There are untold quantities of research papers – most of which actually contain valuable, peer-reviewed data – that bypass the traditional scholarly route of publication in a journal of record and are [ read more ]

The conversation around authorship attribution and the use of AI rumbles on, this time tackling the vexed question of copyright and plagiarism – check out Roy Kaufman’s great article in ‘The Scholarly [ read more ]

The ‘What’s New In Publishing’ site has a really accessible piece that discusses how digital publishing can combat fake news and misinformation. It contains some startling statistics, but also suggests solutions involving [ read more ]

Today I'm sharing some research I've come across in Nature Human Behaviour that presents evidence for something that many have suspected for some time .... the title of the paper says it [ read more ]

Everyone agrees that the peer review process can never be perfect or foolproof, but that shouldn’t stop us from striving to improve and maintaining scientific integrity. David Stuart’s piece in ‘Research Information’ [ read more ]

There’s been plenty to chew over in the world of scholarly publishing recently – check out these articles: A great opinion piece by Elliott Lumb, the founder of PeerRef, in ‘Research Information’ [ read more ]