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Universal Access to Reliable Healthcare Information: An Interview with Neil Pakenham-Walsh of HIFA

Coinciding with the launch of Healthcare Information for All’s global community survey, Alice Meadows interviews their Global Coordinator, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, about his organization’s work to ensure equitable access to reliable healthcare information for everyone.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Aug 21, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — Academia’s Versatility Demand: Examining the Pressure on Researchers to Master Diverse Skills

What are the burdens researchers face? And what can be done to lighten the load and make the academic environment more diverse, equitable, inclusive, safe, and welcoming?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Aug 2, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Ghost-writing Peer Reviews Should Be a Thing of the Past

Policies that formally give peer reviewers the option to officially invite a colleague to collaborate with them improve integrity, transparency, and offers a chance to give fair credit where it is due.

  • By Laura Feetham-Walker
  • Jul 26, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Leadership and Accountability Matter for a Sustainable Publishing Ecosystem

How can we provide both leadership and accountability across the publishing ecosystem toward the Sustainable Development Goals?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jul 25, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Workplace Equity 2023 Versus 2018: Reckoning or Retrenchment?

We invite you to participate in the 2023 Workplace Equity Survey. What has changed since the last (2018) Survey? Is DEIA still a priority, or are we seeing organizations take a step back?

  • By Susan Spilka
  • May 30, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — What is Keeping University Chief Information Security Officers Up at Night

An SNSI research project looks at the views of university Chief Information Security Officers toward network security, potential threats, data security, and the risks posed by Sci-Hub.

  • By Susie Winter
  • Apr 21, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Recommendations for Digital Accessibility Best Practices

Part three of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

  • By Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Nicola Poser, Kasia Repeta, Damita Snow
  • Mar 3, 2023
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post: Start at the Beginning – The Need for ‘Research Practice’ Training

Danny Kingsley suggests that research integrity begins with the training researchers receive at university. Achieving Open Research and increasing reproducibility requires systematic research training that focuses specifically on research practice.

  • By Danny Kingsley
  • Feb 23, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

How are Publishing Associations Leading the Way to Meet the SDGs?

Haseeb Irfanullah looks at the various activities being taken by publishing organizations to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Feb 20, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Are We Providing What Researchers Need in the Transition to Open Science?

There are still barriers and hesitations around open research practices. Erika Pastrana and Simon Adar suggest that publishers and technology platforms can better support authors and drive uptake.

  • By Erika Pastrana, Simon Adar
  • Feb 2, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Steven Inchcoombe

Robert Harington talks to Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer for Springer Nature in this new series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jan 30, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — The STM Mentorship Program

Mark Robertson and Rachel Moriarty discuss the STM Association’s Mentorship Program.

  • By Mark Robertson, Rachel Moriarty
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post – Publishing Fast and Slow: A Review of Publishing Speed in the Last Decade

Christos Petrou analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.

  • By Christos Petrou
  • Nov 8, 2022
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Climate Action: Are We Committed Enough?

On the occasion of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Haseeb Md. Irfanullah explores scholarly publishers’ role in tackling climate crisis.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Nov 7, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — The Door to Data Sharing is Slowly Creaking Open

In guest post, Simon Linacre of Digital Science discusses their latest state of open data survey against the backdrop of the recent OSTP memo on expanding public access to research results.

  • By Simon Linacre
  • Oct 17, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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