Publishing 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 ...

What academic publishing can do for science?

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...

The five deadly sins of science publishing

Science cannot progress without scientists reporting their findings. And yet researchers have given control of this central pillar of the scientific process to science publishers, who are in the business of serving the interests of their journals; these are not always the same as the interests of science. This editorial describes the problems with the process of preparing and publishing researc...