Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Directly Tackling the Gender Bias of Wikipedia’s Social Science Entries
Reflecting on their work on Sage’s recent Wikipedia edit-athon, Mariah John-Leighton and Hannah Jane Pearson discuss how the project has increased the representation of women social scientists on the platform.
Celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month
In 2017, the Arab America Foundation and its sister organization Arab American launched an initiative to create a National Arab American Heritage […]
Scholarly Kitchen Interview: Ziyad Marar on Academic Publishing’s Future
The Scholarly Kitchen interviews Sage’s Ziyad Marar about his story and the tale yet to be told for academic publishing.
John Hattie on the Factors That Influence Learning In Schools
In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world’s largest evidence-based study into the factors that improve learning.
Do Conferences Still Matter? Yes, Yes They Do
Drawing on a study of physicists, Harry Collins and Will Mason-Wilkes argue in-person meetings are still vital in creating and sustaining academic communities.
Has Digital Open Access Made Book Chapters Comparable to Academic Journals?
Chapters in books are, thanks to digital open access, once again rivalling journal articles in their visibility to academic communities, their usefulness as teaching resources and in their ability to tackle innovative and state of-the-art topics.
Should ChatGPT Be Listed as an Academic Author?
Several recent academic papers have listed ChatGPT as an author. But should the artificially intelligent writing bot be considered an academic author?
Communicating Findings Should be Included in Research Funding
Reflecting on the ongoing professionalisation of academic communication and increased opportunities for researchers to engage, Andy Tattersall argues researchers and research funders should be mindful of the communication requirements of their projects and factor them into their bids and tenders.
