Technica Goes a Courting with SSP’s Speed Networking

May’s SSP regional meeting in Durham was a bit of a change of pace compared to the usual monthly meetup. This month, SSP members came together to engage in the publishing industry’s equivalent of speed dating. The meeting began with representatives from the ten SSP...

Notes from CSE 2018: Preprints, Surveys, ORCID, CRediT, and CHORUS

  Earlier this month, Technica attended the CSE conference in beautiful New Orleans. The theme of the meeting was “Publishing in the Changing Climate of the Research Ecosystem,” very timely given how many areas of publishing are evolving in new and exciting ways....

Fake Acceptance Letters – The Latest Scholarly Publishing Scam

The age of Open Access in scholarly publishing has led to a rise in predatory conferences and fake journals taking advantage of authors seeking outlets for publishing. Many journal societies and institutions have tried to fight back against these predatory publishers....

Get to Know the Technica Staff: Amy Allen

  Each month, we will interview one employee to get their opinions on the publishing industry, hear what it’s like to work at Technica, and learn a little bit about them. This month we are interviewing Amy Allen, an editorial assistant originally from Greensboro,...

Introducing ACS Reviewer Lab

On February 16, 2018, the local North Carolina chapter of ISMTE met at Research Square in Durham.  The main goal of the meeting was an introduction to the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) new Reviewer Lab initiative. Technica Editorial was on hand for the...