The Society for Scholarly Publishing is hosting a free seminar on Wednesday 1 February (12 pm EST) to showcase the latest developments from a selection of industry-leading companies, with each having a ten-minute slot to present their piece. Participating in the event [ read more ]
BMJ (in collaboration with Overton) have recently announced the launch of a new research impact tool, BMJ Impact Analytics, which will help funders, academic institutions and corporate organisations in health and social care to discover where their research has been cited in [ read more ]
I love The Scholarly Kitchen – this post made me laugh out loud, and it sums up all my anxieties about allowing automation to wander randomly through our lives … https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/01/20/the-dangers-of-automation-keep-your-pokemon-playing-fish-away-from-your-credit-cards/
While you’re there, check out the other excellent posts [ read more ]
If you’ve heard of neuromarketing then you’ll know that the evidence for its effectiveness is patchy and unconvincing, and some may say it is ethically dubious – and yet some firms have spent untold amounts on market research that tries to find [ read more ]
Not that I’m at all worried or anything … but the sophistication of AI tools for scientific editing just keeps growing – last July, Springer Nature announced a pilot with American Journal Experts, to give authors and editors access to AI-driven editing [ read more ]
The European Association of Science Editors has launched a series of quick-reference infographic guides for journal reviewers and editors.
The infographic for journal editors is ‘Selecting Peer Reviewers in 7 Steps’ and includes tips on how to consider what expertise is required, how [ read more ]
Christmas may be over, but the tradition of the Christmas issue of the BMJ as a treasury of weirdly funny, satirical or just plain bizarre research papers is the gift that keeps on giving – if you haven’t read it yet, you [ read more ]
A research article published in ‘Learned Publishing’ analyses attitudes among authors towards article publishing charges (APCs) – given that the rise of open access publishing is moving the financial burden of scholarly journal publishing from libraries and readers to authors. The results [ read more ]
Read this insightful and much-needed editorial piece on why scholarly journals should work towards adopting common standards in their instructions to authors, to improve efficiency and make the whole task of submitting research for publication much more user-friendly: Why [ read more ]
Are you getting ready to attend ISMPP EU? You have until 10 January to register for the European meeting, taking place in London, UK on 24–25 January 2023. The theme is ‘Fueling Creativity’ – check out the agenda and speakers, and download [ read more ]