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Blogs selected for Week December 21 to December 27, 2020

1. Is the publishing industry dead? Author: Alexis Davis When ebooks exploded on the scene, experts predicted that the end of print publishing was nigh. Environmentalists loved ebooks because they saved trees. Consumers liked them because, minus printing and distribution costs, they cost less. Many rushed out and bought e-readers. But did the advent of […]

Blogs selected for Week December 14 to December 20, 2020

1. Transformative agreements, funders and the publishing ecosystem: a lack of focus on equity Author: Robert Harington During COVID-19 pandemic, institutions are suffering financially. Indeed, all participants of the research ecosystem are suffering. In this blog, Robert Harington argues that funders, be they national or private, should consider directly funding their field through funding societies […]

Blogs selected for Week December 07 to December 13, 2020

1. Publishers in power: how capitalism debilitates science Author: Ishita Moghe Publications are used as a means to measure success in academia. In the past, researchers used to target field-specific journals. The introduction of diverse mega journals such as Cell, Nature and Science has created a competition to publish the most generalisable, novel and groundbreaking […]

Blogs selected for Week November 30 to December 06, 2020

1. How institutional repositories support the transition to open research – and reduce admin burden for librarians Author: John Kaye and Liz Bal Publisher and funder mandates and the desire to embrace best practice in open research, reproducibility and research integrity means universities now need to carefully manage, store and share their digital research outputs. […]

Blogs selected for Week November 23 to November 30, 2020

1. Building new bridges between research and policy during a national lockdown Author: Annette Boaz and Kathryn Oliver Annette Boaz and Kathryn Oliver are social scientists with expertise in production and use of evidence for, policy. In this blog, they reflect on their recent experiences putting their knowledge into practice at the heart of government […]

Blogs selected for Week November 16 to November 22, 2020

1. Guest post – Scientific output in the year of COVID Author: Christos Petrou As 2020 nears its end, a counterintuitive picture is emerging for scientific output. Rather than suffering a COVID-driven slowdown, 2020 delivered extraordinary growth for journal content. To put it simply, journals are expected to grow by about 5,00,000 papers from 2019 […]

Blogs selected for Week November 9 to November 15, 2020

1. Editorial boards benefit from virtual meetings Author: Angela Cochran Over the last 10 months, journal editorial offices have hosted thousands of editorial board meetings in a virtual environment. Different journals have different ways of managing editorial boards, with some meeting quite frequently via conference call (or video) to discuss the day-to-day operations. It is […]

Blogs selected for Week November 2 to November 8, 2020

1. The pandemic’s effect on the scientific publishing ecosystem Author: Jennifer Goodrich In this blog, Jennifer Goodrich discusses the impact of the pandemic on the scholarly publishing lifecycle as well as review trends seen through the lens of CCC’s own platform and data as well as a broader trend overview. As the latest wave of […]

Blogs selected for Week October 26 to November 1, 2020

1. In search of equity and justice: Reimagining scholarly communication Author: Alison Mudditt While open access is a critical piece of the equity puzzle in scholarly communication, there is a much deeper agenda at play here. PLOS has from the outset been focused on designing broad-scale systemic change. Recently, PLOS has been clear about the […]

Blogs selected for Week October 19 to October 25, 2020

1. Open with purpose Author: Liz Bal The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that open access is essential in providing fast, unrestricted access to research. At the same time, it has exposed and exacerbated many inequalities in academia and society. Rebuilding research ecosystem to be open by default presents an opportunity to build more equitable foundations. […]