Guest Post — Fear, Learning, and Luddites: Opportunities to Lead the AI Revolution
Scholarly communications leaders have the opportunity to turn AI uncertainty into discovery.
Guest Post — How Science Is Gamed
A scholarly disinformation taxonomy could help prevent scholarly communications from being gamed by fraudulent actors.
From Detection to Disclosure — Key Takeaways on AI Ethics from COPE’s Forum
Summing up the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Forum discussion on Emerging AI Dilemmas in Scholarly Publishing, which explored the many challenges AI presents for the scholarly community.
Guest Post — The Accessibility Illusion: When AI Simplification Fails the Users With Cognitive Disabilities
Guest blogger Hema Thakur shares results of her experiment using AI to improve the accessibility of peer review feedback — her findings may concern you!
Guest Post — How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point
Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.
Editing in the Age of Misinformation: A Report on the 2025 EASE Conference
[…] and efficiency, and strengthened ethical oversight. This was later followed up by Julie Macdonnell’s talk on how to run a workflow or technology pilot. The questions to ask when making changes seem deceptively simple, but are often tricky to answer: […]
Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing: Part 1
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.
Guest Post — Reading the Leaves of Publishing Speed: The Cases of Hindawi, Frontiers, and PLOS
The analysis of operational data is complex, dull, and unrewarding. It is also necessary. Three case studies of major journals and portfolios explain why.
Guest Post — Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher’s Role in Service of the Reader
The most vital and enduring contribution of scholarly publishers is their role as gatekeepers — not as obstacles to knowledge but as stewards of quality, integrity, and trust.
Guest Post – Bridging the Gap: Localizing Open Science for Asia’s Research Realities
While Open Science frameworks aim for global inclusivity, their implementation often overlooks the complex, everyday realities of research communities across Asia and the Arab world.
Are We Fumbling in the Dark or Laying a Strong Foundation for AI Education?
[…] application itself? Also, when it comes to publishers and journals, are they only responsible for integrating AI seamlessly into their workflows? Or are they also responsible for educating authors to use AI responsibly? And if yes, then what are the […]
NIH Cuts ICR – Implications for Research Institutions and Scholarly Publishing
What are the implications of last Friday’s NIH ICR budget cut? @lisalibrarian offers an early analysis.
Guest Post: An Editor’s Perspective on “My Very Last Issue.”
BMJ’s Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace reflects on changes in publishing that are making important work harder to do.
Green Open Access – Free for Authors But at a Cost for Readers
[…] in the reader’s time. Accessing Green versions often involves extra steps in search and discovery, navigating complex and unfamiliar interfaces, enduring workflow disruptions, and managing files and metadata. Let’s start with the best case scenario – that the Green open access […]
Ensuring the Sustainability of Print
Mindful of ecological factors, decision-making regarding print production shifts, balancing innovation with pragmatism.