A central pillar of academic publishing, peer review has always been a hotly debated, highly politicized, and controversial subject in the industry, and with good reason.
“If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it,” wrote Charles Bukowski in his poem “So you want to be a writer?” Being an author isn’t easy.
Throughout the twentieth century, academic institutions had a mandate to provide full access to the peer-reviewed scholarly literature and budgets that were more or less up to the task.
After initial meetings with the executive team, reviewing background documents, and analyzing relevant data, we interviewed opinion leaders including Nobel Laureates in the sciences regarding emerging areas of interest.
Against the backdrop of rapid change and uncertainty in the publishing industry, the association engaged us to map out a new global strategy for its publishing enterprise.
Relying on its deep understanding of the trends that have impacted institutional sales over the past several decades as well as its knowledge of the society’s growing portfolio and recent internal changes, KGL Consulting performed a comprehensive operational audit and was able to recommend specific and actionable recommendations for improvement.
A large society with multiple journals in a complex field required an editorial services provider able to provide a high level of editorial support and the flexibility to work across more than one manuscript management system.
For many of our publishing partners and customers, 2021 was a transient year.
In July we published an article entitled, The Meteoric Rise of Video Content which looked at how different parts of the publishing world were increasingly working with video-based content, particularly in the shorter form.
