(23 Jun 2026) Generative AI has been widely embraced as a tool that could level the playing field in academic publishing, giving non-native English speakers and researchers in under-resourced settings a fairer chance. Brendal Aformeziem draws on a growing body of evidence to show that the reality is more troubling. AI is being adopted fastest by the…
(23 Jun 2026) The World Economic Forum and Frontiers have jointly published the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 report, highlighting innovations expected to influence industry, policy, and society over the next five years. The findings suggest a shift from software-focused artificial intelligence toward technologies that act directly on physical systems such as energy infrastructure, healthcare, food production, and materials. …
(11 Jun 2026) Universities are facing a pivotal moment as they adapt to rapid changes brought on by artificial intelligence. The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) AI Task Force recently released a report outlining what is needed to prepare students and researchers for the “age of AI,” emphasizing principles of trust, ethics, and accountability. The Ontario Council of University…
(17 Jun 2026) Clarivate Plc today announced the release of the Journal Citation Reports 2026. Now in its sixth decade, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) continues to provide a publisher-neutral framework for assessing journal influence across the global research ecosystem. The 2026 edition builds on a series of recent enhancements designed to improve consistency, transparency and…
(18 Jun 2026) This post highlights the real-world experiences and value stories drawn directly from a recent survey conducted among members of the ORCID Japan Consortium. As an early adopter of ORCID, Japan established a robust national consortium led by Academic Exchange for Information Environment and Strategy (AXIES). Now, just over six years since its creation, we have…
(28 May 2026) In a December 2025 statement, the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed concern that AI tools were producing believable archival and legal references when information did not exist to support them, simply because their inherent purpose is to provide answers. LLMs “will invent details that appear plausible but have no basis in…
(1 Jun 2026) “AI models are made with four basic ingredients. The first is talent – the people who design the algorithms. The second is what tech companies call “compute.” That’s the infrastructure behind AI, like chips and data centers. The third is energy, the electricity required to fuel these power-hungry products. The fourth…
(14 Jun 2026) The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities has, for the first time, publicly announced the exclusion of dozens of universities from its upcoming July 2026 edition for promoting fabricated data and inflated positions derived from using ‘predatory’ websites that are copycat ranking sites. On 9 June, Isidro Aguillo, editor of the Webometrics rankings,…
(12 Jun 2026) A university in this western Japan city has set up a permanent bookshelf called the “Apple Shelf” in its library to create a place for people facing various difficulties in life. The Apple Shelf originated in a Swedish library in 1993 for children who had difficulty reading and the project has been…
(12 Jun 2026) Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of an Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), Elsevier has launched an Ebola Information Center to provide healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the public with free access to clinical and research resources. The center consolidates…