Perils of Publication
In any number of fields discoveries are made on an almost daily basis that could pose a public danger. Recent discussion, including this article, has focused on the area of biological research, but of course the possibilities for mayhem are widesprea. More...
A consortium of Swedish universities and research institutions will not renew its current contract with Elsevier that expires at the end of June, Times Higher Education reported on 16 May, writes Ashley Yeager for The Scientist. The move comes not long after academic institutions in other countries have let publishers’ subscriptions lapse when fee negotiations came to an impasse. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Publisher Cengage has been accused of “trampling on its authors’ rights” in a class action suit filed in New York Monday. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. An increasing number of universities are ending, or threatening to end, bundled journal subscriptions with major publishers. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. More scientists disclose results before publication than not -- at least in some fields -- according to a new study in Science Advances. More...
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. More than 2,500 researchers have signed a petition declaring that they will not submit to, review or edit for Nature Machine Intelligence, set to launch in January, which will charge subscription fees for access in a discipline where “virtually all” publication outlets are open. More...
Profitant de 4 publications récentes (études littéraires, histoire, islamologie et science politique), cette journée sera pour leurs auteurs l'occasion de faire partager des travaux aboutis mais aussi leurs éventuels prolongements, et de se donner tout le temps d'en discuter collectivement. Plus largement, ce pourra être l'occasion de réfléchir ensemble à ce que signifie aujourd'hui faire de la recherche sur les mondes arabes et musulmans, quelles que soient les approches, les disciplines, les terrains ou les sources qui sont les nôtres.
U. of California International-Studies Program Offers Free Peer-Reviewed Articles Online
"We believe that once we have established a reputation, we will make this competitive with print journals." So says David K. Leonard, dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California. The interface (a link is provided in the article) is clean and intuitive. More...
Elsevier proposes PRISM module for RSS 1.0
This is significant because of the source. "PRISM, Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata, defines a vocabulary for syndicating, aggregating, post-processing and multi-purposing magazine, news, catalog, book, and mainstream journal content." More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. A survey of historians by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has found that three-quarters have never published their work online, preferring to publish in print instead. More...
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