(4 Dec 2025) Sense about Science – an independent charity that promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence – and Taylor & Francis have announced the publication of a comprehensive research integrity toolkit, created with and for early career researchers (ECRs). The guide addresses common questions and provides practical advice to help researchers…
(8 Dec 2025) AI task management tools represent a rapidly growing class of productivity software. They promise to help us organize our lives, prioritize our days, and even predict how long it might take to finish that ever-important task that we’ve been avoiding. But in practice, they are part-experiment, part-assistant, and part-mirror, showing us how…
(5 Dec 2025) In early November, STM CEO Caroline Sutton spent several days in Tokyo meeting with funders, government leaders, research agencies, and publishing groups — alongside delegates from STM’s Japan Chapter. As in last year’s visit, the conversations were productive, wide-ranging, and grounded in strong local partnerships. And while open science dominated the agenda in 2024, this year…
(2 Dec 2025) Clarivate has published a new report from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Research collaboration in a changing world. It examines how global research collaboration is evolving in response to geopolitical tensions, pandemic disruptions, and strategic national investments. The report says China is now leading the way in research output, while its collaborations…
(8 Dec 2025) As many of you know, our Advisory Committee has been building some best practice guidance for generative and agentic AI usage metrics. Today we’re sharing the results of that work with you. We developed Release 5.1 of the Code of Practice before to the public availability of generative and agentic artificial intelligence. In this…
(30 Nov 2025) After three days of voting in which more than 30,000 people had their say, we have chosen rage bait as our official Oxford Word of the Year for 2025. Rage bait (n.) Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic to…
(4 Dec 2025) Springer Nature and OASE have signed a new agreement that expands open access publishing opportunities for institutions in Japan starting in 2026. The agreement will run from 2026 to 2028 and is intended to support universities and national research and development organizations that have expressed interest in participating in OASE’s transformative agreement framework. It will provide…
(1 Dec 2025) In March 2024, Ithaka S+R released a tracker of generative AI products for higher education, along with an issue brief detailing our observations on the generative AI product landscape for postsecondary research, teaching, and learning activities. Since then, the list of products on the tracker has more than doubled in length and become more cumbersome for…
(1 Dec 2025) The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2025 has been announced. This prestigious list, released today, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year’s list features 343 books and digital resources from 103 publishers. Bill Mickey, Choice’s editorial director,…