This guest post is by members of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) team: Professor Ludo Waltman (Leiden University), Professor Stephen Pinfield (University of Sheffield), Dr Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner (Leiden University) and Dr Helen Buckley Woods (University of Sheffield) Several OASPA members and other scholarly publishers are experimenting with new approaches to peer review. The Research… Read full article >
Guest post – Update: COVID-19 Rapid Reviewers Collaboration
C19RR – what we learned in 2020 and what we aim to do in 2021 This post is by Sarah Greaves, Independent Consultant & Phil Hurst, Publisher, The Royal Society We’ve all seen huge change in 2020 especially in publishing, and one initiative many of us have been involved with is the COVID-19 Rapid Reviewers… Read full article >
An OASPA 2020 conference sponsor post: How a pandemic is transforming research dissemination
This guest post is one of a series from sponsors of the OASPA Conference in 2020. Please note that the views in this post do not represent an official view or statement from OASPA. The post is from Fani Kelesidou of Hindawi Unforeseen challenges, more often than not, offer unique opportunities for growth. This year… Read full article >
OASPA Webinar: Scholarly Communication & COVID-19: Closing the Loop for Effective Peer Review – key takeaways and answers to attendee questions
Following on from the recent webinar entitled Scholarly Communication & COVID-19: Closing the Loop for Effective Peer Review, we asked our speakers to summarise their talks by offering a few key takeaways, which you can find below. We also asked speakers to respond to the many questions that were posed by attendees via the webinar… Read full article >
Q&A from OASPA and eLife: Early-career researcher involvement and recognition in peer review
In our second Q&A article to mark Peer Review Week 2016, we asked some early-career researchers about their involvement in peer review and how they feel they are recognised for their work. These responses have been provided by Sonia Sen (SS), a member of eLife’s Early Career Advisory Group and postdoctoral researcher for three years,… Read full article >