported claims and blatant falsehoods, and whether preprint platforms should do the same.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 12, 2022
  • 32 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

The Future State of Our Scholarly Publishing Vendors

When more and more societies move to commercial publisher partnerships, what happens to the vendor landscape? Angela Cochran looks at the current status and future implications.

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Dec 21, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

SAGE’s Strategic Investments: An Interview with Martha Sedgwick

Today, Roger Schonfeld interviews Martha Sedgwick, SAGE’s vice president for Product Innovation, about its recent acquisitions and strategic directions.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Dec 20, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 4

This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “Retrogression Research and Limiting Diversity: the Impact of the Pandemic on Scholarly Publishing’s Inequities”

  • By Steph Pollock, Sneha K. Rhode, Susan J. Harris, Timothy McAdoo, Jiayun Wang
  • Dec 2, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 3

This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “Accelerating DEI: Have the Data? Use the Data!”

  • By Susan Spilka, Nicola Poser, Michelle Urberg
  • Dec 1, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, Part 2

This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at “The Glass Ceiling You Don’t Know About Yet”.

  • By Simon Holt, Georgie Field, Nicola Poser, Damita Snow, Hannah Vinchur, George Neame
  • Nov 30, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Community Reflections: Takeaways from the Diversity Sessions at SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting Part 1

This week a series of posts looking back at the lessons learned from SSP Meeting DEI sessions. Today’s post looks at Dr. Joseph Williams’s keynote, “Fighting Racial Inequity in the Publishing Industry”.

  • By Cason Lynley, Miranda Walker, Steven D. Smith, George Neame, Dana Compton
  • Nov 29, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2021, Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

  • By David Crotty, Jill O'Neill, Joseph Esposito, Rick Anderson, Lettie Y. Conrad, Michael Clarke
  • Nov 22, 2021
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — Towards Standardizing Plain Language Summaries: The Open Pharma Recommendations

Adeline Rosenberg offers a look into the value of providing plain language summaries in research papers, and the standards created for doing so.

  • By Adeline Rosenberg
  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

SSP 2022 Annual Meeting Submission Deadline is Approaching — Don’t Miss Out!

The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 44th Annual Meeting will be held June 1–3, 2022, and there’s still time to submit your proposals

  • By Yael Fitzpatrick, Lori Carlin, Tim Lloyd
  • Nov 11, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Pandemic Disruptor: Canadian Perspectives on how COVID-19 is Changing Open Access (Part 1)

A look at open access policies and developments in Canada, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Part 1 of a 2 part post.

  • By Leigh-Ann Butler, Shannon Cobb, Michael R. Donaldson
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post: Empowering Young Scientists Through Publication – 10 years of the Journal of Emerging Investigators

Today’s post looks back on the Journal of Emerging Investigators as it approaches it’s 10th anniversary of providing a forum from middle school and high school students.

  • By Kari Mattison
  • Oct 26, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

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