In recent years, research reproducibility and replicability have become hot-button issues as a result of failed attempts to recreate many previously published studies. In this post, freelance scholarly publishing writer Victoria Kitchener discusses steps journals can take to help.
Developing statements of originality and disclosures is essential to receiving correct, complete, and consistent journal submissions – thereby promoting research integrity. In this post, Garrett Wright, Technical Editorial Associate at Scholastica, discusses current best practices.
Scholastica and Research Square announce a joint Peer Review Week blog series on tools to promote research integrity for scholarly journal editors, publishers, and authors. The series will cover ways to advance more transparent, rigorous, and ethical peer review practices. Learn more!
At the 2022 SSP Conference, attendees had a chance to take a hypothetical trip to the early days of digital-first journal production during the panel session Back to the future of digital-first publishing: Where we are and where we're going. What were the key takeaways? We cover highlights in this blog post!
Technical Editorial Associate at Scholastica, Garrett Wright, shares the latest on how our digital-first production service is helping journals save time and costs by cutting manuscript formatting steps and combining automation with human quality assurance.
At times, journal production delays will be out of your editorial and publishing teams' hands. But, you can still take steps to try and avoid them. In this blog post, we share 7 ways to streamline your production process to help you hit target publication dates and even exceed them.
Peer review email templates can help journals save a significant amount of editorial time, and they're for more than just manuscript decision letters. This blog post breaks down why, when, and how to create email templates for common journal correspondences, including 9 examples you can use.
Scholastica announces the launch of our second State of Journal Production and Access survey of independent scholarly society and university publishers, which will be used to develop an open industry report. If you work with a scholarly society, university press, library, or institution that independently publishes one or more journals, please take the survey to help develop collective insights.
Rapid market consolidation doesn't have to be the only way forward in the OA movement for scholarly societies. Examples of independent society publishers successfully implementing new OA models in the wild provide valuable insights and inspiration for others to follow suit.
The European Association of Science Editors' (EASE) Program Committee Chair Joan Marsh discusses the upcoming EASE conference, a hybrid virtual and in-person event focused on the manuscript journey, as well as EASE's latest member resources.
