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Towards Conversational Discovery: New Discovery Applications for Scholarly Information in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence

How is generative AI moving us towards conversational discovery and what does this mean for publishing and future trends in information discovery?

  • By Hong Zhou, Hiba Bishtawi
  • Jun 4, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Guest Post: Jagged Edges of Conversational Interfaces Over Scholarly and Professional Content

The gaps in capability of AI will narrow over time, but publishers and end users need education on those gaps to make investment decisions and to confidently utilize Generative AI tools effectively.

  • By Stuart Leitch
  • May 30, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Better Mental Health through Embodiment

In this Mental Health Mondays post, we look at the construct of embodiment and practices within it that create a symbiotic relationship between embodied experiences and psychological flourishing.

  • By Danielle Feger, Briony Fane
  • May 28, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Music Paralysis as We Age

When do we stop making the effort to find new music?

  • By David Crotty
  • May 3, 2024
  • 24 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

The Impact of AI on Information Discovery: From Information Gathering to Knowledge Application

In this post – the first of two discussing artificial intelligence and information discovery – we explore the evolution of information discovery, its role in the research journey, and how it can be applied to help researchers and publishers alike.

  • By Hong Zhou, Hiba Bishtawi
  • Apr 30, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Latest “Crisis” — Is the Research Literature Overrun with ChatGPT- and LLM-generated Articles?

Journal articles with ChatGPT authored text are being found. How common is this in the literature? And how, or better yet, when, is this problematic text slipping through to publication?

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 20, 2024
  • 26 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Mental Health Awareness Mondays: A Brief Guide to Mental Health Taxonomies

An important part of mental health awareness is knowing what resources are available. Here a look at taxonomies and classification systems.

  • By Marjorie Hlava
  • Mar 18, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Will Schweitzer of Silverchair

In today’s Kitchen Essentials, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Will Schweitzer of SilverChair, the independent platform partner for scholarly and professional publishers. 

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Mar 13, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Categorizing Mental Health Research

Hélène Draux presents the first of a two-part effort to chart the topography of mental health scholarship. Here, established methods, including pre-existing classifications are employed.

  • By Hélène Draux
  • Feb 26, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Guest Post — There is More to Reliable Chatbots than Providing Scientific References: The Case of ScopusAI

A data scientist reviews ScopusAI (beta) and shares her analysis of its limitations, reliability, and potential.

  • By Teresa Kubacka
  • Feb 21, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — Improving Research Assessment One Tool at a Time: An Interview with Euan Adie of Overton

How can we measure the impact of research papers on influencing public policy? An interview with Euan Adie of Overton.

  • By Camille Gamboa
  • Feb 8, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Let’s Be Cautious As We Cede Reading to Machines

AI might help with the deluge of content, but there are problems when we rely on machines to think for us.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jan 25, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Stephanie Orphan of arXiv

In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Stephanie Orphan, Program Director of arXiv, the e-print repository.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Jan 23, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

“Mrs. Foster Has Sworn A Rape”; or, What Do We Owe? Generosity, Attribution, and the Perilous Invisibility of Research Infrastructure

Attribution has many virtues, but among them it can make visible the vast infrastructure of research for a public largely unaware or unconcerned with how much hard-won knowledge, including creative endeavor, that research has facilitated.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jan 18, 2024
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Beyond Generative AI: The Indispensable Role of BERT in Scholarly Publishing

ChatGPT has popularized generative AI, but interpretive AI has quietly remained in the shadows. Interpretive AI offers profound insights into content and audience engagement, a critical tool for publishers aiming to harness the full potential of AI.

  • By Dustin Smith
  • Jan 11, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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