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Changing the culture is the topic of this year's FORCE2017 conference in October. It's typically not a priority, in scholarly communications or in business - but it should be... The post Changing the Culture in Scholarly Communications appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The Shepard Tone is an audio illusion that hightens tension in the listener. The post Design Matters: How an Audio Illusion Adds Tension appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The theme of this year's Peer Review Week is transparency in peer review. Learn what the four speakers at the September 12 PRW panel session on this topic think this means and why it's important. The post What Does Transparent Peer Review Mean and Why is it Important? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

In a move entirely consistent with its strategy to pivot beyond content licensing, Elsevier has acquired bepress, the institutional repository provider. The post Elsevier Acquires bepress appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The book is asked to perform many tasks, some of which are not necessarily the best use of the book format, whether in print or electronically. The long-form text, which may be print or digital, is a different matter, and is likely to remain with us and be called "a book" for some time to…

As an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor, editors propose an index that measures highly cited papers. The post The One-Percent Club For Top-Cited Papers appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Richard Feynman, in 1964, explains how science works. The post Richard Feynman on the Scientific Method appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The change of administrations in the United States was only 6 months ago but seems like much longer. Many things have changed in Washington with regard to science policy and the new administration’s orientation to science. Jeffrey Mervis, senior correspondent at Science magazine, talks with podcast host Michael Clarke about what has changed, what has…

The UK Scholarly Communications License repeats many of the stumbles of the original monolithic and mandatory OA policies. We urge its proponents to slow down and learn from them instead. The post Missing the Target: The UK Scholarly Communications License appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Cabell's International has stepped into the gap left by the demise of Beall's List, providing a new predatory journal blacklist that promises to perform the function of identifying and calling out scam publishers more consistently and transparently. How is it doing so far? The post Cabell’s New Predatory Journal Blacklist: A Review appeared first on…