academic publishing
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Artificial intelligence
What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science
A new study shows AI writing is turning traditional measures of research quality upside down.
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Quality of science & its communication
It’s time for a more objective view in regard to predatory academic publishing
Predatory journals lists can be biased and lacking rigor, so should be treated with the same degree of scrutiny as…
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Artificial intelligence
A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem
AI systems mass-producing cheap research would be bad news for an already struggling scientific ecosystem.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Why scientific knowledge needs to be decolonised
Is science inherently objective and immune to the influences of coloniality?
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era: Conclusion
The way forward needs diverse understandings, supported by better communication.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.4): Toward open, sustainable research communities
Drawing on the example of the Modern Language Association, an approach to building an open future for scholarly communications.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.3): The future of learned societies in a world of open access
Learned societies can play an important role in the reshaping of scholarly communication for the twenty-first century.
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Artificial intelligence
AI-assisted writing is quietly booming in academic journals. Here’s why that’s OK
ChatGPT and other AI writing tools can make researchers more productive – but quality control is essential.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.2): A developing region perspective on global open access
Latin America and other regions give hope to open access that will be more inclusive, sustainable, and diverse.
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Open access to scholarly knowledge
Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (chapter 6.1): The ethics of care in open-access publishing
How might academic publishing help to enable better forms of institutional life conducive to personal flourishing and the increase of…
