Publication Concerns

Revisiting the ‘Research Parasite’ Debate in the Age of AI
International Debate
September 11, 2024

Revisiting the ‘Research Parasite’ Debate in the Age of AI

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Where Did We Get the Phrase ‘Publish or Perish’?
Communication
August 14, 2024

Where Did We Get the Phrase ‘Publish or Perish’?

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Stop Buying Cobras: Halting the Rise of Fake Academic Papers
Communication
July 22, 2024

Stop Buying Cobras: Halting the Rise of Fake Academic Papers

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Let’s Return to Retractions Being Corrective, Not Punitive
Communication
July 15, 2024

Let’s Return to Retractions Being Corrective, Not Punitive

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Uncovering ‘Sneaked References’ in an Article’s Metadata

Uncovering ‘Sneaked References’ in an Article’s Metadata

The authors describe how by chance they learned how some actors have added extra references, invisible in the text but present in the articles’ metadata, when those unscrupulous actors submitted the articles to scientific databases.

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Striving for Linguistic Diversity in Scientific Research

Striving for Linguistic Diversity in Scientific Research

Each country has its own unique role to play in promoting greater linguistic diversity in scientific communication.

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Tipster’s Note Offers View of Academic Publishing’s Achilles Heel

Tipster’s Note Offers View of Academic Publishing’s Achilles Heel

An investigation by Undark and Retraction Watch finds that some journals’ special issue are being targeted by academic paper mills.

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Has Digital Open Access Made Book Chapters Comparable to Academic Journals?

Has Digital Open Access Made Book Chapters Comparable to Academic Journals?

Chapters in books are, thanks to digital open access, once again rivalling journal articles in their visibility to academic communities, their usefulness as teaching resources and in their ability to tackle innovative and state of-the-art topics.

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Should ChatGPT Be Listed as an Academic Author?

Should ChatGPT Be Listed as an Academic Author?

Several recent academic papers have listed ChatGPT as an author. But should the artificially intelligent writing bot be considered an academic author?

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Rethinking the Link Between Learned Societies and Academic Journals

Rethinking the Link Between Learned Societies and Academic Journals

Historically, there has been a tight link between journals, journal publications and a community of scholars working in specific fields of research who contribute to and manage them. Aileen Fyfe asks if we should rethink the structure of the learned societies that underpins this.

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‘Peer Community In’ for Preprints Offers a Model for Diamond Open Access

‘Peer Community In’ for Preprints Offers a Model for Diamond Open Access

Peer Community In is a peer-review-based service for recommending preprints which greenlights articles and makes them and their reviews, data, codes and scripts available on an open-access basis.

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How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?

How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?

Drawing on a recent survey of forty years of research papers in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and interviews with authors, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Kean Birch, Thed van Leeuwen and Maria Amuchastegui observe an increasing homogenization of published work. Weighing up the pros and cons of this development, they discuss whether it has enhanced or limited intellectual innovations in STS.

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