Building sustainable peer review processes to foster research integrity

Peer Review Week 2022 (Sep 19-23), powered by Editage and Researcher.Life, was bigger than ever with exciting discussions with KOLs in academia and the scholarly publishing community. This year’s Peer Review Week theme, Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research, was chosen from a global open poll. The popularity of the issue underscores the need […]
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OSTP Mandate will Increase Scholarly Society Focus on Author Services

The recent OSTP Public Access memo requiring US Government funded research articles to be made freely and immediately available to readers is a significant milestone in the transition to Open Access (OA). The OSTP mandate will further accelerate the shift to (APCs) and Transformative Agreements (TAs), away from subscription fees as the source of journal […]
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The New US Government Guidelines on Access to Federally Funded Research: A List of FAQs for Research Journals and Publishers

On August 25, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) of the US released a memorandum titled “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” that contains various guidelines for federal agencies with research and development expenditures (e.g., National Science Foundation [NSF], National Institutes of Health [NIH]). Read more to find the key points of the memo.
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Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent: What Academic Publishers and Societies Need to Know about China’s Tech Giants

Academic publishers are attempting to make inroads in China, considering the country’s growing investment in R&D and research output, as covered in a previous post. However, China’s unique characteristics make localizing a comparatively challenging task for publishers. Building a digital presence in China requires them to pay attention and adapt to relatively unique local conditions.
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