The ongoing armed conflict in eastern Ukraine will soon be in its sixth month, with no clear signs of a ceasefire or resolution. To date, 7 million people have been displaced internally,1 over 5.2 million have fled Read More
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On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which had protected a woman’s right to have an abortion, and allowed individual states to impose their own laws. Currently, abortion Read More
It’s that time of the year when scholarly communication stakeholders around the world, including academic publishers, associations, institutions, and researchers, start gearing up for the biggest event in scholarly publishing – Peer Review Week1. Peer Read More
At the end of June, Clarivate released the 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). JCR is an important annual publication in the scholarly communication industry and is eagerly awaited for the scientometric information it provides about academic Read More
During our tenuous recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a spate of monkeypox cases is causing concern worldwide.1 As the most widely distributed monkeypox outbreak to date2, researchers and clinicians are looking at the smallpox vaccine Read More
Since the pivotal Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the first Pride events organized in 1970, the increased acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people the world over has been nothing short of remarkable. Depending Read More
The 44th annual meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing concluded on June 3, 2022, in Chicago, USA. The event was attended by academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, and technologists. This year’s theme was “Building Read More
Images are data used by researchers to explain their results and make evidence-based scientific claims. A good-quality image boosts the chances of manuscript acceptance. Thus, an image needs to be submitted in its original, yet Read More
If you’ve missed important updates from the scholarly publishing industry, we’ve got you covered! Here are the top 4 industry updates for this week. Nature invites four guest editors to begin the journey to Read More
Microplastic contamination and its potential threats to ecosystems and human health have become a major cause of public concern. The discovery of microscopic plastic fragments within sediments, water bodies, and even within human and animal Read More