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Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the Royal Society of Chemistry answer Alice Meadows's questions about the RSC's Joint Commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing The post Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing: An Interview with Laura Norton and Nicola Nugent of the RSC appeared first on The…

Like all OA funding models, subscribe-to-open solves some problems while creating others. Some of the downsides are pretty fundamental. The post Feasibility, Sustainability, and the Subscribe-to-Open Model appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

APC waivers aim to help ensure that researchers from low- and middle-income countries can publish their research. But the current system is hindered by lack of awareness, clarity and consistency. Andrea Powell proposes how publishers could improve the situation. The post Guest Post — APC Waiver Policies; A Job Half-done? appeared first on The Scholarly…

How big is the universe? How small is the quantum realm? The answer lies in a sheet of A4 paper... The post The Size of Things: As Told Through a Sheet of A4 Paper appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

The scholarly publishing community must reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to the global climate emergency. Here are some thoughts on how we can take a leading role in these efforts. The post Climate Responsibilities of Scholarly Publishing appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

At the end of 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences issued their first "Early Warning List of International Journals". Christos Petrou takes a look at the early impacts this list has had on the journals and publishers named. The post Guest Post – An Early Look at the Impact of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…

Global initiatives in open are decentralized and disconnected, lacking researcher input and buy-in. An “opens solutions” approach can both embrace and leverage that diversity, ensuring that it all contributes to the greater whole. The post Guest Post — A Unified, Common Ground Approach to Open appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Like a home renovation, content standards, like JATS4R, involve surprises & inter-dependencies, demanding our teamwork & flexibility. The post Guest Post — Scholarly Communication, Plumbing, and JATS4R appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

We're taking the rest of the week off, and information on a change in the TSK Twitter account. The post Spring Break and a Change to our Twitter Account appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.

Study of researchers indicates that a preprint or accepted manuscript can substitute for the version of record in some use cases but not all. The post Publishers Care about the Version of Record, Do Researchers? appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.