(13 Feb 2023) Turnitin has successfully developed an AI writing detector that, in its lab, identifies 97 percent of ChatGPT and GPT3 authored writing, with a very low less than 1/100 false positive rate. The company plans to add this functionality to its core writing integrity products as early as April 2023. The new functionality will…
(14 Feb 2023) Springer Nature announces the acquisition of innovative digital writing aid, TooWrite. This is the latest addition to the publisher’s growing portfolio of digital solutions for academics designed to help improve their working lives. Developed by researchers for researchers, the TooWrite platform streamlines and simplifies scientific writing by guiding researchers through the process as…
(9 Feb 2023) Clarivate Plc has added the Preprint Citation Index™ to the Web of Science™ platform. Researchers can now locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database, to streamline the research process and help make meaningful connections faster. At launch, the Preprint Citation Index provides nearly two million preprints from…
(5 Feb 2023) Over 50 percent of Cambridge University Press research articles are now published open access (OA) and so freely available to read. Having passed the 50 percent threshold for last year – approximately 10,000 papers being fully open – Cambridge University Press is aiming for the vast majority of its research papers…
(31 Jan 2023) The recent release of AI technology that generates new text has raised serious questions among the research community. For one, “Can ChatGPT be named an author of a research paper?” The resounding answer from arXiv leaders and advisors is, “No.” A computer program cannot, for example, take responsibility for the contents of…
(Jan 2023) University of Toronto Press has partnered with C40 Cities to launch a new and innovative Subscribe to Open climate journal. The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE) publishes timely, evidence-based policy and economics research that focuses on human-centered solutions to today’s most pressing climate challenges to support cities globally. An…
(18 Jan 2023) Wiley announced a new open access agreement with Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) in Hong Kong, starting January 1, 2023. This agreement, which represents Wiley’s first in Hong Kong, allows eligible users of the three participating JULAC libraries (Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong Baptist University Library, and the…
(Jan 2023) BMJ, announces the launch of a new research impact tool, BMJ Impact Analytics, developed in collaboration with pioneering start-up Overton. BMJ Impact Analytics is the only impact tool focused on health and social care. BMJ Impact Analytics will help funders, academic institutions, and corporate organizations discover where their research has been cited in…
(12 Jan 2023) Elsevier and the CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan (CONCERT) – the negotiating body representing universities in Taiwan – have successfully reached an agreement which supports open access (OA) publishing for Taiwanese authors and continued reading access to Elsevier’s world-leading content on ScienceDirect. The new agreement takes effect from January 2023…
(5 Jan 2023) Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have released Research Fronts 2022, their ninth annual collaborative report. The report identifies significant areas in the world of sciences and social sciences as to where the scientific community…