Engaging with editorial board members is a key element to running a successful journal. Providing initial onboarding training to new members supports their understanding of how the journal operates, provides guidance on what constitutes a productive review, and highlights the journal’s aims for future publications. Alongside this, editors may also receive technical support around operating […]
Is your magazine working hard enough for you?
Society magazines—print and digital—can be an effective tool for reaching out to members, for recruitment, showcasing meeting highlights, and driving traffic to content. They can be a source of revenue, both directly through advertising, and indirectly, through building a member base and promoting usage of content in other publications. However, many societies are not taking […]
Webinar: How to comply with the EAA
Enforcement of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is less than a year away. To help organizations prepare, Typefi and Maverick Affiliate Senior Associate, Will Awad are teaming up on the upcoming webinar, “How to comply with the EAA.” One of the industry’s leading experts on digital accessibility, Will Awad, will discuss the European Accessibility Act […]
Publishing’s increasing dark shadow of cyber threats
The evolution of publishing has been dynamic, marked by pivotal inventions like the Gutenberg Press around 1440. This trajectory continued with the advent of the internet in the 1990s, which transformed content distribution and enabled global reach. Technological advancements have created a seismic shift in digital publishing, resulting in a landscape rich with diverse content, […]
AI Overlays: A challenge for website accessibility
In recent years, AI-powered web accessibility solutions, referred to as overlays, have become increasingly popular, marketed as quick and cost-effective ways to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). These AI-based overlay products offer quick fixes for making websites accessible by optimizing for screen readers, improving keyboard […]
Journal Performance Analysis: Navigating Global Publishing Shifts and Impact Factors
In recent years, China has looked to position itself as the world’s largest producer of scientific knowledge, and the data certainly seems to support this.1 As of September 22, 2024, figures from Incites, based on Web of Science documents, show that China led global academic production with 1,293,317 publications and a remarkable 2,792,765 citations for […]
Jayne Marks joins R2R advisory board
The Researcher to Reader Conference has announced that Jayne Marks, Maverick’s Head of EMEA Business Development has been appointed to the Advisory Board for the 2025 Researcher to Reader Conference. Founded in 2016, R2R is a collaborative gathering that aims to be the premier forum for discussion of the international scholarly communications ecosystem, bringing knowledge […]
The Abbreviation Overload in Data Management: Are We Overdoing It?
Have you ever noticed how in data management, abbreviations seem to pop up everywhere? It’s like the tech world has its own secret language, and sometimes, it feels like we’re using these acronyms just to sound more high-tech than we really are. Let’s examine this trend and why it might be more confusing than helpful. […]
Peer Review: tools, training, and integration
Research integrity, artificial intelligence (AI), and peer review have become inextricably linked. The same technologies that can be used to generate content are now being put to use to safeguard it and to help identify large-scale ‘bad actors’ in the scholarly research system according to Nancy Roberts, Maverick’s Head of Technology & Content. Fortunately, publishers […]
Peer review from a researcher’s perspective
Maverick Affiliate Senior Associate, Maria Machado is co-chair of Peer Review Week 2024. In a new post for Maverick’s peer review series, Maria draws upon her extensive experience as a writer, peer reviewer, and auditor to highlight some of the peer review issues faced by researchers and editors along with her recommendations for solutions. In […]