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The Chilling Effect of DEI Crackdowns in Scientific Publishing

The Chilling Effect of DEI Crackdowns in Scientific Publishing

Trump's executive orders are affecting how federally funded journals operate. Some researchers have raised alarms.

Pioneering Journal ELife Faces Major Test After Loss of Impact Factor

Pioneering Journal ELife Faces Major Test After Loss of Impact Factor

The open-access title's bold publishing model has bought long-bubbling conflicts to the fore.

"Systematic Reviews" That Aim to Extract Broad Conclusions from Many Studies are in Peril

"Systematic Reviews" That Aim to Extract Broad Conclusions from Many Studies are in Peril

Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say.

 

Preprints at a Crossroads - Are We Compromising Openness for Credibility?

Preprints at a Crossroads - Are We Compromising Openness for Credibility?

Bringing together a range of studies into various aspects of how preprints interact with the wider information ecosystem, Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin, and Alice Fleerackers argue that the speed, accessibility and low barriers to entry that preprints offer to scholarly communication risk being undermined by attempts to make them more aligned to traditional academic publications.

These AI Firms Publish the World's Most Highly Cited Work

These AI Firms Publish the World's Most Highly Cited Work

US and Chinese firms dominate the list of companies that are producing the most research and patents in artificial intelligence.

So You Got a Null Result. Will Anyone Publish It?

So You Got a Null Result. Will Anyone Publish It?

Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working.

What Can Be Done About Scholarly Communication's Diversity Problem?

What Can Be Done About Scholarly Communication's Diversity Problem?

Drawing on findings from a new survey of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging policies in European academic publishing, Lynne Bowker, Mikael Laakso, Janne Pölönen, and Claire Redhead outline the intersectional nature of scholarly communication’s diversity challenge and present new resources for actors across the system to implement changes.

Wiley announces pilot of new AI-powered Papermill Detection service

Wiley announces pilot of new AI-powered Papermill Detection service

From the London Book Fair, Wiley today unveiled plans for its new AI-powered Papermill Detection service.

More than 2 Million Research Papers have Disappeared from the Internet

More than 2 Million Research Papers have Disappeared from the Internet

An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.

Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations

Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations

The goal of open access is to allow more people to read and use research outputs. An observed association between highly cited research outputs and open access has been claimed as evidence of increased usage of the research, but this remains controversial.

Female Researchers Are Less Influenced by Journal Prestige - Will It Hold Back Their Careers?

Female Researchers Are Less Influenced by Journal Prestige - Will It Hold Back Their Careers?

Drawing on a natural experiment that occurred when German institutions lost access to journals published by Elsevier, W. Benedikt Schmal shows how female researchers made significantly different publication choices to their male counterparts during this period.