Can Plan S Survive COVID-19?

Can Plan S Survive COVID-19?

In the publishing industry, perhaps the only issue that is talked about more than COVID-19 is Plan S. I’ll spare everyone a recap of Plan S (but we’ve written about it here and discussed it extensively here), but the ISMTE virtual conference held in August included a...
Five ways to facilitate good reviews at your journal

Five ways to facilitate good reviews at your journal

Thoughtful, constructive, and on-time reviews make an editor’s job much easier. However, as journal staff can attest, reviews can often be brief, off topic, and late. While much of the burden is on reviewers to provide quality feedback on submissions, there are steps...
Peer Review Week 2020: The Technica Staff Share Their Thoughts

Peer Review Week 2020: The Technica Staff Share Their Thoughts

Technica Editorial joins our colleagues and fellow publishers in celebrating Peer Review Week! The theme for Peer Review Week 2020 is “Trust in Peer Review,” highlighting the importance of the peer review process in helping to build trust in research and scholarly...
Five tips for being a good peer reviewer

Five tips for being a good peer reviewer

It goes without saying that reviewers are central to the peer review process. Thoughtful and thorough evaluations of submitted manuscripts can be the difference between increasing a journal’s impact factor and having to retract poorly researched or flawed articles....