It is time once again for librarians, publishers, and the rest of the library and scholarly publishing universe to gather at the Charleston Conference in South Carolina to discuss emerging trends and innovations in scholarly publishing, library services, and research. The Charleston Conference is a favorite of us here at Cabells due to its collaborative … Continue reading “The Sky’s the Limit!” at the Charleston Conference
Journalytics Update: Twenty Hindawi Journals Recently Removed from the Journalytics Academic and Journalytics Medicine Databases
As part of our ongoing mission to protect and foster research integrity, the following journals from the publisher Hindawi have been removed from our Journalytics Academic and Journalytics Medicine databases for failure to meet our quality criteria, pending re-evaluation of their policies and practices: Advances In Materials Science And Engineering (ISSN: 1687-8434) Biomed Research International … Continue reading Journalytics Update: Twenty Hindawi Journals Recently Removed from the Journalytics Academic and Journalytics Medicine Databases
SDG Publishers Compact Fellows and HESI to Hold Sustainable Solutions Summit
Immediate action is the only hope for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by (or anywhere near) 2030. The SDGs are 17 interlinked targets put forth by the United Nations in 2015 as the backbone of its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. According to The Sustainable Development Goals Report for 2022, the SDGs are in … Continue reading SDG Publishers Compact Fellows and HESI to Hold Sustainable Solutions Summit
Can Research Lost to Predatory Journals Be Saved?
Potentially valuable research that is mistakenly published in a predatory journals is all but lost. Should this be the case?
One, Two, Three… Blog!
A look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the last 1,000 days and counting of The Source...
Not Seeing the Wood for the Trees
There is much to learn from literature regarding scholarly communications, not least how to get messages across the divide to the wider public. Simon Linacre finds much food for thought in chewing over a modern classic.
A New Perspective
What should a good quality journal include in its make-up – rigorous research, well-regarded editorial board, plenty of citations? But what if we challenge these assumptions, and demand commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as well? There are solutions to this challenge, and here Simon Linacre introduces the first SDG Impact Intensity™ rating from Cabells and Saint Joseph’s University.
What lies beneath
The first set of data from Cabells’ collaboration with Inera’s Edifix shows that nearly 300 article checks included references to predatory journals. Simon Linacre looks behind the data to share more details about ‘citation contamination.'
Peer Review Week 2021: Identity in Peer Review
Peer Review Week 2021 has been announced for September 20–24 with the theme of Identity in Peer Review. Simon Linacre takes a look at the importance of the event and this year’s chosen theme.
The top nine questions on predatory journals – answered!
In the course of researching a book on predatory publishing, Simon Linacre wanted to find some answers to common questions on the subject. In his latest blog post, he shares why straightforward is never easy when it comes to this controversial topic.