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 […]
Does Research Being in a Review Article Cannibalize Your Citations?
Review papers play a significant role in curating the scholarly record. Drawing on a study of close to six million research articles, Peter McMahan, shows how review papers not only focus and shift attention onto particular papers, but also serve to shape entire research domains by linking them together and outlining core concepts. As such, the constitutive role of review papers and those who write them warrant further attention.
Publishers: Changing the Names of Trans People in Their Own Work is Not Enough
Theresa Jane Tanenbaum argues that publishers must commit to correcting all of their records when a scholar changes their name and not just the ones that are easy to correct.
Aussie Study Argues Book Publishing Sidelined in Ranking Universities
Academic book publishing is under threat. Global university rankings and competition for funding and international student enrolments are reshaping the research landscape. […]
The Pandemic Has Been a Proving Ground for Preprints
New research suggests that the pandemic has resulted in scientists increasingly using preprints to release findings, and that these papers are read more frequently.
Journal Reviewers Can Help Ensure Indigenous Scholars Are Heard
Volunteer reviewers are one key obstacle – or ally – in seeing scholarship from indigenous authors makes into mainstream academic journals. Here are some tips to remove obstacles.
My New Rap Album is Peer-Reviewed and on a University Press
As a rap artist and academic, A.D. Carson wondered if he could get his new album “published” through an academic press?
SAGE Business & Management Books Win TAA Textbook Awards
Management book titles have won one of the coveted TAA Textbook Awards across two categories: the Textbook Excellence Award and the Most Promising New Textbook Award.
Watch the Archived Webinar: Demystifying Academic Processes: From Publishing Your Research to Promoting it
“Demystifying Academic Processes: From Publishing Your Research to Promoting it,” answered three main questions: How can you get published in an academic journal (whether an early career researcher or veteran)? How can you promote your publications? And how should you think about measuring impact?
