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Helping Chinese citizens make sense of science

With more and more Chinese authors publishing in scholarly journals, and with China looking set to take over from the USA as the top article-generating country within the next few years, it is more important than ever for Chinese scientists to share the importance of the peer review process with the public. Today sees the…

Interview with Tracey Brown, Managing Director, Sense About Science

1. Tracey thanks for taking the time to talk to Wiley-Blackwells Publishing News. First of all, could you introduce Sense About Science to our readers? Sense About Science is a non-profit organization. We help people to make sense of science and evidence on issues in public discussion, which covers everything from policy announcements or product…

By David Nicholson
Vice President & Journals Publishing Director

Tags: Peer Review, Sense About Science, Young Researchers

Societies

Two Recent Editorial Seminars in Asia

CHINA A key objective for the Wiley China Publishing team in 2013/14 was to increase external editorial participation from Chinese editors and editorial board members. This involves getting the right people onto the editorial boards of our journals people who can add value to the journals and aid in their growth in China, empowering…

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Update

The ORCID system for author identifiers launched in mid-October 2012, and there are already 30,000 registrants. ORCID functionality is now live in the ScholarOne Manuscript system (S1M), and Wiley will enable it for our S1M journals in late December 2012

Important New Book on Scholarly Publishing

The last comprehensive textbook on journal publishing was published in 1997 (Journal Publishing by Page, Campbell and Meadows) . Its successor, Academic and Professional Publishing, edited by Bob Campbell (Wiley), Ed Pentz ( CrossRef), and Ian Borthwick (IET Standards), is different in that, as well as covering the how to basics, it attempts to take…

By Wiley Blackwell

Tags: Citation, Copyright, Data, Editorial Best Practice, Peer Review, Wiley News

Societies

What Can Journalists do to Uncover Scientific Misconduct?

On June 25th 2012, 250 science journalists and press officers gathered at the Royal Society, London for the bi-annual UK Conference of Science Journalists (UKCSJ). These regular global and UK science journalist conferences provide a good forum for Wileys publicity team to meet the journalists we correspond with, to build relationships with them, and to…

By Jennifer Beal
Communications Project Manager

Tags: COPE, Editorial Best Practice, Peer Review, Plagiarism

Societies Research

Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts

Sense About Science (SAS), the UK-based charitable trust that equips people to make sense of scientific and medical claims in public discussion, recently published a booklet entitled Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts. Written by and primarily but not exclusively for young scientists, it does exactly what it says on the can, looking…

By Alice Meadows
Director of Society Relations

Tags: Editorial Best Practice, Peer Review, Sense About Science, Young Researchers

Societies Research

Your Starter for Ten – an Interview with Professor Allen Moore, Head of the Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, USA and Editor of Ecology and Evolution, a new Open Access journal launched by Wiley Blackwell in 2011

1. Allen thanks for agreeing to this interview. Let’s start with an overview of your current academic and editorial responsibilities. I moved to the University of Georgia in September of 2011, where I am the Head of the Department of Genetics. At Georgia, I have the normal academic responsibilities of teaching, running a lab, and…

By David Nicholson
Vice President & Journals Publishing Director

Tags: Editorial Best Practice, Interview, Open Access, Peer Review

Societies Research

Research Data An Update on New Initiatives

As scholarly institutions, societies, and researchers are well aware, debate about the production, use, and curation of research data has become steadily more intense in recent years. Pressures include financial resources, funder mandates, formatting and storage questions, provenance, and academic accreditation concerns. As key stakeholders in supporting scholarly communication, publishers too are interested in contributing…

By Fiona Murphy
Publisher, Life Sciences

Tags: Data Management, Industry News, Market Update, Peer Review

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Tag Archives: Peer Review

Helping Chinese citizens make sense of science

Interview with Tracey Brown, Managing Director, Sense About Science

Two Recent Editorial Seminars in Asia

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) Update

Important New Book on Scholarly Publishing

What Can Journalists do to Uncover Scientific Misconduct?

Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts

Your Starter for Ten – an Interview with Professor Allen Moore, Head of the Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, USA and Editor of Ecology and Evolution, a new Open Access journal launched by Wiley Blackwell in 2011

Research Data An Update on New Initiatives

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