The 44th annual meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing concluded on June 3, 2022, in Chicago, USA. The event was attended by academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, and technologists. This year’s theme was “Building Read More
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Images are data used by researchers to explain their results and make evidence-based scientific claims. A good-quality image boosts the chances of manuscript acceptance. Thus, an image needs to be submitted in its original, yet Read More
If you’ve missed important updates from the scholarly publishing industry, we’ve got you covered! Here are the top 4 industry updates for this week. Nature invites four guest editors to begin the journey to Read More
Microplastic contamination and its potential threats to ecosystems and human health have become a major cause of public concern. The discovery of microscopic plastic fragments within sediments, water bodies, and even within human and animal Read More
The 7th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) was held in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 29 to June 1, 2022. The event brought together important stakeholders, including researchers, organization leaders, national and international policymakers, funders, and Read More
If you’ve missed important updates from the scholarly publishing industry, we’ve got you covered! Here are the top 4 industry updates for this week. Women academics more likely to win an award not named Read More
Collaborations among researchers – domestic/international, intra-/interdisciplinary – are essential to enhance, support, and conduct science with ease. Whether it is the pooling of funding resources or domain-specific expertise, collaborations have been a mainstay in recent Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic is testament enough to the importance of universal and immediate accessibility to published research. According to one estimate, close to 72% of the world’s research is behind a paywall.1 However, the shift Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing public responses to its threats highlight one of the major oversights of governments around the world—they have long been ill-prepared for the grim reality that pandemics will continue Read More
As a busy researcher, if you’ve missed important updates from the scholarly publishing industry, we’ve got you covered! Here are the top 4 industry updates for this week. Only 2% of the USA’s biological Read More