It is time for OA proponents to engage in public debate with academic associations, universities and national funding agencies, because the widespread use of academic content in AI models poses significant risks for the research ecosystem.
I tried three different large language models (LLMs) to rewrite a potential article.
Publishers should support scholarly authors by requiring license deals with AI developers include attribution in their outputs.
What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.
New NISO guidance on clear consistent display of retraction information will reduce inadvertent reuse of erroneous research.
Even a flawed paper can offer lessons on how (not) to report, and what (not) to claim.
Citing chatbots as information sources offer little in terms of promoting smart use of generative AI and could also be damaging.
If you use a chatbot in writing a text, and are discouraged from listing it as a coauthor, should you attribute the relevant passages to the tool via citation instead? Is it appropriate to cite chatbots as information sources?
A data scientist reviews ScopusAI (beta) and shares her analysis of its limitations, reliability, and potential.
A list of the most influential scientists suffers from anomalies and inaccuracies.
In today’s Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Matt Buys and Helena Cousijn, respectively Executive Director and Director of Community Engagement for DataCite.
How can we measure the impact of research papers on influencing public policy? An interview with Euan Adie of Overton.
How many books do we read in a year? Wouldn’t a better question be how well, how thoughtfully we had engaged with long-form content?
We all know the journals market has rapidly consolidated over recent years. But where’s the data? I set out to find some numbers to put behind the common sense.
Authors can choose from a number of publication options. What drives an author to self-publish their book? What do they give up when they do?