Just released! @scholtom.bsky.social sits down with @richardsteeden.bsky.social @iwapublishing.bsky.social to discuss his career journey so far and what he gets up to in his current role.
#ScholComms #CareerJourney #Publishing
👉 on.soundcloud.com/yolNfzOnTKlX...
#ScholComms #CareerJourney #Publishing
👉 on.soundcloud.com/yolNfzOnTKlX...
41. An interview with Richard Steeden, Key Account Manager at IWA Publishing
In this episode, Tom Grady sits down with Richard Steeden, Key Account Manager at IWA Publishing, to discuss their career journey so far and what they get up to in their current role.
soundcloud.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Just released! @scholtom.bsky.social sits down with @richardsteeden.bsky.social @iwapublishing.bsky.social to discuss his career journey so far and what he gets up to in his current role.
#ScholComms #CareerJourney #Publishing
👉 on.soundcloud.com/yolNfzOnTKlX...
#ScholComms #CareerJourney #Publishing
👉 on.soundcloud.com/yolNfzOnTKlX...
Admittedly this letter was published online a couple of weeks ago, but it still gave me the warm fuzzies when I found it today.
#skybrarians #scholcomms #scholarlycommunications #academicsky #phdsky
gametheorysociety.org/statement-on...
#skybrarians #scholcomms #scholarlycommunications #academicsky #phdsky
gametheorysociety.org/statement-on...
Statement on the Game Theory Society’s relationship with Games and Economic Behavior – Game Theory Society
gametheorysociety.org
October 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Admittedly this letter was published online a couple of weeks ago, but it still gave me the warm fuzzies when I found it today.
#skybrarians #scholcomms #scholarlycommunications #academicsky #phdsky
gametheorysociety.org/statement-on...
#skybrarians #scholcomms #scholarlycommunications #academicsky #phdsky
gametheorysociety.org/statement-on...
Want to know more about @williamjnixon.bsky.social career journey so far? And what about his current role at RLUK?
Listen now to his interview with @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social! on.soundcloud.com/6mERjmeoCGjI...
#UKSGPod
@rluk.ac.uk
#Careers #CareerJourney #ScholComms
Listen now to his interview with @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social! on.soundcloud.com/6mERjmeoCGjI...
#UKSGPod
@rluk.ac.uk
#Careers #CareerJourney #ScholComms
38. An interview with William Nixon, Deputy Executive Director, RLUK
William Nixon is Deputy Executive Director at RLUK, in this episode Katherine Stephan talks to William about their career journey so far and their current role at RLUK.
soundcloud.com
October 21, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Want to know more about @williamjnixon.bsky.social career journey so far? And what about his current role at RLUK?
Listen now to his interview with @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social! on.soundcloud.com/6mERjmeoCGjI...
#UKSGPod
@rluk.ac.uk
#Careers #CareerJourney #ScholComms
Listen now to his interview with @msiowaintheuk.bsky.social! on.soundcloud.com/6mERjmeoCGjI...
#UKSGPod
@rluk.ac.uk
#Careers #CareerJourney #ScholComms
How to navigate the transition from working in primarily library-based roles to a publisher ... and more!
Join Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social and Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social bsky.social for another episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney on.soundcloud.com/pKiOlq9o29vF...
Join Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social and Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social bsky.social for another episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney on.soundcloud.com/pKiOlq9o29vF...
October 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
How to navigate the transition from working in primarily library-based roles to a publisher ... and more!
Join Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social and Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social bsky.social for another episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney on.soundcloud.com/pKiOlq9o29vF...
Join Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social and Tom Morley @tmorley24.bsky.social bsky.social for another episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney on.soundcloud.com/pKiOlq9o29vF...
Indeed. Sigh. I didn't know about that development. You can tell I haven't led ScholComms for eight years. TBH, I'd like to write a full book on an open peer review platform, publish it on our instance of Open Monograph Press, point people to print-on-demand for nicely bound copies.
October 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Indeed. Sigh. I didn't know about that development. You can tell I haven't led ScholComms for eight years. TBH, I'd like to write a full book on an open peer review platform, publish it on our instance of Open Monograph Press, point people to print-on-demand for nicely bound copies.
1/ Publishing debates count subscriptions, APCs, and margins. It is time to count what is invested to produce the research in the first place. A new study does just that, and a second follows the money. 🧵
October 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Find out what it’s like to work as a Senior Adviser at the National Library of Norway!
Inger Stenersen joins @tmorley24.bsky.social on the latest episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney podcast on.soundcloud.com/J1xg4jYznKqC...
Inger Stenersen joins @tmorley24.bsky.social on the latest episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney podcast on.soundcloud.com/J1xg4jYznKqC...
October 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Find out what it’s like to work as a Senior Adviser at the National Library of Norway!
Inger Stenersen joins @tmorley24.bsky.social on the latest episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney podcast on.soundcloud.com/J1xg4jYznKqC...
Inger Stenersen joins @tmorley24.bsky.social on the latest episode of our #ScholComms #CareerJourney podcast on.soundcloud.com/J1xg4jYznKqC...
👀ICYMI | "For economics, in the contemporary period, the pattern suggests the emergence of increasingly closed communities. Low entry of journals and low turnover of members raise questions about governance: Who is being excluded?"
@albertobaccini.bsky.social #EconSky #SocialScience #ScholComms
@albertobaccini.bsky.social #EconSky #SocialScience #ScholComms
Economics journals are governed by a shrinking elite - LSE Impact
Journal growth in economics has stalled, member turnover has collapsed, and boards have become stable and insular. Does a lack of diversity hold the field back?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
👀ICYMI | "For economics, in the contemporary period, the pattern suggests the emergence of increasingly closed communities. Low entry of journals and low turnover of members raise questions about governance: Who is being excluded?"
@albertobaccini.bsky.social #EconSky #SocialScience #ScholComms
@albertobaccini.bsky.social #EconSky #SocialScience #ScholComms
10 years of WRUP! 🎉
Details now on the OIPA site:
oipauk.org/2026/09/30/n...
Sounds like a fascinating event for publishers and researchers, authors and editors, and all those interested in academic #publishing.
#OpenAccess #ScholComms #Academia #AmWriting
Details now on the OIPA site:
oipauk.org/2026/09/30/n...
Sounds like a fascinating event for publishers and researchers, authors and editors, and all those interested in academic #publishing.
#OpenAccess #ScholComms #Academia #AmWriting
September 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
10 years of WRUP! 🎉
Details now on the OIPA site:
oipauk.org/2026/09/30/n...
Sounds like a fascinating event for publishers and researchers, authors and editors, and all those interested in academic #publishing.
#OpenAccess #ScholComms #Academia #AmWriting
Details now on the OIPA site:
oipauk.org/2026/09/30/n...
Sounds like a fascinating event for publishers and researchers, authors and editors, and all those interested in academic #publishing.
#OpenAccess #ScholComms #Academia #AmWriting
Early on, typography at OLH (this journal's publisher) seemed low priority.
But scholcomms aesthetics have effects. They convey authority, permit recognition, and act as a low bar trust signal.
So we did commission new templates with a designer, a font geek, and our typesetters.
But scholcomms aesthetics have effects. They convey authority, permit recognition, and act as a low bar trust signal.
So we did commission new templates with a designer, a font geek, and our typesetters.
It's a very smart move for new not-for-profit journals to reclaim the typographic standards that have been lost to ruthless profit maximisation.
Pic 1: Philosophy & Public Affairs (pre-zombification)
Pic 2: Philosophy & Public Affairs (zombie journal)
Pic 3: Free & Equal (PPA open-access successor)
Pic 1: Philosophy & Public Affairs (pre-zombification)
Pic 2: Philosophy & Public Affairs (zombie journal)
Pic 3: Free & Equal (PPA open-access successor)
August 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Early on, typography at OLH (this journal's publisher) seemed low priority.
But scholcomms aesthetics have effects. They convey authority, permit recognition, and act as a low bar trust signal.
So we did commission new templates with a designer, a font geek, and our typesetters.
But scholcomms aesthetics have effects. They convey authority, permit recognition, and act as a low bar trust signal.
So we did commission new templates with a designer, a font geek, and our typesetters.
💥New | For a decade CRediT has quietly reshaped academic authorship – what comes next?
✍️ @drachiarelli.bsky.social, Lucia Loffreda, LizAllen, @mhmdhsini.bsky.social, Sandra Bendiscioli and @themauvedesert.bsky.social
#CredIT #ScholComms #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @drachiarelli.bsky.social, Lucia Loffreda, LizAllen, @mhmdhsini.bsky.social, Sandra Bendiscioli and @themauvedesert.bsky.social
#CredIT #ScholComms #AcademicPublishing
For a decade CRediT has quietly reshaped academic authorship – what comes next? - LSE Impact
The CredIT taxonomy has become a feature of academic publishing, but has its potential for creating research insights been fully exploited?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
💥New | For a decade CRediT has quietly reshaped academic authorship – what comes next?
✍️ @drachiarelli.bsky.social, Lucia Loffreda, LizAllen, @mhmdhsini.bsky.social, Sandra Bendiscioli and @themauvedesert.bsky.social
#CredIT #ScholComms #AcademicPublishing
✍️ @drachiarelli.bsky.social, Lucia Loffreda, LizAllen, @mhmdhsini.bsky.social, Sandra Bendiscioli and @themauvedesert.bsky.social
#CredIT #ScholComms #AcademicPublishing
Goodness, more @elsevierconnect.bsky.social news.
#scholarlycommunications #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #academicsky #edusky #phdsky #skybrarians
#scholarlycommunications #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #academicsky #edusky #phdsky #skybrarians
🚨Elsevier forces out Games and Economic Behavior (GEB) Editor, entire editorial board has resigned, current board only handling new submissions until Nov. 14 #econsky
August 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The issue with the reporting on this research is that "doubling every 18 months" doesn't tell us about the scale of the problem. There's a danger that research on paper mills ends up similar to the mostly terrible research on predatory publishing that assumes in advance that the problem is massive.
Science or fiction? Shadowy ‘paper mills’ let you pay to be a published author – of fraudulent research
Paper mill activity has exploded in recent years, polluting the scientific ecosystem with falsified data and compromising medical research
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:38 AM
#peerreview #publishing #academicpublishing #scholarlycommunications #scholcomms #rdm #researchdata #AI
New blogpost deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/08/acce... inspired by recent depressing experience as a peer reviewer. AI-generated #fraud is getting very hard to detect. #peerreview
Acceleration of the arms race between fraudsters and honest researchers
I was recently asked to review a paper that piqued my curiosity. From the abstract it sounded as if it was a secondary analysis of a datas...
deevybee.blogspot.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"The journal roughly doubled its publication volume from nearly 5,000 articles in 2023 to over 9,600 in 2024, and published over 10,300 articles in 2025."
Good illustration of why commercial publishers are not passive victims of fraudulent behaviour but have actively created the conditions for it.
Good illustration of why commercial publishers are not passive victims of fraudulent behaviour but have actively created the conditions for it.
Since June @elsevierconnect.bsky.social has retracted 120 papers from the journal. According to the retraction notices, the journal identified “[s]ystematic, coordinated, and widespread manipulation of the peer-review process.”
August 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Fixing web references for the long term. In this guest editorial, Lemaire, Benjamin explores how link rot and content drift threaten academic integrity, and practices needed for preserving research records in the digital age. Add your comments:
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Fixing web references for the long term. In this guest editorial, Lemaire, Benjamin explores how link rot and content drift threaten academic integrity, and practices needed for preserving research records in the digital age. Add your comments:
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
Fixing web references for the long term. In this guest editorial, Lemaire, Benjamin explores how link rot and content drift threaten academic integrity, and practices needed for preserving research records in the digital age. Add your comments:
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Fixing web references for the long term. In this guest editorial, Lemaire, Benjamin explores how link rot and content drift threaten academic integrity, and practices needed for preserving research records in the digital age. Add your comments:
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
https://ow.ly/LKk250XZAhp
#ScholComms
"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors."
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: https://ow.ly/59il50XbVn1
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: https://ow.ly/59il50XbVn1
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors."
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: https://ow.ly/59il50XbVn1
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, expands on this and shares updates to the latest guidelines.
👉 Read editorial: https://ow.ly/59il50XbVn1
#Scholcomms
#PublicationIntegrity
📢 NEW updates to COPE Retraction guidelines!
* batch retractions
* communicating with authors
* purpose of retraction
* editor’s decision to retract
* aligning with NEW expressions of concern guidelines
👉 Guidelines: https://ow.ly/9m7o50X04wL
#Scholcomms
* batch retractions
* communicating with authors
* purpose of retraction
* editor’s decision to retract
* aligning with NEW expressions of concern guidelines
👉 Guidelines: https://ow.ly/9m7o50X04wL
#Scholcomms
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📢 NEW updates to COPE Retraction guidelines!
* batch retractions
* communicating with authors
* purpose of retraction
* editor’s decision to retract
* aligning with NEW expressions of concern guidelines
👉 Guidelines: https://ow.ly/9m7o50X04wL
#Scholcomms
* batch retractions
* communicating with authors
* purpose of retraction
* editor’s decision to retract
* aligning with NEW expressions of concern guidelines
👉 Guidelines: https://ow.ly/9m7o50X04wL
#Scholcomms
Not going to lie... #ROAC is re-energising my cynical antisoul for the politics of solace in the hellscape of academia/scholcomms/2025. Hope ain't for me. But the scrap sure as fuck is. We will fight (between ourselves and against the systems). And as such we win. The struggle is real. And eternal.
April 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Not going to lie... #ROAC is re-energising my cynical antisoul for the politics of solace in the hellscape of academia/scholcomms/2025. Hope ain't for me. But the scrap sure as fuck is. We will fight (between ourselves and against the systems). And as such we win. The struggle is real. And eternal.
First quarterly member forum will cover Rights Retention
📌 August 26
📌 12pm AEST/2pm NZST
📌 OAA members only
#OpenAccess #RightsRetention#ScholComms
Image Credit: Andrea De Santis via Unsplash
Details oaaustralasia.org/open-access-...
📌 August 26
📌 12pm AEST/2pm NZST
📌 OAA members only
#OpenAccess #RightsRetention#ScholComms
Image Credit: Andrea De Santis via Unsplash
Details oaaustralasia.org/open-access-...
Open Access Australasia announces a new member-only quarterly forum. | Open Access Australasia
oaaustralasia.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
First quarterly member forum will cover Rights Retention
📌 August 26
📌 12pm AEST/2pm NZST
📌 OAA members only
#OpenAccess #RightsRetention#ScholComms
Image Credit: Andrea De Santis via Unsplash
Details oaaustralasia.org/open-access-...
📌 August 26
📌 12pm AEST/2pm NZST
📌 OAA members only
#OpenAccess #RightsRetention#ScholComms
Image Credit: Andrea De Santis via Unsplash
Details oaaustralasia.org/open-access-...
Hello there 👋
Newbie here – giving this platform a go. I work in #ScholComms @crossref.bsky.social and dabble in #ConsumerPsychology when time @ougradsch.bsky.social. I look fwd to conversations on #OpenScience #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalJustice #SystemsThinking #BehaviourChange and more
Newbie here – giving this platform a go. I work in #ScholComms @crossref.bsky.social and dabble in #ConsumerPsychology when time @ougradsch.bsky.social. I look fwd to conversations on #OpenScience #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalJustice #SystemsThinking #BehaviourChange and more
November 20, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Hello there 👋
Newbie here – giving this platform a go. I work in #ScholComms @crossref.bsky.social and dabble in #ConsumerPsychology when time @ougradsch.bsky.social. I look fwd to conversations on #OpenScience #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalJustice #SystemsThinking #BehaviourChange and more
Newbie here – giving this platform a go. I work in #ScholComms @crossref.bsky.social and dabble in #ConsumerPsychology when time @ougradsch.bsky.social. I look fwd to conversations on #OpenScience #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalJustice #SystemsThinking #BehaviourChange and more
“A robust and nimble infrastructure is imperative to support the vital work of scholarly communication and effectively and efficiently meet the emerging service needs of different stakeholders.” #scholcomms
The Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly Publishing - Ithaka S+R
The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. The first saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the characteristics of t...
sr.ithaka.org
April 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM
“A robust and nimble infrastructure is imperative to support the vital work of scholarly communication and effectively and efficiently meet the emerging service needs of different stakeholders.” #scholcomms
The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) are being updated. Read more and join the conversation before March 5, 2025: https://tinyurl.com/3d4zvmdw
#crossref #scholarlycommunity #scholcomms
#crossref #scholarlycommunity #scholcomms
February 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) are being updated. Read more and join the conversation before March 5, 2025: https://tinyurl.com/3d4zvmdw
#crossref #scholarlycommunity #scholcomms
#crossref #scholarlycommunity #scholcomms
.@retractionwatch.com #retractions now live in Crossref's REST API! A big step for improving #research transparency and accessibility. Check out the details in our latest blog post: https://tinyurl.com/yc5zkf43
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
.@retractionwatch.com #retractions now live in Crossref's REST API! A big step for improving #research transparency and accessibility. Check out the details in our latest blog post: https://tinyurl.com/yc5zkf43
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters