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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...
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...
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...
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...
Get to Know the Technica Staff: Claire Ebbitt
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 Claire Ebbitt, an editorial assistant who graduated from...
PSP 2018 Conference Recap
Last month we excitedly boarded trains bound for Washington, DC to attend this year’s Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Conference, entitled “Data, Diversity, and Discovery: How Professional and Scholarly Publishing Is Accelerating Change and Growth.” ...
Can I Share? The Need for Repository Policies
Just as with science, the world of academic publishing is full of cause and effects. We had a recent blog post regarding ResearchGate and whether or not science and social media can coexist. This rise in academic social media presence and a desire to share material...
Get to Know the Technica Staff: Brianna Cooper
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 Brianna Cooper, a North Carolina native and graduate of UNC...
Happy Word Nerd Day!
Logophile. Lover of words. Word nerd. However, we word enthusiasts choose to define our devotion to words, whatever paths we take towards achieving peak word-related euphoria, one aspect is common. That is the origin story; the epiphanic, pivotal moment that...