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NASA offers a high definition tour of the moon. But if you find a monolith, be ready to evolve. The post A Tour of the Moon — Hey, What’s that Monolith? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Editor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post is written by Jasmine Wallace, the Peer Review Manager at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in Washington, D.C.  At ASM she sets peer review priorities and helps ensure peer review practices and policies are […] The post What Is the Value of a Master’s In Publishing? appeared first on…

How can secrecy and openness most productively coexist when it comes to the intellectual property of universities and their research faculty? Some thoughts from the new vice president for technology and venture commercialization at a Tier 1 research university. The post Interview: Keith Marmer, AVP & ED for Technology & Venture Commercialization at the University…

Today, Clarivate is announcing that it recently acquired Kopernio, a startup launched last year to streamline access to scholarly content. The post In Latest Sign of Its Resurgence, Clarivate Acquires Kopernio appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Researchers say journal article recommendations are useful. Do these publisher platform features influence user behavior? How might they increase discovery and serendipity in the researcher’s workflow? A series of studies provide new evidence of increased reader engagement. The post Guest Post: Do Journal Article Recommendation Features Change Reader Behavior? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Can you spot a correctly written looptail g? Some interesting results on how writing may influence reading. The post Can You Identify a Lower Case G? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The buzz around blockchain is mounting. But does it fit with scholarly publishing's incentives and practices? The post Can Blockchain Withstand Skepticism? An Inquiry appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

These powerful testimonies, by people of color, about their experience of racism in scholarly publishing, clearly show that we have "a great deal of powerful and humbling work to do" to address racism and the white-dominated culture of our industry. The post On Being Excluded: Testimonies by People of Color in Scholarly Publishing appeared first…

Love it or loathe, blockchain is making the headlines everywhere! But what exactly is it? Does it really have a role to play in scholarly communications? If so, what and how? In this interview, Joris van Rossum (Digital Science) and Martijn Roelandse (Springer Nature) answer these questions and more. The post Everything* You Always Wanted…

Starting today, anyone who visits the online retailer Amazon will soon be able to review manuscripts, just like pens, sneakers, and toiletry products. The post Amazon Peer Review: Coming To A Preprint Near You appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.