Publishing in Science

Metadata in Science Publishing

In the design of authoring systems in electronic publishing a great challenge is to what extent the author is able, can be enabled and is willing to structure the contribution her/himself. After all, all information that is denotated properly in the writing stage enhances the retrievability later on. Metadata are the crucial ingredients. Hence, prior to design and experiment is the need for a f...

Science publishing 2035

It is clear that we cannot disentangle the question of what the scientific journal will look like in twenty years’ time from the question of what the university and academia will look like. The pressures of competitive, individual research assessment, within an increasingly marketized world of higher education, would indicate a future of science publishing that is more closed, more niche, more ...

Truth in Science Publishing: A Personal Perspective

Scientists, public servants, and patient advocates alike increasingly question the validity of published scientific results, endangering the public's acceptance of science. Here, I argue that emerging flaws in the integrity of the peer review system are largely responsible. Distortions in peer review are driven by economic forces and enabled by a lack of accountability of journals, editors, and...

Publishing Science in the Time of Zika

On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared that the spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV) was an international emergency of public health concern. The virus, identified in the late ‘40s, was introduced into Brazil from the Pacific Islands and spread quickly through the Americas in the short span of 1 year. Beyond the damaging effect of the infection in healthy adults, ZIKV infection ...

What academic publishing can do for science?