23
Jun
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The Digital Development of China’s Academic Publishing Industry

The academic publishing market in China is developing quickly but is still in a growth phase. This provides tremendous opportunities for international publishers and societies to expand their international presence, diversify their revenue streams, etc. Currently, the Chinese research ecosystem boasts an increasing number of internationally recognized scientists producing high-quality research. (For example, in 2022, […]
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02
Jun
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Using ChatGPT for Peer Review: A Snapshot of Views

AI solutions have already been found valuable in basic screening of submitted manuscripts, helping journals efficiently screen out papers with obvious errors and missing information. Recently, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have emerged as powerful tools in natural language processing, sparking discussions about their potential use in peer review at academic journals. In this […]
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16
May
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EU poised to adopt immediate open access with no charges for authors, for publicly funded research

In the wake of the mass resignation of the editorial board of the journal NeuroImage over increasing article processing charges (APCs), academia is about to witness another radical change pertaining to open access. The European Union is reportedly preparing to mandate immediate open access to papers reporting publicly funded research, without authors paying APCs. Hitherto, […]
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17
Feb
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The Role of Research Societies in Promoting Open Science, Preprints, and Reproducibility: An Interview with Iratxe Puebla

Research societies are constantly seeking to extend and advance their respective fields. Open science and preprints play an important role in improving the transparency, reliability, and integrity of the scientific process and research in general. Today, we’ll discuss with Iratxe Puebla various ways in which societies can promote preprints and open science, with an ultimate […]
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20
Jan
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Phase II of the NIH Policy on Preprints: Implications for Scholarly Publishing

Preprints of scholarly research articles have been around since at least the 1960s and were originally actually printed. Now, preprints are versions of scientific articles that are posted to public servers prior to undergoing a peer review process. The availability of preprints became more prevalent in 2017 with the introduction of new preprint servers and […]
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13
Jan
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What is the TOPS mission? A Quick Look at NASA’s Latest Commitment Toward Open Science

On January 11, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the US declared 2023 as the Year of Open Science, in collaboration with multiple well-known federal agencies such as NASA and the US NIH. Among these agencies, NASA stands out for its Transform to Open Science (TOPS) mission, which is […]
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