academic publishing
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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…
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out
English dominates global scientific communication, but the actual production of scientific knowledge is multilingual.
