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Blogs selected for Week October 2 to October 8, 2017

1. Turning a Critical Eye on Reference Lists Citations and the metrics around their use are an important part of evaluation and promotion of science and scientists and yet, little attention is paid to them in the peer review process. In her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, Angela Cochran makes a call to critically […]

Blogs selected for Week September 25 to October 1, 2017

1. Naiveté Scene – Open Source vs. Scale in Scholarly Publishing Once again, the term “open” requires further thought to probe the pros and cons. With open source, we may be once again doing things that make the big bigger and the small less relevant, notes Kent Anderson, in his post in the Scholarly Kitchen […]

Blogs selected for Week September 18 to September 24, 2017

1. What does transparency in peer review mean to you? As part of 2017 peer review week celebrations, Alice Meadows (ORCID) chaired a panel debate with Irene Hames (Peer review and publications ethics expert), Andrew Preston (Publons), Carly Strasser (Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation) and Elizabeth Moylan (BMC) on what transparency in peer review meant […]

Blogs selected for Week September 11 to September 17, 2017

1. Open peer review: bringing transparency, accountability, and inclusivity to the peer review process Open peer review is moving into the mainstream, but it is often poorly understood and surveys of researcher attitudes show important barriers to implementation. In his post in the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog, Tony Ross-Hellauer provides an overview of […]

Blogs selected for Week September 4 to September 10, 2017

1. ‘Reputed institutions publish in bogus journals’ Papers by researchers from reputed institutions in India have found their way into bogus journals. R. Prasad, in his post in The Hindu Blog, looks at a study that found that research papers from India top the list, while US universities are not far behind. The blog post […]

Blogs selected for Week August 21 to August 27, 2017

1. There are new frontiers for academic publishing but scholarly associations and faculty must seize the opportunities Scholarly publishing faces daunting challenges. Rising journal costs have seen many universities have to make strategic cuts to library collections. Kyle Siler, in his post in the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog, discusses that the digital world […]

Blogs selected for Week August 14 to August 20, 2017

1. MECA – A New Manuscript Exchange initiative A new initiative has been launched to define best practices for simplifying transfer of submitted manuscripts across publishers and systems. Charlie Rapple, in her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, highlights the new manuscript exchange initiative, MECA. The blog post says (quote): This is not the first […]

Blogs selected for Week August 7 to August 13, 2017

1. Pace Intellectual: Could Publishing Embrace Slow? A recent book took aim at accelerating administrative demands and the internalised expectation of measurable productivity that have eroded the quality of academic life and work. Karin Wulf, in her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, argues whether there was a corollary for scholarly publishing. The blog post […]

Blogs selected for Week July 31 to August 6, 2017

1. Improving students’ academic performance – there’s an app for that A recent article published in International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education makes a case for a multi-functional mobile app as a university learning tool. Using statistical correlational analysis, the authors found significant connections between the app usage and improved student outcomes, such […]

Blogs selected for Week July 24 to July 30, 2017

1. Missing the Target: The UK Scholarly Communications License The UK Scholarly Communications License repeats many of the stumbles of the original monolithic and mandatory OA policies. In their post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, Karin Wulf and Simon Newman urge its proponents to slow down and learn from them instead. The blog post says […]