The Future of Online Publishing (Presentation to ISMTE)

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to give a presentation entitled “The Future of Online Publishing” to the ISMTE (a professional body for Managing Editors of academic journals).
The talk is directed at an audience of people who think about journals from the publishing side of the business, but I think it will [...]

Creative ways to semantically enrich an Open Access PLoS research article

We’re always happy to learn about scientists who have added value in different ways to PLoS articles because it illustrates the power of open access.  We call this “creative re-use” and it can only really flourish when entire articles (not just abstracts) are freely accessible online with no permission required to use them in any way desired.
Imagine [...]