This is the May issue of the monthly newsletter from the Rogue Scholar science blog archive. The newsletter reports on new blogs that have joined the platform, important technical updates in Rogue Scholar infrastructure, community updates, and other news relevant to Rogue Scholar users.

Blogs added to Rogue Scholar

No new blogs were added in May, but the processing of two blog submissions is being worked on.

Technical Updates

On May 6, the Rogue Scholar registration workflow received a major update in how personal names are handled to better accommodate edge cases such as multiple family names.

Starting on May 15, new DOI registrations for all WordPress blogs use a new scheme for the DOI suffix, using the Rogue Scholar blog identifier and WordPress post_id, e.g. https://doi.org/10.59350/rzepa.28773 for the latest post on Henry Rzepa's Blog. This allows WordPress blog authors to know the DOI for their blog posts before publication.

On May 27, Rogue Scholar switched the DOI registration workflow to the commonmeta-py Python library. This was an important step towards integrating Crossref DOI registration directly into the InvenioRDM repository platform. Since that switch, several smaller issues have been fixed, and in June, the work on Crossref DOI registration in InvenioRDM can begin.

Community Update

On May 15, I published the Rogue Scholar authorship guidelines to clarify the rights and responsibilities of Rogue Scholar blog post authors, following the same basic guidelines that apply to other scholarly outputs. One particular focus was on the limitations and transparency in reporting when using the help of Artificial Intelligence in writing scholarly blog posts.

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References

  1. Fenner, M. (2025, May 6). Personal names in science blogs. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.53731/r5fw0-tdd11
  2. Fenner, M. (2025, May 27). Major update on Commonmeta Crossref DOI registration. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.53731/69k7z-w7030
  3. Fenner, M. (2025). Commonmeta-py (Version 0.113) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15524711
  4. Fenner, M. (2025, May 15). Rogue Scholar Authorship Guidelines. Front Matter. https://doi.org/10.53731/fnv8b-qfy78
  5. McNutt, M. K., Bradford, M., Drazen, J. M., Hanson, B., Howard, B., Jamieson, K. H., Kiermer, V., Marcus, E., Pope, B. K., Schekman, R., Swaminathan, S., Stang, P. J., & Verma, I. M. (2018). Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in scientific publication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2557–2560. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715374115