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Understanding the Role of Preprints, Postprints & The Final Version

Topic: Copyright Licensing & Permissions Scholarly Communications

For Peer Review Week 2022, Dave Davis focuses on the “before”, “in process” and “final” versions of articles. Here, calling them preprints, postprints, and the “versions of record.”

21 September 2022

By Dave Davis

Peer Review, Still a Critical Step in Scholarly & Scientific Publishing

Topic: Scholarly Communications

Dave Davis revisits his 2021 blog post observing the Peer Review process through the lens of QA (quality assurance).

20 September 2022

By Dave Davis

Peer Review Week 2022: A Matter of Trust

Topic: Research & Development

As a sometimes-fractious global society, we’ve just been through a period where high-quality research results have sometimes been actively disbelieved due to psychological and other non-empirical factors.

19 September 2022

By Dave Davis

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New CCC Tool Could Accelerate OA Agreements

Topic: Company News Open Access (OA) Scholarly Communications

CCC has launched a new automated, data-driven tool designed to improve content providers’ ability to generate the clean, actionable information required to craft agreements with research institutions and funders of open-access publishing.

16 September 2022

By Lettie Conrad

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Fueling Your Machine Learning Projects with XML Content – Why Flexible Retrieval Options Are Crucial  

Topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Management Research & Development

CCC has continuously developed its RightFind XML offering since its inception in 2016, and we now offer even more flexible ways to incorporate scientific articles from more than 50 publishers into AI and machine-learning initiatives.

15 September 2022

By Carl Robinson

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How Data Quality Makes or Breaks Open Access Agreements

Topic: Data Management Open Access (OA)

CCC’s Senior Director, Information & Content Solutions, Jamie Carmichael looks at the importance of data quality in negotiating and implementing open access (OA) institutional agreements.

13 September 2022

By Jamie Carmichael

Exploring the Challenges in the Shift to Open Access: Part 1 – Data

Topic: Data Management Open Access (OA)

Data is key to fueling the transition to Open Access publishing models, but it also presents some of the largest challenges. In the first part of a 3-part series, Herman Mentink takes a look at some of the data challenges publishers face in this transition.

8 September 2022

By Herman Mentink