#scholcomm

I just added the results of a 17th survey to my growing summary, "Which pockets pay APCs?"
https://suber.pubpub.org/pub/j1jk6hu9

#APCs #OpenAccess #ScholComm

Update. "Since 2017, the #UK has mandated organisations employing more than 250 people to publicly report their annual #gender #PayGap…Every science publisher pays men more than women. In 2024, the lowest median pay gap favouring men was 9.5% (#SpringerNature), followed by #Sage (13.3%), #Wiley (17.7%), and #Informa (formerly Taylor & Francis) (22.7%). #Elsevier remains an outlier in the magnitude of its gender pay gap and in the lack of progress. Eight years ago Elsevier stood out among publishers, with a median pay gap in 2017 of 40.4% in favour of men over women in its UK business…Elsevier’s median pay gap for 2024 is 32.8%, maintaining its position as worst performer among peers over all eight years of mandatory reporting."
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004673

#Publishers #ScholComm

NEW Journal Article: “An Exploratory Study on the Publication Stages of Early Access Articles in Different Bibliographic Databases: A Case Study of #IEEE #Journals” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/12/journal-article-an-exploratory-study-on-the-publication-stages-of-early-access-articles-in-different-bibliographic-databases-a-case-study-of-ieee-journals/ #scholcomm #publishing

Just Released: Australian National Persistent Identifier (#PID) Benchmarking Toolkit – Consultation Draft (June 2025) https://digitalscience.figshare.com/articles/report/Australian_National_Persistent_Identifier_PID_Benchmarking_Toolkit_Consultation_Draft_June_2025_/29281667?file=55327559 #metadata #scholcomm @digitalscience

Conference Paper: “Research Knowledge Graphs: the Shifting Paradigm of Scholarly Information Representation” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/10/conference-paper-research-knowledge-graphs-the-shifting-paradigm-of-scholarly-information-representation/ #researchdata #data #scholcomm @OpenAlex

New From #Elsevier / #Scopus: "Introducing #CiteScore 2024: A Comprehensive and Transparent Metric for Journal Impact" https://blog.scopus.com/introducing-citescore-2024/ #scholcomm #libraries #metrics #publishing

New Briefing From European University Association: "Reclaiming Academic Ownership of the Scholarly Communication System" https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/09/new-briefing-from-european-university-association-reclaiming-academic-ownership-of-the-scholarly-communication-system/ #scholcomm #publishing #libraries @EUA

NEW Research Paper: “The Evolution Of Scientific #Writing: An Analysis of 20 Million Abstracts Over 70 Years in #Health and #Medical #Science” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/08/journal-article-the-evolution-of-scientific-writing-an-analysis-of-20-million-abstracts-over-70-years-in-health-and-medical-science/ #scholcomm

"This survey aims to gather perspectives on achieving truly equitable global open access as outlined in the OASPA ‘Next 50%’ project primer available via the Zenodo repository: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463314.

Your responses will inform discussions about reassessing what "open" truly means and on creating a more inclusive knowledge ecosystem. This will support a more holistic transition to open access."

https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90846268/OASPA-open-survey

#OpenAccess #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenScience #EquitableScience #OpenKnowledge #OASPA

New From the Authors Alliance: "The NIH Public Access Policy: Q&A for #Authors" https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/06/the-nih-public-access-policy-qa-for-authors/ @AuthorsAlliance #policies #scholcomm #libraries

Update. While #RFKJr doesn't want #HHS staff scientists to publish in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, or The Lancet, his agency's new #MAHA report cites articles from those journals 26 times.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/115890

"HHS declined to answer questions about how the journals can be both 'corrupt' and reliable" at the same time.

Also note that the same MAHA report includes hallucinated citations.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/114591206804992984

#DefendResearch #Medicine #Trump #ScholComm #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Ukrainian journals face immense challenges amid Russian military aggression, including the risk of losing archives, frequent power outages, cyberattacks, displacement of editorial teams, and appropriation of journal identities in occupied territories.

Our recent case-study examines how @DOAJ has supported academic #journals during the ongoing war, focusing on efforts to enhance their #visibility, publishing standards, and digital preservation.

https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.689

#OA #ScholComm

Call for Submissions EXTENDED!
#Munin2025 is coming to Tromsø, Norway, Nov 18–20!
New deadline: June 20
Open science
Indigenous rights
Transparency
Infrastructure
Agency
Submit your abstract now https://site.uit.no/muninconf/call-for-submissions/
#OpenScience #ScholComm #CFP

The Guardian: “Exclusive: US Veterans Agency Orders Scientists Not to Publish in #Journals Without Clearance” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/06/01/the-guardian-exclusive-us-veterans-agency-orders-scientists-not-to-publish-in-journals-without-clearance/ #scholcomm #publishing

PREPRINT: "Assessing the Performance of 8 #AI #Chatbots in Bibliographic Reference Retrieval: Grok and DeepSeek Outperform ChatGPT, but None are Fully Accurate" https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18059 #GPT #LLMs #scholcomm #libraries

SPARC to Become Independent Nonprofit Organization on June 1 https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/sparc-to-become-independent-nonprofit-organization-on-june-1/ @sparc #scholcomm #libraries

Editorial From Nature: "Gender #Equality in Research #Publishing is a Responsibility For Everyone" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01614-x ||| Report: "Closing the Gender Gap Peer Review at Nature Portfolio" https://www.nature.com/immersive/content/gender-gap-report/index.html #publishers #scholcomm

We’re getting excited for the #pkpOslo2025 Sprint next week!

Programmers, journal managers, users, librarians, interface experts, and scholarly publishers from around the world are getting together to continue centering community in work on PKP software for #ScholarlyPublishing.

Thanks to the University of Oslo for hosting the event!

Stay tuned for updates. Learn more about the PKP Oslo Sprint: https://pkp.sfu.ca/oslo-sprint-2025/

#ScholComm #OpenInfrastructure #OpenAccess

Hallucinating #GoldStandard science

"The #MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist."
https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors

"Health Secretary #RFKJr says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all."

#AI #DefendResearch #Medicine #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Diamond open access and the view from Finland, Canada, and the Netherlands!

National Diamond Funding - Open Science podcast, episode 60
https://soundcloud.com/opensciencetalk/60_national-diamond-funding #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenResearch #DiamondOA #scholcomm #Finland #Canada #Netherlands