How Societies and Publishers Can Create and Use Personas
A brand persona can be defined as a “composite sketch of a key segment of your audience.” Personas are generalized representations of typical users or customers of a product, service, or organization. They can help an organization to understand the ...
Five Ways Academic Journals and Publishers Can Improve Author Experience
As authors are increasingly required to publish open access, journals too are prioritizing author experience to attract high-quality research, retain authors, enhance their reputation and impact, facilitate collaboration, and meet funding and policy requirements. In addition to focusing on libraries ...
The Digital Development of China’s Academic Publishing Industry
The academic publishing market in China is developing quickly but is still in a growth phase. This provides tremendous opportunities for international publishers and societies to expand their international presence, diversify their revenue streams, etc. Currently, the Chinese research ecosystem ...
Keeping Guest Editions Free from Scientific Misconduct: A Handy Infographic ...
Guest editions bring the benefits of expertise, diversity, and interdisciplinary collaboration, enhancing the journal’s reputation and readership. However, they recently have become the targets of fraudsters and paper mills, leading to the publication of junk science papers that ultimately have ...
A Spotlight on Progress in DEIA Efforts by Research Societies
In an ever-evolving world, the pursuit of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) has emerged as an essential endeavor across various sectors. Recognizing the significance of DEIA in fostering innovation and advancing social justice, research societies have stepped forward to ...
Five Ways Research Societies Can Reduce the Carbon Footprint of ...
Academic conferences can have a significant environmental impact due to travel, energy consumption, and waste generation. Academic societies have a responsibility to address this issue and reduce the carbon footprint of their conferences. Societies like the American Geophysical Union are ...
Using ChatGPT for Peer Review: A Snapshot of Views
AI solutions have already been found valuable in basic screening of submitted manuscripts, helping journals efficiently screen out papers with obvious errors and missing information. Recently, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have emerged as powerful tools in natural language ...