Blogs selected for Week June 8 to June 14, 2020
1. Can data science measure up to COVID19? In the COVID19 era, data scientists have the expertise and a professional obligation to play vital roles. The coronavirus pandemic presents them with opportunities to explore important social and scientific questions. Research based on data sets can yield important insights – from the efficacy of virtual learning […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week June 1 to June 7, 2020
1. Academia in flux: How will libraries change in 2021? Academia was turned upside down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with stay-at-home orders and understandable health concerns across the world emptying out institutes of higher education essentially overnight. Suddenly cut off from regular and easy communication with students and faculty, librarians found it […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week May 25 to May 31, 2020
1. Publishers invest in preprints Preprint communities have provided a glimmer of an alternative to the journal publishing system, that speed and efficiency might replace what has seemed to many like a cumbersome editorial and peer review process. What started in a small set of originating fields such as high energy physics in 1991 has, […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week May 11 to May 17, 2020
1. Guest post — Pandemic reveals broader audiences for science and carves out new all-digital publishing opportunities The scholarly community is in a unique position to respond to a new found appetite for accurate and valid medical and health information. Scholarly Kitchen is aiming to leverage people’s curiosity, deepen their knowledge, their ability to recognise […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week May 4 to May 10, 2020
1. Guest Post – The megajournal lifecycle Megajournals have been at the heart of the Open Access (OA) publishing model, spearheading its growth over the last 15 years. Titles such as PLOS ONE and Scientific Reports have been enormously influential and commercially successful. Nonetheless, the commercial success of megajournals is not guaranteed and their long-term […]
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