(1 Sep 2026) As the first cohort to complete the program in JGR: Biogeosciences, we wanted to share our experiences in the hope that more AGU journal editorial boards will consider offering this opportunity. Over the past two years, we’ve learned the ropes of scientific publishing and journal editing from reviewer recruitment through synthesizing…
(28 Aug 2026) For most of the noughties, plagiarism policies rested on three assumptions: that copying was a moral failure rather than a developmental one; that one standard of “acceptable help” could be applied fairly to students with very different resources; and that software could tell us who was guilty. It took a decade of research…
(3 Sep 2026) Four Chinese academics who lost posts at leading universities after a high-profile blogger flagged their research for misconduct have come under official investigation by China’s leading funder of basic research. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) published details on August 26 of 31 new misconduct cases at universities and hospitals…
(3 Sep 2026) There are two ways to learn about a topic: from deep inside, and from the outside. When it comes to learning about the scholarly communications industry, there are plentiful examples of the former, including this very blog. Just over 12 months ago we started thinking more and more about the latter route.…
(10 Sep 2026) The facade of Louis Vuitton’s Seoul Dosan store now reads as a row of books stacked upright, their covers worked over with monogram detailing. Visitors enter through a corridor lined with bookcases, and inside, merchandise sits on library shelves or lies open on reading desks. Thee luxury house said the Seoul…