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Approaching Artificial Intelligence and Open Research in Sync: Opportunities and Challenges

Separately, both open research and AI are considered disrupters, causes of disorder in the normal continuance of scholarly publishing. But approaching them in a synchronized way can offer more productivity gains and efficiencies than taking them on individually.

  • By Hong Zhou
  • Nov 14, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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.

  • By Karin Wulf, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Hong Zhou, Avi Staiman, Alice Meadows, Haseeb Irfanullah, Angela Cochran, Charlie Rapple
  • Sep 22, 2023
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the Impact and Opportunities for Scholarly Publishing

To identify both benefits and risks of generative AI for our industry, we tested ChatGPT and Google Bard for authoring, for submission and reviews, for publishing, and for discovery and dissemination.

  • By Hong Zhou
  • Aug 17, 2023
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

The Intelligence Revolution: What’s Happening and What’s to Come in Generative AI

An update on how generative AI has progressed and how it has been applied to research publishing processes since ChatGPT was released, looking at business, application, technology, and ethical aspects of generative AI.

  • By Hong Zhou
  • Jul 20, 2023
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Accessibility Powered by AI: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Universalize Access to Digital Content

Digital transformation can revolutionize the world, turning it into an inclusive place for people with and without disabilities, with accessibility powered by artificial intelligence.

  • By Hong Zhou, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Jun 5, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Enabling Trustable, Transparent, and Efficient Submission and Review in an Era of Digital Transformation

Digital transformation in submission and peer review offers improvements for publications and a better experience for researchers and journal staff.

  • By Hong Zhou, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Jan 31, 2023
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Leveraging the Digital ABCs: AI, Big Data, and Cloud Computing

In today’s guest post, Hong Zhou and Megan Prosser of Atypon explore how new technology and new ideas — specifically around AI, Big Data, and Cloud computing – can advance our industry.

  • By Hong Zhou, Megan Prosser
  • Jul 13, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Google, Atypon, NIH, and Information Discovery’s AI-Fueled Future: Notes from a BioASQ Panel

A report from the 9th annual BioASQ workshop discussing the ongoing development and future of AI-based tools.

  • By Hong Zhou, Megan Prosser
  • Feb 7, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — BioASQ for the Win: Inside the Healthiest Competition You’ve Never Heard Of

A look at BioASQ — an annual competition to develop AI systems to help drive medical progress.

  • By Hong Zhou, Megan Prosser
  • Jun 10, 2021
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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