Maverick CEO Rebecca Rinehart presented the poster “Integrating education in the research life cycle” at last week’s SSP Annual Meeting and provides her thoughts. The SSP poster sessions were well attended and offered a variety of perspectives. Maverick’s poster highlighted a model for researcher education that can be integrated into all of the touchpoints with […]
Workflow automation and interoperability support the publishing life cycle
An automated workflow is essential to respond to the changing needs of the open access publishing landscape. Such a workflow can ensure that manuscripts are efficiently processed and published in a timely fashion while helping to ensure that safeguards are built in to maintain research and data integrity. Interoperability of all components of scholarly publishing—from […]
Integrating Researcher Education into the Research Life Cycle: A Continuum for fostering excellence in scholarly publishing
Researchers represent the core of scholarly publishing, yet many of them feel inadequately prepared to assume the increasingly complex role created for them by the current publishing environment. As scholarly publishing evolves to extend to new models, funder mandates, open scholarship, and data management, researchers must assume responsibility for new functions and processes for which […]
Diamond open access in Latin America: the challenge of a sustainable publishing model
It is no secret that access to scientific information and publishing in certain journals is not equally distributed across the globe. Open Access has been adopted more or less extensively in different regions, and some countries have developed in-house solutions to assure the visibility of their scientific production through community-owned infrastructure. In Latin America, the […]
Actual Intelligence (AI) vs Artificial Intelligence (AI) in alternative text writing
In the world of digital accessibility, alternative text (alt text) for images stands out as a main and crucial element. In backlist conversion, the alt text is vital to ensure content inclusivity for people with visual impairments. Alt text is not such a tick box or a technical feature; it is the link that connects […]
The right infrastructure to support professional education programs
An interview with Joyce Donnellan, DVP of Education at the American College of Cardiology Maverick is building on our experience and that of associations that are leaders in the field to help our clients leverage their book, journal, and meeting content to create educational programs that provide revenue and member benefits as well as contribute […]
A Competitive Edge with the Power of Product Data Optimization
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving publishing landscape, staying ahead of the curve is essential for success. Publishers are constantly seeking innovative strategies to boost sales, connect with readers, and maximise revenue. In order to achieve these objectives, publishers typically utilise online ads, website, social media, or email campaigns that focus mostly on a subset of […]
Insights on new publishing models from R2R 2024
Maverick Head of EMEA Business Development, Jayne Marks, attended the Researcher to Reader to Conference 2024 where she chaired the panel, Making New Models for Scholarly Communication a Reality. Jayne shares her key takeaways in this post for Insights. You can view a video recording of the session here. There is interest from across all […]
Maverick expands senior management team to scale for growth
Dorset, UK, March 2024 – Maverick Publishing Specialists announced today the expansion of its senior management team to accommodate its continued development and robustly reinforce its ability to provide the best possible level of professional publishing expertise. Rebecca Moakes has been promoted to Head of Business Development where she will manage the company’s business development […]
Breaking Down Barriers
An Overview of the European Accessibility Act and Its Implementation Across the EU Countries (Ireland and Germany) The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU Directive 2019/882 established to improve accessibility across member states for people with disabilities. Enacted with a focus on accessibility standards throughout the European Union, the EAA’s aim is to enhance access to a […]