Does Altering A Dataset Merit Retraction?
Self-archiving on personal sites is perfectly permitted under many journal data policies. But what happens when an author alters the underlying data?
The Genesis and Purpose of the Forensic Scientometrics Declaration: An Interview with Dr. Leslie McIntosh
What is the Forensic Scientometrics Declaration, and how did it come about? An interview with Dr. Leslie McIntosh.
The Year in Review: 2024 in The Scholarly Kitchen
Before we plunge into 2025, a look back at 2024, a year of uncertainty in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Research Integrity was the Leading Topic of Conversation at the STM Innovation Day
At the start of every December, STM hosts their innovation and integrity days in London. This year, research integrity was the focus of both days, reflecting growing interest and concern in the publishing industry.
Ethics In Scholarly Publishing Is More Than Following Guidelines
Without understanding the dimensions of ethics in scholarly communications, our attempts at improving the system through tools and training may not be effective and sustainable.
A Dissonance of Ideals: Openness, Copyright, and AI
Robert Harington attempts to reveal inherent conflicts in our drive to be as open as possible, authors’ need to understand their rights, and a library’s mandate to provide their patrons with the enhanced discovery that comes with AI’s large language models (LLMs).
Guest Post – Driving Change in Ukrainian Scholarly Publishing: An Interview with Ganna Kharlamova
An interview with Ganna Kharlamova, who is working to changing the way scholarly communications and publishing are conducted in Ukraine.
The Top Ten Challenges, Needs, and Goals of Publishers – and How AI Can Help in Digital Transformation and the Open Science Movement
As artificial intelligence begins to play an ever-bigger role in the scholarly publishing landscape, how might it help solve some of the biggest challenges facing publishers?
Guest Post — Upholding the Integrity of Open Science
As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?
Leveraging Transformative Agreements for Research Integrity
Publishers need institutions as partners in addressing research integrity issues. Transformative agreements provide an ideal framework for fostering these partnerships.
Innovation and Technology in Peer Review: Some User Perspectives
In today’s Peer Review Week post we hear perspectives on innovation and technology in peer review from a diverse group of users from different countries and disciplines.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats: A Comprehensive SWOT Analysis of AI and Human Expertise in Peer Review
AI-generated content has been discovered in prominent journals. Should peer reviewers be expected to find AI text in manuscripts? Where in the publication workflow should these checks be done?
Understanding Resilience in Scholarly Publishing
In a world full of natural and man-made shocks and stresses, we need to be resilient against those affecting the academic publishing ecosystem.
Variability, Irregular Publisher Metadata, and the Ongoing Evolution of Databases Complicates Reproducibility in Bibliometrics Research
Bibliometric databases are essential tools for research and publishing strategy. But the variability in how they parse publisher metadata and their constant evolution makes it difficult, if not impossible, to exactly reproduce any given piece of research.
Should Publishers Invoice Authors for Retraction Costs?
It is essential to address the hidden costs of retraction and to discuss who needs to bear this cost.