Web-scale Institutional Search: How are Vendors Responding to ODI Recommendations?
Providers of library discovery services reflect on the impact and value of NISO’s Open Discovery Initiative.
bioRxiv and Citations: Just Another Piece of Flawed Bibliometric Research?
Even a flawed paper can offer lessons on how (not) to report, and what (not) to claim.
Guest Post — Chatbots: To Cite Or Not To Cite? (Part I)
If you use a chatbot in writing a text, and are discouraged from listing it as a coauthor, should you attribute the relevant passages to the tool via citation instead? Is it appropriate to cite chatbots as information sources?
18 Life Lessons
Charlie Rapple shares 18 hard-won nuggets of wisdom to ease your passage through your career, and through your life.
Oxford Administrators Want OA Policy Removed from REF 2029. I Have an Even Better Idea.
Three Oxford administrators want to lower the cost of mandatory open access by shifting the responsibility for enforcement to funding agencies. But that doesn’t lower costs at all; it only shifts them. To truly lower costs, stop trying to make open access mandatory.
Guest Post — A Global Network for Early Career Research Integrity Practitioners
The World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation (WCRIF) is building a network of early career researchers and professionals in research integrity to promote peer-to-peer mentorship, supports researchers in furthering their careers in RI, and fostering a global community that supports research with integrity.
Guest Post: Many Patches Make a Quilt — SSP’s Membership Survey
Here we present the results from the SSP biannual membership survey.
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Nici Pfeiffer of the Center for Open Science
Today’s Kitchen Essentials interview is with Nici Pfeiffer, Chief Product Officer for the Center for Open Science (COS), including the popular and highly-used Open Science Framework (OSF).
Can Parents in Academia “Have it All”?
How can academia better accommodate the diverse needs of parents striving to balance their research pursuits with family responsibilities?
The American Sunlight Project Wants to Make It More Costly for Bad Actors to Spread Disinformation: How Will They Do That?
How will the American Sunlight Project make it more costly for bad actors to spread disinformation — and what does this mean for scholarly publishing?
Guest Post: Jagged Edges of Conversational Interfaces Over Scholarly and Professional Content
The gaps in capability of AI will narrow over time, but publishers and end users need education on those gaps to make investment decisions and to confidently utilize Generative AI tools effectively.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Better Mental Health through Embodiment
In this Mental Health Mondays post, we look at the construct of embodiment and practices within it that create a symbiotic relationship between embodied experiences and psychological flourishing.
Guest Post: The STM Integrity Hub — Connecting the Dots in a Dynamic Landscape
An update on progress from the STM Research Integrity Hub.
Guest Post — Results of the 4th Annual SSP Professional Skills Survey
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Career Development Committee is pleased to announce the 4th annual Professional Skills Survey and updated Professional Skills Map.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Leading with Mental Health Awareness
The work of mental health awareness begins with an analysis of your approach to leadership and a concerted investment in creating the conditions for others to thrive.