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A Guide to Journal Article Types: How to Choose the Correct One
When most people hear the word “article” in the context of a scientific or medical journal, they are thinking about original research articles—that is, articles that report on experiments resulting in both novel and scientifically relevant information. But this is...
The Rise of Multimedia in Scholarly Articles, Part II: Creating the Perfect Podcast
In the first installment of this two-part series, we discussed why video abstracts are becoming a popular route for scholarly article authors to take, as a way to increase both quality and visibility for their submissions. Video abstracts can provide a brief but...
The Rise of Multimedia in Scholarly Articles, Part I: Creating the Perfect Video Abstract
Recent statistics have shown that watching online video is literally like a part-time job; the average person does it for 17 hours each week. And more than half of those folks—51 percent, to be exact—are more likely to share video with friends than other types of...
The Books Behind the Ballot: Midterm Recommendations
Citizens should know their history when stepping up in November! The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism by Steve Kornacki. Partisan fighting has a long and ugly history, and when an unleashed and easily accessible media could reach and...
Crowdfunding Your Book: Proven Strategies for Independent Authors
For independent authors, publishing a book often involves significant upfront costs—from editing and cover design to printing and marketing. In the traditional publishing model, a large or even mid-sized publisher would absorb many of these expenses, but when a...
Book Review: The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors by Laura Portwood-Stacer
How to get started on getting started. Many scholars—whether newbies or old-hands with writer’s block—easily get stuck when the time comes to present their book pitch to scholarly publishers. Writing eloquently to make a good case for a book pitch is already...
What’s Old Is New Again: The Rise of the Backlist in Publishing
For much of publishing history, success was defined by the “frontlist”—the shiny parade of new releases that arrived each season with marketing fanfare and bestseller ambitions. Backlist books—titles published more than a year or two ago—were often treated like...
Scholarly Publishing in 2026: Trends, Technology, and Growth
As we enter the fifth month of 2026, now feels like a good time to consider what we can expect to see in scholarly publishing throughout the remainder of the year. To begin making predictions for a new year, it is always helpful to take a minute and reflect...
Indie Authors and Traditional Publishers: How to Collaborate for Bigger Reach
The number of self-published books with ISBNs has more than doubled over the past decade, and approximately one-third of all books sold in the US are self-published. Additionally, indie authors are gaining recognition, and some are gaining true fame with this...
The Pros and Cons of Preprints: Speed, Scrutiny, and the Shape of Modern Research
In the past, scientific publishing moved at the pace of glaciers—deliberate, weighty, and often frustratingly slow. And there was good reason for this. Peer review is an important part of scientific publishing that is necessary to weed out research that is not...
