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Article Sharing Framework: Facilitating Scholarly Sharing Through Metadata

Author: TODD A CARPENTER The STM Association released an Article Sharing Framework to facilitate use of scholarly collaboration networks in compliance with new EU Copyright Directive. The ability of sites to capture, index and republish digital content has created a plethora of useful tools and services on the internet. Who hasn’t found it useful to […]

Can AI be used ethically to assist peer review?

Author: Alessandro Checco, Lorenzo Bracciale, Pierpaolo Loreti, Stephen Pinfield, Giuseppe Bianchi As the rate and volume of academic publications has risen, so too has the pressure on journal editors to quickly find reviewers to assess the quality of academic work. In this context the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost productivity and reduce workload […]

Guest Post – Starting a Novel Software Journal within the Existing Scholarly Publishing Ecosystem: Technical and Social Lessons

Author: DANIEL S. KATZ, ARFON M. SMITH The Journal of Open Source Software was designed from scratch using the principles of open source and software design practices. This has both advantages and disadvantages, particularly with respect to elements of the traditional scholarly publishing ecosystem. The full entry can be read: Here.

Who benefits from data for good?

Author: Melissa Aronczyk, Maria Isabel Espinoza The central proposition of ‘data for good’ is that corporations should publicly share data sets derived from their business activities across various areas of the economy to improve and guide policymaking. Based on their study of contributors to the Big Data for Climate Action initiative, Maria Isabel Espinoza and […]

Guest Post — Space and Grace in Open Access Publishing

Author: DUSTIN FIFE We should strive for open but also be realistic about the options truly available to researchers and discuss them transparently and honestly. Open should create more spaces for more perspectives, not limit researchers and writers to an artificial pool of publications. The conversations must continue and equity in publishing should be prioritized. […]