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What can your journal do to stand out to new peer reviewers and retain your most reliable ones?

Focus on giving reviewers the best experience possible! Learn how in this free course. buff.ly/lMfM9cD

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A lot is changing in scholarly publishing.

With each new challenge comes new opportunities to probe and improve the way we work today to be better tomorrow.

These are the main trends we're focusing on at Scholastica. What would you add? buff.ly/qwQqHsV

What are the latest ways journals can leverage altmetrics data to demonstrate and grow the impact of their content?

@kowb.bsky.social, Director of Scientometric Researcher Engagement at @digital-science.com will share new tracking options from @altmetric.com during this webinar: buff.ly/aetyXBm

For publishers drafting AI policies, focusing on author education can yield better outcomes for all involved.

Learn more in this new Scholastica guest blog by Gareth Dyke and Adam Goulston: buff.ly/Bx6Sfr0

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Scholarly Publishing Trends to Watch in 2026 What does 2026 have in store for scholarly publishing? Members of the Scholastica team share their predictions and recommendations for journal publishers.

🫔 Wrap up

We hope you found these tips helpful!

To learn more about how Scholastica's team is thinking about the future of online search, as well as other developments impacting scholarly publishing, check out our new blog: buff.ly/h4VLHby

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^ For research articles, you can support authors with workshopping their abstracts toward this goal or even create plain-language article overviews to include with formal abstracts.

You can also create summaries for supplementary content, organizational webpages, and marketing materials.

3️⃣ Provide clear content summaries

One of the best ways to help AIs synthesize your content is by including straightforward summaries.

2️⃣ Make content easy for AIs (and people!) to read

Optimize the structure of your content by presenting info in focused sections people and AI agents can easily parse. Headings (H2/H3), short paragraphs, and bulleted lists are all your friends! Overall, focus on content clarity and get to the point!

It can also be helpful to add secondary navigation links, often referred to as "website breadcrumbs," to category and subcategory pages, enabling users to quickly determine their location within the site's hierarchy.

1️⃣ Focus on website structure

Develop a clear overarching website structure and logically place content within it. A well-organized, "flat" structure ensures users can reach any page within three clicks, typically using a top-down approach (Homepage → Categories → Subcategories/Pages).

Alright, let's get into the nitty-gritty! GEO tips for journal editors and publishers 👇

💬 Unlike SEO, which focuses on improving a website's ranking in keyword-based search results lists, GEO focuses on content visibility in synthesized AI answers based on the context of user queries and intent.

🔍 First: What is GEO exactly?

GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimization. It's the process of optimizing web content to be surfaced by AI search tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI mode.

"Not another acronym!!!" you cry into cyberspace. 😭

We hear you, and we get it! In good news, GEO isn't so different from SEO. Let's dive into some of the principles of GEO to help you start optimizing your content for this new iteration of search.

Scholars are increasingly turning to generative AI systems to support their research. How can you ensure your content shows up in AI results?

It's all about developing a GEO strategy. Quick 🧵👇

Publication Integrity Week 2025 Find videos, summaries and transcripts now available from day 1 of Publication Integrity Week 2025 - Evolving landscape of publication ethics.

ICYMI: Session recordings from Publication Integrity Week 2025 are available! So many timely topics to explore👇 buff.ly/UxJZnIf

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⏰ There's still time to register for Scholastica's upcoming webinar, "How to get a journal indexed in PMC," tomorrow at 3 PM UTC.

If you're applying to PMC for the first time (or after a long time) — this webinar is for you! Register here: buff.ly/ZMBB9a8

How can journals implement draft-based decision workflows with Scholastica's Peer Review System?

👀 Here's a quick preview. Learn more in this blog post: buff.ly/8Rrvdty

Unreliable Science: Unravelling the Impact of Mainstream Media Misrepresentation This session dives into a project by the University of Turku, funded by the European Media and Information Fund, tackles the pressing problem of unreliable scientific information permeating…

Preventing the spread of mis- and disinformation starts with understanding how it happens.

This webinar from @altmetric.com will delve into insights from a research project on mainstream media misrepresentation of science. buff.ly/adkK0dP 👇

Given how challenging it can be to find peer reviewers, it's vital to cultivate a database of willing candidates and prioritize retention initiatives.

We cover tips in this blog post, including insights from editors at @mitpress.bsky.social and @dovemedicalpress.bsky.social: bit.ly/3JA5sqK

Have you registered for the “Grow your scholarly journals in 2026” webinar series? Up next:

👉 How to Get a Journal Indexed in PMC (Feb 26 at 3 PM UTC)

👉 New Opportunities With Altmetrics (March 19 at 3:30 PM UTC)

Learn more and register here: buff.ly/axDRvGd

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For peer review to run smoothly, you need authors to get your journal's submission criteria right the first time around.

Having a comprehensive and easy-to-use submission form is key.

Learn how to customize your Scholastica submission form here: buff.ly/oVCkXtQ

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🔓 Are you working with a scholarly society or institution to launch an OA journal in-house?

We have a primer for small publishers to help! buff.ly/hXue1or

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Metadata matching - Crossref Crossref is focused on enriching metadata to highlight relationships among works, individuals, institutions, and actions. Metadata matching is the task of finding an identifier for an item based on a…

Did you know @crossref.bsky.social is working to fill in gaps in metadata by programmatically matching related research objects?

Learn more in this blog post: buff.ly/hJPHvBT #LoveData26

🎊 New user spotlight:

We welcome the Journal of Stratification Economics to the Scholastica community (now using our peer review system)! The journal is published by @ucpress.bsky.social.

Learn more and submit here: buff.ly/9ZrAA6l

We hope you found this roundup helpful! Do you have additional tips to share? Add them in the comments.👇

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At the highest level, including PIDs in references will help ensure reference links resolve for readers. When journals include references in the metadata they register with DOIs, it also opens the door for scholars and discovery services to find their articles via metadata connections.

💬 Include PIDs in references

Finally, journals can help foster new connections between their articles and other research publications by including PIDs in references whenever possible, especially DOIs.

For example, Scholastica's peer review system integrates with @researchorgs.bsky.social to automatically associate ROR IDs with the organizations' input into journals' submission forms when applicable, ensuring accurate inputs. That's just one example of the many PIDs we support.

💯 Verify PIDs when possible

It's also critical to ensure the PID inputs you collect are accurate. Automating PID verification in forms, such as your peer review submission form, is the fastest and easiest way to do this.