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These initiatives don¡¯t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create institutional or disciplinary divides, say Anthony Cond and Jane Bunker

Universities in countries that speak Dutch or German found to have higher research performance scores than those in Japan 

Extra costs linked to proposed new Research Excellence Framework rules could send art history departments to the wall, warns Francesca Berry

Proposed changes to how scholars publish show little awareness of how they will profoundly reshape academic life, says David Lund

US¡¯ biggest charitable foundation, with focus on global health, abandons APCs in favour of preprint repositories

Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press¡¯ David Clark

Poll of researchers finds little support for pulling scholarly papers of those found guilty of objectionable personal behaviour

Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access

While critics decry ¡®attack on academic freedom and integrity¡¯, publisher says new blood prevents journal from becoming ¡®insular¡¯

Requiring OA publication would have left bookshops¡¯ history sections narrower in scope and the preserve of a select few authors, says Rory Cormac

Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ¡®not associated with manmade features¡¯, but authors attack ¡®unjust retraction of groundbreaking research¡¯

Changing funding rules could shift the dial on open science, Australian paper argues

Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars

Extension of journal mandate to monographs designed to ¡®make research more open and equitable¡¯, but has historically been a source of controversy

London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses

Investigation follows publishing controversy that saw chapter detailing allegations withdrawn by Routledge

Deal ¡®an important step in PeerJ¡¯s evolution¡¯, co-founders say

Jisc review finds UK ahead of global average on open access, but questions whether purportedly temporary measures are proving effective at driving change

Open peer review has ¡®potential to be more thorough, inclusive and collegial¡¯ than traditional journal-led route, funders and publishers say

Article on MeToo movement in Iran named researcher, who denies wrongdoing, as ¡®serial abuser¡¯

Power relations would be more equitable if all leading disciplinary journals and books were published in multiple languages, says Simon Marginson

The strange cases of scholars churning out several reviews a day are perplexing, given the lack of obvious rewards for such prodigious output

Scarce funding means only the library-driven Subscribe to Open scheme is viable outside the sciences, says Christina Lembrecht

Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration

Partnership with Institute for Replication will support reproduction and replication attempts tied to papers published from 2023 onwards

The rise of open-access journals in response to initiatives such as Plan S has tightened the grip of big publishers on the scholarly publishing market, analysis claims

The British Library cyber-attack underlines that HE and research libraries¡¯ technologies and policies put us at too much risk, says Fiona Greig

Scopus AI will be ¡®valuable tool¡¯ for researchers seeking to explore academic disciplines and study areas, says leading publisher

Both publishers and the editing firms they outsource to must seek informed consent to use academics¡¯ IP, say Alan Blackwell and Zoe Swenson-Wright

Firm to axe a third of its workforce following ¡®downturn¡¯ in publishing trends

The nectar of power and prestige is sweet, but modern editors have to swallow an embittering volume of hard graft, too, says Adrian Furnham

While new database signals ¡®ongoing endeavour¡¯, dominance of existing subscription database unlikely to be challenged any time soon

Row at Journal of International Students spotlights challenges faced by periodicals that are free to publish in and read, and rely on volunteer labour

Prestigious publishing group will allow authors to incorporate AI-written text and figures into papers if technology use is acknowledged and explained

Publishers face being ¡®mere service providers¡¯ under new vision, but critics question whether global adoption of proposals will be any wider than their predecessors

Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it

Academics could cooperate to decommercialise publishing so that all students have affordable access to reliable information, says Michael Wynn-Williams

Only offering discounts for publication in fully open access journals is limiting the options of researchers in lower-income countries, says Daniel Keirs

Increased scale of new German-Dutch imprint will speed transition to open access publishing and allow more investment in infrastructure

¡®Astonishing demand¡¯ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ¡®delegimitise trans people¡¯ shows activists have been ¡®emboldened¡¯, say editors

Grouping the likes of Brazil or Argentina with much bigger spenders will only raise the barriers to publication even higher, say three researchers

Platform offers scholars a way of building a profile and livelihood away from universities, but what makes a successful Substacker, and is there really room for everyone?

Chapter withdrawn by Routledge after legal threats, with professor claiming that he had been identified, but denying wrongdoing

As scientists pursue groundbreaking discoveries for understanding the universe, ingrained publishing habits appear to leave students contending with outdated theories

Solution will see academic social network check rights information at point of upload and immediately determine how content can be shared

Editors claim voices of victims are being silenced as future of Routledge book on harassment in academia left in doubt

Listing all contributors would avoid damaging rows and properly reflect work of scholars, says elite European university group

Lengthy talks for opt-in read-and-publish deal, worth about €35 million a year, reached agreement as publisher warmed to open access and people involved in negotiations changed, consortium says 

Affordable AI-powered writing software offers some hope to scholars unfairly criticised for their imperfect English, but more radical change is required, says Natalia Kucirkova

As university libraries invest heavily in digital resources, Caroline Ball explains why physical books are still vital for research, teaching and the preservation of knowledge

As annual US budget process approaches its crescendo, Republicans try to block order that forbids paywalls on federally funded findings

By distributing both credit and blame where it is due, initiatives such as CRediT can help deter research fraud, says Paul Ayris 

Departing editors accept that there¡¯s ¡®no shortage of academics¡¯ to replace them as they call for ¡®concerted action¡¯

Publishers of big journals ramp up efforts to ensure more transparency over what material has been fed into the likes of ChatGPT

Editorial board of Design Studies quits alongside long-standing editor-in-chief, who blamed publisher¡¯s ¡®deeply exploitative¡¯ approach to running the title

Commitments to flip individual journals have not proved to be the game changer that Springer Nature had hoped, says Steven Inchcoombe

All 44 members of Critical Public Health board resign over Taylor & Francis¡¯ article processing charges and alleged push for minimum paper counts

Studying flocks of starlings helped Giorgio Parisi crack some of physics¡¯ deepest mysteries. The Nobelist talks to Matthew Reisz about his unconventional methods, missed eureka moments and being Italy¡¯s most in-demand scientist

Publisher¡¯s replacement of editor-in-chief comes as it pushes for seven-fold increase in acceptances

Aaron Ciechanover criticises profits of Nature publisher and backs mega-journal model