(13 Oct 2026) The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched a national scientific journal publishing group as part of efforts to develop world-class scientific journals and increase the international visibility of Chinese research. The new organization, Beijing Zhongke Journal Publishing & Media Group Co, will seek to address longstanding challenges in China’s scientific publishing…
(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…
(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) We have updated our author and editor guidelines on the responsible, appropriate, and transparent use of AI, including a policy outlining what AI use should be disclosed when preparing manuscripts for our journals. In a recent global survey of more than 2,600 researchers, nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents revealed they were unclear what AI…
(7 Sep 2026) Gold open access (OA) articles reached their highest-ever share of global research output in 2025, accounting for 44% of all journal articles, reviews and conference papers published worldwide. Nearly two million research articles were published through gold OA during the year, making it the principal driver of immediate, freely available access to…
(10 Sep 2026) Springer Nature has updated its editorial policies on the use of artificial intelligence, introducing a framework designed to help researchers, peer reviewers and editors assess when and how AI tools can be used responsibly throughout the research publishing lifecycle. The publisher says the changes respond to growing demand for clearer and more…
(26 Aug 2026) CAUL has published an analysis of the pressure that rising publication volumes place on capped and volume-based open-access agreements. It argues that publishers’ expanding titles, transfer pathways and growing submissions can increase the volume risk ultimately carried by libraries. While uncapped agreements can protect authors’ ability to publish openly during the agreement…
(16 Jul 2026) Overwhelming submission volumes, coupled with easy access to artificial intelligence tools making misconduct far easier, are increasing the pressure on editors and peer reviewers, which is turning once-rare jobs for research integrity specialists into commonplace ones at publishers. A spokesperson for Taylor & Francis says the company’s publishing and ethics team “more…
(21 Jul 2026) A second-year medical student in Nepal is at the center of an international research network churning out everything from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to case reports and database studies, Retraction Watch has learned. The student, Raghabendra Kumar Mahato, leverages this network, which includes nearly 1,000 members connected through the WhatsApp messaging platform, to…
(21 Jul 2026) Kudos has released the Phase I report from its Taming the Crocodile project, showing that artificial intelligence now accounts for a third of scholarly information‑seeking. The study, based on surveys of 11,500 researchers and 200 librarians and an environmental scan of more than 300 sources, highlights the rapid shift toward AI‑mediated discovery and sets out recommended…