Can We Talk? The University's Role in Transforming Public Discourse
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Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
July 14, 2021 to July 18, 2021
Crowd-sourcing reviews
Friends:
The Scholarly Kitchen blog has a discussion of a new method that some journals are using to collect reviews of scientific articles. The system relies on a large number of expert reviewers who are invited to "crowd" review a manuscript and can submit their comments much more rapidly than under the old system.
The comments are also of interest. Commentators noted the way that this promotes discussion and collegiality; one of them thought it would be worth trying the same method with book reviews.
India proposes a plan for nationwide open access
Friends:
Below is a link to a story by Smriti Mallapati that appeared in Nature on September 30 2020 entitled "India pushes bold ‘one nation, one subscription’ journal-access plan"
The story outlines a complex series of issues and options but the excerpt below gives the gist.
JStor extends free access
Friends:
JStor is extending its free access offer through December 31, 2020. You can find more informaiton below. Scholars should also check with their local libraries (including public libraries) and learned societies to see if they are offering JSTOR discounts or logins.
Access for Independent Researchers
Panel on institute and society publishing
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This announcement is forwarded from the American Historical Association news--Margaret DeLacy, H-Scholar editor]
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Panel on Peer Review, Sept. 25
Friends:
This is forwarded from the H-Net blog "Feeding the Elephant" on the H-Net Book Channel.
Re: How to be a good reviewer
A recent article in Pediatrics reports on a study of single- versus double-blinded reviewing. They asked reviewers for their own journal which they preferred, and the results were almost evenly divided -- 51% preferred double-blind, 38% preferred single-blind, and 11% preferred an open reviewing process.
I'm not sure if this is behind a paywall, but here's the citation:
University Press publishing FAQ
Friends:
The Association of University Presses has a new FAQ page entitled "Ask UP" with answers to questions such as "What should I include in my proposal?" and "When can I expect a contract?"
You can find the page at
Margaret
How to be a good reviewer
Friends:
The H-Net Feeding the Elephant blog on the Book Channel network has a new post by Michael Chibnik entitled "Journal Peer Review: Tips for Being an Effective Reviewer." It outlines the duties of a helpful peer review of manuscript articles from the perspective of the editor of a well-regarded scholarly journal.
You can find it at
History blogs, comment
Friends:
our H-Net sister list H-Civ-War has begun to host a blog series for subscribers. To view the first entries go to
https://networks.h-net.org/node/4113/blog/The%20H-CivWar%20Authors'%20Blog
Meanwhile. over at the Society for the History of Natural History, Ann Sylph has posted some advice on composing blogs:
