Weekly overview of social science news

Three years ago, on the heels of a Black Lives Matter Movement energized after the horror of George Floyd’s murder, the global academic publisher Sage partnered with the Black-owned Universal Write Publications (UWP).  

In this month’s edition of The Evidence newsletter, Josephine Lethbridge explores reproductive rights after the end of Roe v Wade, highlighting research on the potentially unsafe methods used in self-managed abortions. 

The origin of the phrase “publish or perish” has been intriguing since this question was first raised by Eugene Garfield in 1996. Vladimir Moskovkinl talks about the evolution of the meaning of this phrase and shows the earliest use known at this point.