4 simple steps to growing usage for your article: A guide to KudosYour article has finally been accepted and published after rounds of peer review, revision, and back-and-forth conversations with editors. At last, subscribers to the journal can visit and read your new article. Yet as you stare at the share-to-social-media buttons and how-to-cite links hovering near your content, a bit of anxiety begins to creep in:…

Are graphical abstracts changing the way we publish?"Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere." This inspiring quote by author and motivational speaker Simon Sinek made something click in my head. As a rigid process with a rigid structure, scientific publishing hasn’t changed much in the last few decades. It is safe…

Expanding options for Wiley authors: an interview with Rebecca Lawrence of F1000Q. Can you tell us a little about your background and how F1000 came about? A. I originally trained as a pharmacist and then did a PhD in cardiovascular pharmacology in Nottingham. I had a particular interest in drug discovery and the pharma industry and so moved from there into publishing at Elsevier, where I…

How to design a managed innovations program, or my very brief moment of Twitter celebrityA few weeks ago, I had my first fifteen minutes of Twitter fame. It was wild. Here’s what happened: I was at the Society for Scholarly Publishing, presenting at a session called Beyond Market Research: Getting from insight to product solutions. There was a decent-sized group in attendance (which was a relief. There’s nothing I…

What makes a good abstract?The Author Marketing Team is fresh from another successful webinar. What Makes a Good Abstract and More provided insights for authors on the structure, style and search engine optimization (SEO) of titles and abstracts for articles and books. Jamie Wielgus, Associate Editor and Kris Bishop, Marketing Manager, answered most of your questions along the way…

Engaging the skill set of the Millennials: a page from the librarian's bookThe Millennial Generation student consumes and interacts with information in a multiplicity of ways, at any time, in any location. Where Generation X took computer skills from study to employment, the Millennials have grown up with an array of devices - from game consoles, to computers, to smartphones, to e-readers, to tablets. They read, message,…

A day in the life of a Plant-omics Postdoc ResearcherDepending on whether the previous night was spent in the lab or not determines whether the day starts at 6:30 or 8:30 AM. On my way to lab, I’m checking email on my smartphone and responding to a few, including accepting journal requests for peer review, fielding requests from colleagues to share resources, and checking updates…

Reviewer right to reply: dealing with author rebuttalsThe scenario is all too familiar. You patiently read through the paper, you make exhaustive notes, you write up a comprehensive review with point-by-point instructions explaining exactly how the manuscript is to be changed and then, lo and behold, the author has the audacity to disagree! Makes you wonder why you bother. The author, however,…

On the front lines of researchAs a young student, Caroline Kobusingye was planning a career in counseling. "My passion is to help people and I thought that was the best way to do it," she says. Working in a university library during school vacations convinced her that library science is also an extremely valuable means of helping people achieve their…

Make a (mission) statementIn October of last year, the United States heard of the academic scandal at the University of North Carolina where, over the course of 18 years, students received credit for African-American studies courses without having to show up for class, complete assignments or take any tests. What makes this incident particularly hard to swallow is…