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Automating Research COI Disclosures in Editorial Workflow

Author: Aries Systems blog Conflicts of interest (COIs) arise in scholarly publishing when Authors, Editors, or Reviewers have competing interests that can risk professional and ethical judgment. These conditions include potential financial, legal, commercial, or relationship interests with involved individuals or organizations. It is critical for Authors to disclose conflicts-of-interest prior to peer review to […]

Transforming the Transformative Agreement

Author: BRIGITTE SHULL There is no mandate for immediate OA publication across all publicly-funded research in the US as there is in parts of Europe. However, as the recent examples of the public access language in the US Innovation and Competition Act and a memoranda from the White House on Research and Development priorities show, […]

PIDs for Peer Review!

Author: Alice Meadows and Phill Jones To make this world a reality, we need to look in more detail at how persistent identifiers are, or could be, used in all research workflows — from grant application to publication. A number of PID experts from around the world have been working on exactly this for several […]

Preprints, Publishing Models and Citation Advantage

Author: PABLO MARKIN The growing prominence of preprints, such as in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly affected the manner in which the paper abstracts are worded follows from the study of Frédérique Bordignon, Liana Ermakova and Marianne Noel (2021). More broadly, their findings suggest that Open-Access-first formats, e.g., preprints, that provide access […]

Guest Post — Why the “Who” of Peer Review is Important

Author: MATT GIAMPOALA, RANDY TOWNSEND and PAIGE WOODEN This year marks 125 years that the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU’s) publications have been in operation. The foundation of AGU’s 22 journals and portfolio of books is built on the long tradition of robust peer review. Continuing their series of posts for Peer Review Week 2021, guest […]