Guest Post – SSP Assembles Presidential Task Force to Prioritize Mental Health Awareness and Support Within the Scholarly Communications Ecosystem

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Randy Townsend

SSP Past Presidents were convened in a task force to consider ways in which SSP as a society can and should support the mental health of members, with work-related issues being the primary but not the only focus. The goal of this Task Force is to identify potential opportunities, activities, resources, and initiatives.

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Guest Post — Reputation and Publication Volume at MDPI and Frontiers

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Christos Petrou

Compared to their peak levels, publication volume has declined at MDPI by 27% and at Frontiers by 36%. What’s behind these declines, and how do they reflect the inherent risk in the APC open access model and different approaches to reputation management?

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Revisiting — Building for the Long Term: Why Business Strategies are Needed for Community-Owned Infrastructure

Posted on August 1, 2023 by David Crotty

Revisiting a post from 2019 in light of the acquisition of protocols.io by Springer Nature. As community-owned and -led efforts to build scholarly communications infrastructure gain momentum, what can be done to help them achieve long term sustainability?

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Leadership and Accountability Matter for a Sustainable Publishing Ecosystem

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Haseeb Irfanullah

How can we provide both leadership and accountability across the publishing ecosystem toward the Sustainable Development Goals?

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Preparing Editors for Emerging Challenges

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Haseeb Irfanullah

Haseeb Irfanullah discusses how Communities of Practice can improve scholarly communications by capitalizing on our collective experiences.

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Guest Post — The PLOS Union

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Charles Whalley

PLOS staff are unionizing. How its leadership responds is a test of its vision for inclusive publishing.

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Guest Post: Pushing for Equity and Diversity in Scholarship through Open Access: Lessons Learned and Perspective from the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Raymond Pun, Sai Deng, Guoying Liu

Raymond Pun, Sai Deng, and Guoying (Grace) Liu on the challenge of advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion within scholarly communications when your own institution isn’t “there” yet.

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Guest Post — Accelerating DEIA — Lessons from the Society for Scholarly Publishing

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, Shaina Lange

The experiences of the Society for Scholarly Publishing DEIA committee can inform DEIA efforts throughout our industry. Here Rebecca Kirk, Allison Leung, and Shaina Lange present key lessons learned.

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Smorgasbord: Trends from the Spring 2023 Meetings and Conferences

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Charlie Rapple, Roy Kaufman, David Crotty

It’s conference season in scholarly communications. Between them, the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs have been / will be at 9 events around the world in the 6 week stretch from early April to mid May. In a series of “Smorgasbord” posts, Chefs will share some of the key themes emerging for our sector. This week: Charlie Rapple reports from EARMA, Roy Kaufman from the London Book Fair, and David Crotty from STM.

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Will New Clarivate Leadership Yield a Renewed Focus on Its Products?

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Roger C. Schonfeld

Today, Clarivate has installed Bar Veinstein as president for Academic and Government, a move that should bring renewed focus to the product portfolio, writes Roger C. Schonfeld.

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Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Recommendations for Digital Accessibility Best Practices

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Nicola Poser, Kasia Repeta, Damita Snow

Part three of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

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Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Building Support

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Jocelyn Dawson, Amanda Rogers, Nicola Poser

Part two of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

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Guest Post — Advancing Accessibility in Scholarly Publishing: Fostering Empathy

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Sylvia Izzo Hunter, Kasia Repeta, Amanda Rogers, Damita Snow

Part one of a three-part series aims to discuss the topic of advancing accessibility within scholarly communication with the focus of digital accessibility.

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Guest Post – Reducing the Burden of Diversity Tax: Recommendations for Organizations

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Chhavi Chauhan, Shaina Lange, Tony Chen

This final post in the “Reducing the Burden of Diversity tax” series makes recommendations for organizations to reduce the burden of diversity tax on all stakeholders.

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Guest Post – Reducing the Burden of Diversity Tax: Recommendations for Affected Individuals

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Chhavi Chauhan, Shaina Lange, Tony Chen

This second post in the “Reducing the Burden of Diversity tax” series makes recommendations for affected marginalized folks to minimize the negative impact of diversity tax.

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