The Society of Scholarly Publishing has announced the dates for its 2023 Journals Academy, a comprehensive virtual training programme for professionals and students in scholarly journals publishing. The programme spans three sessions of virtual training (nine hours in total) taking place on [ read more ]
We all make mistakes – even the most skilled and highly experienced editors can drop the ball, lose focus, and not see the wood for the trees (and even mix their metaphors ….). So if you’ve felt that ghastly stomach-churn when you [ read more ]
Thinking of taking the plunge and going it alone as a publishing freelancer? The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) and the Society of Young Publishers Wales have partnered together to present a special webinar, ‘How to be a successful publishing freelancer’ – a [ read more ]
Are you the managing editor of a journal who is at a crossroads regarding your journal’s relationship X (formerly Twitter)?
If your publisher is nervous about continuing its association with a platform which is increasingly attracting unsavoury content and steadily losing your core [ read more ]
The peer review process for academic journals has always had its shortcomings, and there have been various attempts at overhauling or completely redesigning the process. But can the fundamental goal of maintaining the quality and integrity of research be achieved given that [ read more ]
It’s World Space Week (October 4–10, 2023)!
Whether you’re fascinated by space exploration and the many inventions and discoveries that have originated from the space industry, or seeking to enter the industry itself, you can find many ways to participate and celebrate at [ read more ]
Working and communicating successfully and appropriately with authors of all kinds – particularly if their first language is not English – is a skill that all editors must acquire. It comes with editorial experience and growing confidence, but it also helps to [ read more ]
The wholesale recycling by an author of their text from a previous publication into another work is usually regarded as major no-no in professional publishing, for all sorts of legal and ethical reasons. However, there are occasions when text recycling may actually [ read more ]
I’m really lookin
g forward to meeting with old colleagues and making some new connections at ‘Working in and Around #MedComms’ on 25 September at Heathrow!
The terms ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ are often in danger of being used interchangeably in the media space. So, when does ‘misinformation’ become ‘disinformation’? There are significant examples of instances where academic journals have been shown unequivocal evidence of the unreliability of data [ read more ]