This week, we explore the implications of US policy changes on scholarly communications, learn of a new publishing platform from the Center for Open Science and review service improvements introduced by the Copyright Clearance Center in 2024. We also highlight a call to participate in a project that aims to produce guidance on resolving author disputes and remind readers to register for the 2025 STM US Annual Conference. Finally, we signpost two upcoming webinars about the Dimensions Author Check service and how agentic AI can support medical affairs.
To read:
What changing US policies mean for scholarly communication via The Scholarly Kitchen | 11-minute read
Several US policy changes announced in recent weeks have the potential to influence the scholarly publishing and research communication landscape. In this article, Lettie Y Conrad (Product Experience Architect at LibLynx), Rick Anderson (University Librarian at Brigham Young University), Haseeb Irfanullah (Independent Consultant) and Alice Meadows (Co-founder of MoreBrains) share their insights on topics including the Nelson Memo and the future of federally funded research. Readers are also invited to share their own thoughts about how the news will affect individual organizations and the wider scholarly publishing landscape in the long term.
Lifecycle Journal: a new vision for publishing via the Center for Open Science | 2-minute read
The Center for Open Science has announced the launch of Lifecycle Journal – a 3-year research and development project that aims to put researchers back in control of how their research is shared and appraised. As Brian Nosek (Executive Director of the Center for Open Science) explains, the journal will adopt Publish–Review–Curate “to reimagine scholarly publishing by creating a model where transparency, collaboration, and community-driven evaluation are at the forefront”. Lifecycle Journal is now accepting submissions.
How CCC supported scholarly communications in 2024 via CCC | 5-minute read
Seamless copyright workflows are essential to the scholarly communications industry. In this article, Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) outlines the service improvements it deployed in 2024 and discusses how it is supporting the transition to open access publishing.
To engage with:
Call to participate: improving authorship practices in research settings via UKRIO
The UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) is calling for research funders, publishers and researchers to participate in a new peer-to-peer project titled Supporting collaborative thinking and progress on discussing author disputes. The project, commissioned by UK Research and Innovation, will lead to the development of new guidance on handling authorship challenges and resolving disputes. Interested parties who are available to attend workshops on 5 and 12 March are invited to express their interest by Friday 14 February.
STM US Conference 2025 via STM
It’s time to register for the 2025 International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) US Annual Conference! Taking place from Wednesday 2 to Thursday 3 April in Washington, DC, the conference will bring together stakeholders from across the scientific and technical publishing community to consider how to progress From insight in trust to implementation of trust. More information, including a preliminary agenda, can be found on the conference website.
Introducing Dimensions Author Check via Dimensions
Dimensions Author Check is a new service from Digital Science designed to support the identification of risks to research integrity, including retractions, expressions of concern and unusual collaboration patterns. Join Nicholas Bailey (Senior Product Manager at Digital Science) on Thursday 13 February to explore the service and learn more about the data and methodology behind the insights it provides.
Agentic AI for medical affairs via Sorcero
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape the future of medical affairs. In this webinar on Wednesday 12 February, Samin Saeed (Vice-President Early Medical Pipeline, Speciality Care at GSK), Zeinab Sulaiman (Practice Leader, Medical Affairs Centre of Excellence at Sorcero) and Zee Hamza (Director of Data Science and AI at Sorcero) will explore real-world examples demonstrating the transformative nature of AI agents in the context of medical affairs.
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