Read and Publish Agreements: "the same big deals with the same big deal problems."
The New School announces a faculty and staff bloodbath
Springer Nature embraces AI across publishing processes, including new "author‑facing" tools (e.g. AI‑generated research summaries, natural‑language search within papers, and in‑paper chat) group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
Academic publishing and the case for rigour in a moment for mission (@sophiegee.bsky.social) corp.oup.com/spotlights/w...
Interesting to note what's happening in global politics when Informa is described primarily as an events and B2B business and when it's described as an "events and academic publishing" outfit
Informa PLC reassures investors that its 2026 targets remain intact despite disruption caused by the war on Iran, as it published full-year results broadly in line with expectations. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/informa...
"As AI-augmented research proliferates, the scope of scientific inquiry is contracting." https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/2447c204-e98b-4bf8-9a27-e516e71db97d
arXiv is being spun out from Cornell University and is looking for an inaugural CEO. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...
Following its acquisition by Oxford University Press last year, Karger Publishing House face hefty job losses www.bazonline.ch/karger-verla...
GetFTR introduce capability that "allows AI-powered tools to directly check content entitlements in real time. Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that enables AI systems to connect securely with trusted services..." www.getfulltextresearch.com/how-getftr-c...
"Publishers, librarians, and standards bodies are no longer asking whether to deal with AI-driven access — they're asking how." www.silverchair.com/news/ai-bots...
The American Chemical Society has launched a "strategic arm" to invest their considerable publications revenues to "identify, nurture, and launch the next generation of science-based solutions that solve global challenges" solutions.acs.org/acs_ventures/
On the enduring gravity of "Portfolio Strategies" in Journals publishing @brieferyet.bsky.social www.ce-strategy.com/the-brief/po...
Publishers’ Licensing Services has launched the first stage of an opt-in collective licensing initiative designed to “ensure the use of published work by AI companies in generative AI is both fair and lawful” 👇 #BookSky
Wiley launch "Research Exchange Preprints" platform. Acronym REP brings to mind theatres which work from a specified repertoire... www.researchinformation.info/news/wiley-l...
Well, this takes the biscuit.
I know of cases where people were named as authors without their permission, and where it's difficult to get anyone to do anything about it. But here we have a particularly brazen publisher who says they'll remove it if you pay $500!
retractionwatch.com/2026/03/05/p...
Increased Shortform Video consuption associated with poorer cognition. inhibitory control, mental health, stress and anxiety psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Grammarly, an AI-assisted spellchecking tool, is now reportedly using imitations of professors and academics to review work – and that includes some who are actually dead. www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
"We are calling on [the government] to seize the UK’s competitive advantage by ruling out any form of copyright exception for AI and legislating to introduce transparency requirements for AI developers.” @publishersassoc.bsky.social www.researchinformation.info/news/publish...
Spring Nature launch an Early Career Researcher "Hub", partnering with Zapnito, a community and knowledge-sharing platform group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
"while the choices universities face around online course portfolios may lead down different paths, given current and projected needs, developing to better serve a mature student audience..would be a wise investment."
This! Turnitin has twisted our concept of plagiarism, and encourages meaningless paraphrasing.
"Universities are in a defensive crouch, trying to figure out what people, activities, and entire departments they can get rid of to keep the government from making an example of them.
This is all very bad!"
The pop-up trend which followed the "retail apocalypse" decades ago reaches the world of journals publishing popupjournal.com
RELX AI market crash related to "'workflow' products for storing, sorting & reviewing documents for specific projects; Relx mostly fishes in the smaller market for must-have information that is comprehensive & can be relied upon in court." www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
The Chinese Academy of Sciences introduces price cap for OA funded journals www.science.org/content/arti...
"AI assistance in academic writing has surged indiscriminately across journals, regardless of policy presence" - you mean to say people largely ignore policies and guidance? Shocked and appalled! www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
AI consumes OA and "brings with it attribution problems, the potential for information contamination, and aggressive automated traffic ... Left unaddressed, these pressures threaten to reverse much of what the open science movement has achieved." coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
