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Avi Staiman is the founder and CEO of Academic Language Experts, a company dedicated to empowering English as an Additional Language authors to elevate their research for publication and bring it to the world. He also is the co-host of the New Books Network ‘Scholarly Communication’ Podcast. Avi is a core member of CANGARU, where he represents EASE in creating legislation and policy for the responsible use of AI in research.

Avi has been a guest lecturer at NYU’s Master’s Program in Translation & Interpreting and the University of Tokyo and he is a reviewer for Wiley’s Learned Publishing journal. His essays have appeared in the Cambridge University Press Blog, The Scholarly Kitchen, Multilingual, and Times Higher Education.

Articles by Avi Staiman

Peer Review Week 2024: Ask the Chefs

Leading into Peer Review Week 2024, we ask the Chefs: What is, or would be, the most valuable innovation in peer review for your community?

Woefully Insufficient Publisher Policies on Author AI Use Put Research Integrity at Risk

Do publishers really understand what tools researchers are using and how they are using them? Can we do more to create better policies based on real use cases and not hypothetical conjecture about what AI might do in the future?

Ask the Chefs: What is the Single Most Pressing Issue for the Future of Peer Review?

What is the single most pressing issue for the future of peer review in scholarly publishing? In advance of Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs.

Publishers, Don’t Use AI Detection Tools!

The challenges offered by artificial intelligence require a different approach than that seen for plagiarism detection.

Will Building LLMs Become the New Revenue Driver for Academic Publishing?

Are scholarly publishers primed to become the critical content suppliers for the big Generative AI companies?

Are We Finally Thread(s) Up with Social Media?

Last January we wrote a group post about “Twexit” and with the launch of Threads we wondered how the Chefs were feeling about the emerging and existing social media options.

10 Trends I Observed Interviewing 10 Publishing Executives About the Future of Academic Books

As co-host of the Scholarly Communication Podcast, I’ve spent the last six months speaking with university press publishers and small to mid-size commercial book publishers. Here’s what I’ve learned.

Guest Post — Academic Publishers Are Missing the Point on ChatGPT

Avi Staiman discusses the value that ChatGPT can bring to scholarly communication, particularly leveling the playing field for English as an Additional Language authors.

Guest Post — The Time Has Come to Start Swimming Upstream: How Meaningful Engagement with Authors Early in the Research Process Can Yield Significant Benefits to Publishers

Avi Staiman discusses how meaningful engagement with authors early in the research process can yield significant benefits to publishers and journals.

Guest Post — Has Peer Review Created a Toxic Culture in Academia? Moving from ‘Battering’ to ‘Bettering’ in the Review of Academic Research

Avi Staiman suggests revamping the peer review process to make it less about tearing down the work of others, and more about helping authors improve their papers.

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