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Blogs selected for Week July 17 to July 23, 2017

1. Have We Been Hacked By Sci-Hub? Recent announcements from the creator of Sci-Hub raise the distinct possibility that Scholarly Publishers have been systematically compromised. There’s only one way that can be true. If publishers themselves or perhaps the suppliers of publisher deliver platforms, have been hacked, notes David Smith, in his post in the […]

Blogs selected for Week July 10 to July 16, 2017

1. Study Reports Open Peer Review Attracts Fewer Reviews, Quality Suffers Open online review has the potential to attract many more eyes to a new piece of research than conventional peer review. In reality, it may do far worse in attracting the eyes you want, notes Phil Davis, in his post in the Scholarly Kitchen […]

Blogs selected for Week July 3 to July 9, 2017

1. How Undergraduate Research Drives Science Forward When people discuss undergraduate research, they generally focus entirely around the benefits for students. These experiences are widely recognised to build critical-thinking skills, foster a foundation for the scientific process and create hands-on classroom experiences, notes David S. Rovnyak and George C. Shields, in their post in the […]

Blogs selected for Week June 26 to July 2, 2017

1. Independence Lost – Taxpayer Funding and Information Access Takes a Dark Turn We once assumed taxpayer-funding meant information availability. The new US government is now actively hiding scientific data, imperiling the understanding of the world, notes Kent Anderson, in his post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog. The blog post says (quote): There are no […]

Blogs selected for Week June 19 to June 25, 2017

1. Microsoft Academic is on the verge of becoming a bibliometric superpower In 2016, the new Microsoft Academic service was launched. In their post in The Impact Blog, Sven E. Hug and Martin P. Brändle look at how it compares with more established competitors such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. While there […]

Blogs selected for Week Jun 12 to Jun 18, 2017

1. Failure to Deliver: Reaching Users in an Increasingly Mobile World Technology is changing how users access content in a world increasingly on the move, yet delivery of content acquired by libraries is optimised for the user who is physically on campus. In their post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, Judy Luther and Todd Carpenter […]

Blogs selected for Week June 5 to June 11, 2017

1. Do You Know About Yewno? A growing number of scholarly communications tools and services are using artificial intelligence. In her post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, Alice Meadows discusses about one such tool, Yewno, in an interview with their co-founder and Chief Business Development & Strategy Officer, Ruth Pickering. The blog post says (quote): […]

Blogs selected for Week May 29 to June 4, 2017

1. Diamond Open Access, Societies and Mission Posted by Robert Harington in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, this post suggests that some society journal publishers may wish to consider moving their journal program to a Diamond open access (OA) model. Diamond OA is a form of Gold OA that does not include a requirement for authors […]

Blogs selected for Week May 15 to May 21, 2017

1. Does Sharing of an Unpublished Thesis Create Enough Harm to Imprison Someone? Posted by Charlie Rapple in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, this post highlights the case of Diego Gómez, a Columbian researcher facing prison for sharing someone else’s thesis via Scribd. The case was brought by the thesis’ author, but publishers’ policies may partly […]

Blogs selected for Week May 8 to May 14, 2017

1. Why has submitting a manuscript to a journal become so difficult? A call to simplify an overly complicated process It is widely acknowledged that submitting a paper to a journal is a fraught activity for authors. But why should this still be the case? In their post in The Impact Blog, James Hartley and […]