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Moving from Authorship to "Contributorship" in Scholarly Publications: An SSP 2014 session - (Events)

Jeffrey Beall summarizes his opinions related to an interesting session titled "Understanding Contributor Roles in Scholarly Publications" held at the SSP 2014 meeting. 
Moving from Authorship to "Contributorship" in Scholarly Publications: An SSP 2014 session - (Events)

The peer review process: challenges and progress

In this second part of our interview, Dr. Hames discusses how the journal editorial process has evolved over the years, the dissatisfaction with the traditional peer…
The peer review process: challenges and progress

"A good English paper is the one that knows what it’s trying to achieve and how to do so."

Martin McCarvill holds a master’s degree in linguistics and has an experience of over seven years in academic writing, editing, and reviewing.
"A good English paper is the one that knows what it’s trying to achieve and how to do so."
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Publication ethics problems don't spare any discipline

"Many journals are not only seeing more problems, the cases also seem to be becoming more complex." Dr. Hames discusses how current ethical issues across the…
Publication ethics problems don't spare any discipline

New CrossMark service alerts readers to changes in published scholarly works: Highlights from a session at SSP 2014

We are familiar with the concept of "edition" in published books but what about scholarly articles? Jeffrey Beall reports his observations of a panel presentation…
New CrossMark service alerts readers to changes in published scholarly works: Highlights from a session at SSP 2014

Emerging trends in bogus metrics, the future of open access, and more

Watch the second part of our video interview with Jeffrey Beall, the man behind the famous Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers and the author of the Scholarly Open…
Emerging trends in bogus metrics, the future of open access, and more

International boundaries, publishing barriers: empowering authors from newly industrialized and developing countries [Download meeting report]

How can NNES authors be empowered in an era of globalization? This meeting report appearing in Science Editors is based on a session during the CSE 2013 meeting…
International boundaries, publishing barriers: empowering authors from newly industrialized and developing countries [Download meeting report]

"A good paper leaves the reader with the author's intended sentiment."

Dr. Kristin Timmer holds a post-doctoral degree in neuroscience and has an experience of over 6 years in academic research, writing, and reviewing.
"A good paper leaves the reader with the author's intended sentiment."
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"Predatory publishers use lots of tricks to make people think that they are legitimate"

The man behind the famous Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers and author of the Scholarly Open Access blog, Jeffrey Beall, gives useful tips on how authors can identify…
"Predatory publishers use lots of tricks to make people think that they are legitimate"

Congratulations to winners of the 2014 Shaw Prize

The winners of the prestigious Shaw Prize, which is also called the "Nobel Prize of Asia," for 2014 were announced on  27 May, 2014, at a press conference held in Hong…