Blogs selected for Week April 30 to May 6, 2018
1. How does gender influence the academic publishing process? Gender and diversity issues are taking center stage and there is growing awareness of the under representation of women as authors, editors and peer reviewers in academic publishing. In their post in the BioMed Central Blog, Dr Dina Balabanova and Jamie Lundine discuss their particular interests […]
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1. Why Don’t Societies Simply Sell off Their Publishing Assets? Why do societies insist on leaving so much money on the table? Society publishers resist the sale of their publications to bidders from the commercial world because they view the publications as a central component of the society itself, notes Joseph Esposito, in his post […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week April 16 to April 22, 2018
1. Is peer review bad for your mental health? Amidst fears of a mental health crisis in higher education, to what extent is the peer review process a contributing factor? It’s a process fraught with uncertainty, as authors try to forge something constructive from often mixed feedback or occasionally downright unhelpful comments. In her post […]
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1. Embracing the digital transformation in publishing-and its impact on authors What does digital transformation mean for authors? Writers win when their work is published faster, cleaner, with the widest possible reach, and with the longest possible lifespan. Digital transformation optimises the ecosystem to achieve this, notes Steffanie Ness, in her post in The Bookseller […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week April 2 to April 8, 2018
1. Access then impact: using the media as a shortcut to policymakers As the value of research with impact increases, so too does the importance of first gaining access to policymakers and other persons of influence. One shortcut to doing this is through increased media coverage. In his post in the LSE Impact of Social […]
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