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A statistical look back at the year in The Scholarly Kitchen. The post The Year in Review: 2017 On The Scholarly Kitchen appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

2017 may have been a watershed year for the Internet and its future. What did we learn? And what factors may shape 2018? The post The Wake-up Call — Looking Back at 2017, and Some Factors Affecting 2018 appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Input from more than a dozen consultants portrays an industry struggling to adapt to a dramatically different and rapidly changing information economy. The post A View from the Outside — Trends and Challenges Consultants See in Scholarly Publishing appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Illegitimate - or predatory - journals are on the increase. What's more, authors from high-, middle-, and low-income countries are now known to be publishing in them. Find out why this is the case and how we can work as a community to help stop their spread, in this interview with Kelly Cobey and Larissa…

The NIH is warning its funded authors against publishing in predatory journals, and the FTC has secured a preliminary injunction against OMICS for alleged predatory publishing practices. Will this mark a turning point in the fight against fraudulent scholarly publishing? The post Federal Trade Commission and National Institutes of Health Take Action Against Predatory Publishing…

A look from 1999 at an interesting new company called, "Amazon". Whatever happened to them? The post Amazon in 1999, A Look Back appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

A look at inequality in research and knowledge systems, and in particular, how gender issues in higher education are exacerbated in the Global South. The post Women in Academia Unite appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Learn how - and why - the Society for Scholarly Publishing is committed to addressing issues around diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications in this interview with Executive Director, Melanie Dolechek. The post Diversity and Inclusion at SSP: An Interview with Executive Director, Melanie Dolechek appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

New changes at COPE seem to move the organization further away from standards and closer to suggested behavior. At the same time, a new policy on member expulsions was announced. Is it clear exactly what members are agreeing to? The post COPE Introduces Less Specific Member Rules Along with a New Policy on Expulsions appeared…

After several high surplus years, a relatively small 2016 deficit will not sink PLOS. However, the trend over the past five years does not look encouraging, and 2017 looks no better. The post PLOS Reports $1.7M Loss In 2016 appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.