Publishing

Strategic investments are needed to support all stakeholders in the transition to research equity.

It is incumbent on scientists to make sure that the ‘loudest’ research isn’t the only stuff we read.

While a fee-for-service system may be justified in a world where transactional exchanges of time and money are commonplace, academic publishing seems to sit outside this because the incentives are not solely monetary.

Experiment between a professor and a university press examines the question: can a podcast be academic research?

A recent study finds evidence that thoughtful, persuasive commentary by academics can shift the debate and affect policy.

The two founders of the website say the incentives in scientific publishing need to change to reduce fraud.

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Hate speech is on the rise. In Canada alone, it increased by a staggering 600 per cent between 2015 and 2016 as part of what some...

David Kent looks at whether it is ethical (and legal) for an academic to share a paper they are reviewing with their lab group.

Read more about the winners and finalists of the 2018 Canada Prizes, presented by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

David Kent looks at some of the new ways scientific journals are trying to fix the current peer review system.

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries proposes that institutions renegotiate unsustainable deals with journal publishers and transition toward open access.

Two years after the surprise success of their book The Slow Professor, the authors reflect on its impact, their attempts to live up to its ideals, and what comes next.

“When we noticed that people were using university or grant money for these conferences, we had to put a stop to it,” said one department chair.