Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Paper Is No Longer A Thing, But We Have Failed to Notice
The current convention that envisions the manuscript as a self-contained universe produces a range of negative consequences extending beyond papers’ obscene length: many scholars seem to cite papers based on their abstracts or even title alone; reviewing literature takes lots of time; noncore research communities are badly served; new requirements on research transparency and openness are difficult to meet; and, finally, our papers are not particularly enjoyable to read.
Maybe You Can Judge a Journal by Its Cover: What Titles and Mission Statements Tell Us
Using a dataset of journals from the field of business, management, and accounting research, Julián D. Cortés explores how the title and aims and purposes varies across journal, prestige, geography and publication model.
Pandemic Shows We Must Recraft Editorial Ethics in Academic Publishing
Researchers need to observe ethical standards during a pandemic, say Ben Kasstan, Rishita Nandagiri and Siyane Aniley, and journals should hold them to these standards.
Bill Edgar on Core Competences and the Importance of Long-Form Presentation
The first SAGE Open Long Form monograph, “Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers,” has now been released. It discusses how even though researchers and managers value and even extol the importance of core competencies, they often present “a sprawling, even fragmented picture of core competencies’ essence and contribution.”
The Role and Impact of Preprints in Open Access Publishing
Preprint repositories have become the hotspot for disseminating research articles. As a result, many researchers choose preprint over journal publishing to save […]
Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott
Steven Lubet argues that while students have the right to call for academic boycott of Israeli institutions, their university has a responsibility not to award them academic credit for doing so.
Watch the Webinar: Academic Publishing and a Quest for Diversity
An insightful webinar hosted by Research Information took place on November 29, focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in academic publishing. […]
Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?
The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.
