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Guest Post — Risks from Self-Referential Peer Review: An Interview with Jeffrey Unerman

Peer Review Week 2020 continues with a guest post by Bahar Mehmani of Elsevier, who interviewed Professor Jeffrey Unerman about his work on the risks of self-referential peer review.

  • By Bahar Mehmani
  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Tweeting-Citations Authors Speak, Finally

We stand by our data. We just won’t share it or believe that you replicated our study.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Aug 3, 2020
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

What We’re Missing From Being in Person, or, What Will a Born Digital Conference Look Like?

In this era of COVID-19, what is the new normal for conferences in our community. Moving forward, what might a born digital conference entail?

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • May 18, 2020
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Pandemic Reveals Broader Audiences for Science and Carves Out New All-digital Publishing Opportunities

Sabine Louët and Karla Fallon discuss how to realize the opportunities for better communicating research results to a broader audience.

  • By Sabine Louët, Karla Fallon
  • May 13, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Inspiring the Next Generation of Women in Science

Siân Harris hears from female early-career researchers in Asia and Africa about their passion for research, the challenges they face, and the advice they would give to women and girls interested in pursuing research areas.

  • By Siân Harris
  • Feb 13, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Scholarly Societies: The Importance of Community

In this article Robert Harington describes how scholarly societies are an indelible part of the research and support system for academics across many disciplines. Robert suggests rather than requiring societies to seek alternative revenue streams beyond publishing, why not turn that argument on its head and more fully support society and academic community life?

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 3, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

What Do Researchers Want from Publishers? An Interview with Dr Milka Kostic

Former scientist, turned publisher, turned research program director, Milka Kostic is uniquely placed to look at publishing from a researcher and a publisher perspective. In this interview with Alice Meadows, she shares her thoughts on both.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Oct 30, 2019
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Two Competing Visions for Research Data Sharing

New today: In a crowded and confusing landscape for research data preservation and sharing, two fundamentally competing visions are emerging. Which will win?

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Oct 14, 2019
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — How the American Astronomical Society Acquired Sky & Telescope Magazine

A glimpse behind the scenes as a research society added a popular magazine to its publishing portfolio.

  • By Kevin Marvel
  • Oct 10, 2019
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — A Look at the User-Centric Future of Academic Research Software — And Why It Matters, Part 1: Trends

Part 1 of a two-part look at the rapidly evolving research software space and how it is changing scholarly communication.

  • By Tyler Whitehouse
  • Oct 7, 2019
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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