Tracking and tracing the scholarly record through metadata, 1 (Presentation Slides)

Tracking and tracing the scholarly record through metadata (1) Danielle Padula, Scholastica

When delivering products to consumers, manufacturers must track and trace their movement throughout the supply chain to demonstrate quality controls and promptly report any issues with those products should they arise. Similarly, as purveyors of information, journal editors must monitor and record the movement of manuscripts throughout the peer review and publication process and report any updates made to the scholarly record. Robust metadata is critical to those efforts. During this session, we'll explore ways academic journals can leverage metadata for research quality assurance and emerging opportunities, including the role of metadata as trust signals and ways publishers can leverage key open infrastructure to create metadata records.

Danielle Padula heads up marketing and community development at Scholastica, a scholarly publishing technology provider with peer review, production, and open access journal hosting solutions. Before joining Scholastica in 2014, Danielle held marketing positions at Bedford St. Martin’s Press and Academic Studies Press. She was a member of the Scientific Programme Committee for the 2025 EASE Conference and previously served as Co-Chair of International Peer Review Week from 2021 to 2022.