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🎥 Academic publishing beyond the written article
The new peer-reviewed Audio/Visual Section of Mediální studia / Media Studies is inviting submissions for its inaugural 2027 issue.
Film, video, audiovisual and sound essays are welcome, particularly projects bringing academic research into dialogue with artistic and multimodal practices.
📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026
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🎥 Academic publishing beyond the written article
The new peer-reviewed Audio/Visual Section of Mediální studia / Media Studies is inviting submissions for its inaugural 2027 issue.
Film, video, audiovisual and sound essays are welcome, particularly projects bringing academic research into dialogue with artistic and multimodal practices.
📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026
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The State Scientific And Technical Library Of Ukraine, and machine-translated from Ukrainian: MES opens interactive dashboard “Specialized publications of Ukraine”. “As part of the work of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to develop an open and transparent system of scientific professional publications, an interactive dashboard ‘Professional Publications of Ukraine’ was created. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/12/the-state-scientific-and-technical-library-of-ukraine-mes-opens-interactive-dashboard-specialized-publications-of-ukraine/ -
The State Scientific And Technical Library Of Ukraine, and machine-translated from Ukrainian: MES opens interactive dashboard “Specialized publications of Ukraine”. “As part of the work of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to develop an open and transparent system of scientific professional publications, an interactive dashboard ‘Professional Publications of Ukraine’ was created. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/12/the-state-scientific-and-technical-library-of-ukraine-mes-opens-interactive-dashboard-specialized-publications-of-ukraine/ -
“Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work.
The problem: The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated.”
https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/
#AI #GenerativeAI #AcademicPublishing #ResearchGold #PeerReview
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“Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work.
The problem: The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated.”
https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/
#AI #GenerativeAI #AcademicPublishing #ResearchGold #PeerReview
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Free software development and academic review work have this uncanny resemblance in the way companies and corporations treat them.
Corpos: Make and maintain this software / Review this research manuscript for us.
Devs/Academics: Please pay me.
Corpos: Lol, no. <<Insert gaslighting about the dev / reviewer "nOt doInG thEiR ParT fOr tHe coMmUnIty">>.
#softwaredevelopment #freesoftware #academia #academicpublishing #academicresearch
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Free software development and academic review work have this uncanny resemblance in the way companies and corporations treat them.
Corpos: Make and maintain this software / Review this research manuscript for us.
Devs/Academics: Please pay me.
Corpos: Lol, no. <<Insert gaslighting about the dev / reviewer "nOt doInG thEiR ParT fOr tHe coMmUnIty">>.
#softwaredevelopment #freesoftware #academia #academicpublishing #academicresearch
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Cover article of Biofeed Science and Technology Issue 1:
Circular Biomanufacturing of Non-Grain Feeds: Synergizing Microbial Fermentation and Insect Bioreactors for Animal HealthDOI: 10.66729/bst202603002
🌐 Learn more: https://www.icjn.net/article/10.66729/bst202603002
#OpenAcess #Publishing #AcademicJournals #AcademicPublishing #KeyHighlight #RearchHighlight #AnimalScience #CoverArticle #Biotechnology #Biomanufacturing #Feed #Fermentation #AnimalHealth #Bioreactors #BiologicalFeed
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Cover article of Biofeed Science and Technology Issue 1:
Circular Biomanufacturing of Non-Grain Feeds: Synergizing Microbial Fermentation and Insect Bioreactors for Animal HealthDOI: 10.66729/bst202603002
🌐 Learn more: https://www.icjn.net/article/10.66729/bst202603002
#OpenAcess #Publishing #AcademicJournals #AcademicPublishing #KeyHighlight #RearchHighlight #AnimalScience #CoverArticle #Biotechnology #Biomanufacturing #Feed #Fermentation #AnimalHealth #Bioreactors #BiologicalFeed
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New in Accountability in Research: responding to Holcombe et al., I propose separating structured Contributor Listings from narrative Acknowledgments. Make contributions visible—but do not standardize gratitude:
https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2026.2716269
#ResearchIntegrity #ScholarlyCommunication #ContributorRecognition #AcademicPublishing #CRediT #Acknowledgments -
New in Accountability in Research: responding to Holcombe et al., I propose separating structured Contributor Listings from narrative Acknowledgments. Make contributions visible—but do not standardize gratitude:
https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2026.2716269
#ResearchIntegrity #ScholarlyCommunication #ContributorRecognition #AcademicPublishing #CRediT #Acknowledgments -
The Register: How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI era. “The 35th USENIX Security Symposium (USS), which takes place next week in Baltimore, Maryland, hit an all-time high for paper submissions. While some of that increase has been aided by the availability of AI tools, those managing the conference say abuses were minimal due to defensive measures. But […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/the-register-how-the-famed-usenix-security-conf-is-managing-a-flood-of-papers-in-the-ai-era/ -
The Register: How the famed USENIX Security conf is managing a flood of papers in the AI era. “The 35th USENIX Security Symposium (USS), which takes place next week in Baltimore, Maryland, hit an all-time high for paper submissions. While some of that increase has been aided by the availability of AI tools, those managing the conference say abuses were minimal due to defensive measures. But […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/the-register-how-the-famed-usenix-security-conf-is-managing-a-flood-of-papers-in-the-ai-era/ -
I inquired about the status of a manuscript I submitted to a regional journal 170 days ago. Apparently they are still looking for a second reviewer! #AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing
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I inquired about the status of a manuscript I submitted to a regional journal 170 days ago. Apparently they are still looking for a second reviewer! #AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing
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The Scholarly Kitchen: From Hub to Hustle: The Scattered Social Landscape in Scholarly Comms. “In the most recent SSP Pulse Check, the community weighed in on the way social media is being used and trusted (or neither) in scholarly communications. The insights revealed a complex picture of a time that remains uncertain and very much still evolving. To build on this data, we looked at past […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/05/from-hub-to-hustle-the-scattered-social-landscape-in-scholarly-comms-the-scholarly-kitchen/ -
The Scholarly Kitchen: From Hub to Hustle: The Scattered Social Landscape in Scholarly Comms. “In the most recent SSP Pulse Check, the community weighed in on the way social media is being used and trusted (or neither) in scholarly communications. The insights revealed a complex picture of a time that remains uncertain and very much still evolving. To build on this data, we looked at past […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/05/from-hub-to-hustle-the-scattered-social-landscape-in-scholarly-comms-the-scholarly-kitchen/ -
Proposed Trump Administration ‘Guidance’ Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers
Nearly 500,000 public comments were filed by the July 13 deadline, the overwhelming majority of them critical, writes contributor Peter Brantley, adding that, if adopted, the new federal rules would have disastrous consequences for the viability of U.S. research.
The post Proposed Trump Administration ‘Guidance’ Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/proposed-trump-administration-guidance-alarms-researchers-scholarly-publishers/#AcademicPublishing #Libraries #Research #Trumpadministration #US
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Proposed Trump Administration ‘Guidance’ Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers
Nearly 500,000 public comments were filed by the July 13 deadline, the overwhelming majority of them critical, writes contributor Peter Brantley, adding that, if adopted, the new federal rules would have disastrous consequences for the viability of U.S. research.
The post Proposed Trump Administration ‘Guidance’ Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/proposed-trump-administration-guidance-alarms-researchers-scholarly-publishers/#AcademicPublishing #Libraries #Research #Trumpadministration #US
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BLOG: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim
The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI
👉 https://copim.pub/wileys-acquisition-of-emerald-some-observations-from-copim/
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BLOG: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim
The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI
👉 https://copim.pub/wileys-acquisition-of-emerald-some-observations-from-copim/
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Daily Nous: New: Journal of Mathematical Philosophy. “It is now open to submissions in subject areas such as as formal epistemology, philosophical logic, philosophy of science, decision theory, philosophy of mathematics, formal metaphysics, philosophy of language, formal ethics, and philosophy of AI. Published by LMU Munich, the Journal of Mathematical Philosophy is a ‘diamond’ open-access […]
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Daily Nous: New: Journal of Mathematical Philosophy. “It is now open to submissions in subject areas such as as formal epistemology, philosophical logic, philosophy of science, decision theory, philosophy of mathematics, formal metaphysics, philosophy of language, formal ethics, and philosophy of AI. Published by LMU Munich, the Journal of Mathematical Philosophy is a ‘diamond’ open-access […]
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"A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges.
The case, which became unsealed July 30, claims Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa forced U.S. research institutions to submit false claims to the government for reimbursement through article fees up to 10 times the cost of processing the articles.
Juan Pablo Alperin, a professor at Simon Fraser University and codirector of the Scholarly Communications Lab based in Vancouver, is represented by two attorneys who have had blockbuster success in FCA cases over the past decade. He and his attorneys originally filed the case under seal in March 2024. The government declined to intervene in the case on July 23 of this year, and a judge ordered the complaint unsealed, which now allows Alperin to pursue the case independently.
Sage was also originally listed as a defendant in the case, according to the court docket, and University of Ottawa researcher Stefanie Haustein was a plaintiff. Both were dropped from the suit last week."
#USA #AcademicPublishing #ArticleFees #Publishing #Oligopolies
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"A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges.
The case, which became unsealed July 30, claims Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa forced U.S. research institutions to submit false claims to the government for reimbursement through article fees up to 10 times the cost of processing the articles.
Juan Pablo Alperin, a professor at Simon Fraser University and codirector of the Scholarly Communications Lab based in Vancouver, is represented by two attorneys who have had blockbuster success in FCA cases over the past decade. He and his attorneys originally filed the case under seal in March 2024. The government declined to intervene in the case on July 23 of this year, and a judge ordered the complaint unsealed, which now allows Alperin to pursue the case independently.
Sage was also originally listed as a defendant in the case, according to the court docket, and University of Ottawa researcher Stefanie Haustein was a plaintiff. Both were dropped from the suit last week."
#USA #AcademicPublishing #ArticleFees #Publishing #Oligopolies
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A review of our collective monograph has appeared in Higher Education. The authors argue that the book introduces a new field: “sustainability under conflict conditions.” Who are we to disagree?
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01737-8#HigherEducation #AcademicPublishing #BookReview #Ukraine #UniversityWithoutWalls #AcademicResilience #EducationInEmergencies
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A review of our collective monograph has appeared in Higher Education. The authors argue that the book introduces a new field: “sustainability under conflict conditions.” Who are we to disagree?
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-026-01737-8#HigherEducation #AcademicPublishing #BookReview #Ukraine #UniversityWithoutWalls #AcademicResilience #EducationInEmergencies
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Our latest submission to JCP has been rejected as “out of scope” because the editor has interpreted the paper as being “an application”. A curious decision, since the paper is on how to compute acoustic terms efficiently and with higher precision compared to how it's usually done, and there are several applications, not one, where we show how this improves energy conservation and numerical stability in general.
The fact that the decision was taken by the editor *after* sending the paper out to reviewers, but claiming that it was made to avoid going through the review process, and that he only sent it to reviewers *after* I prodded him *after* the manuscript had been laying on his desk for months makes me doubtful of the, shall we say, correctness of the whole thing.
Now the big question is: should we challenge the decision, or should we just drop it and go with a different journal?
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Our latest submission to JCP has been rejected as “out of scope” because the editor has interpreted the paper as being “an application”. A curious decision, since the paper is on how to compute acoustic terms efficiently and with higher precision compared to how it's usually done, and there are several applications, not one, where we show how this improves energy conservation and numerical stability in general.
The fact that the decision was taken by the editor *after* sending the paper out to reviewers, but claiming that it was made to avoid going through the review process, and that he only sent it to reviewers *after* I prodded him *after* the manuscript had been laying on his desk for months makes me doubtful of the, shall we say, correctness of the whole thing.
Now the big question is: should we challenge the decision, or should we just drop it and go with a different journal?
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oh I really like bioRxiv's implementation of curvenote reader.
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oh I really like bioRxiv's implementation of curvenote reader.
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Is it acceptable as a journal to set a standard threshold for acceptable levels of text overlap in submissions?
#COPE very clear and brief: NO. https://publicationethics.org/guidance/cope-position/determining-acceptable-levels-plagiarismduplication
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Is it acceptable as a journal to set a standard threshold for acceptable levels of text overlap in submissions?
#COPE very clear and brief: NO. https://publicationethics.org/guidance/cope-position/determining-acceptable-levels-plagiarismduplication
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📢 Biofeed Science and Technology Journal Recruitment: Early Career Editorial Board
BST has officially launched a recruitment program for Early Career Editorial Board, inviting young scholars who are actively striving and have academic enthusiasm in related fields to join us.
📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026
📖 Learn more: https://www.icjn.net/news.php🤝 Welcome to join us!
#Openacess #Academicpublishing #Editor #Journal #Biotechnology #Biologicalfeed #BiotechResearch #Animalproduction #Fermentation
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📢 Biofeed Science and Technology Journal Recruitment: Early Career Editorial Board
BST has officially launched a recruitment program for Early Career Editorial Board, inviting young scholars who are actively striving and have academic enthusiasm in related fields to join us.
📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026
📖 Learn more: https://www.icjn.net/news.php🤝 Welcome to join us!
#Openacess #Academicpublishing #Editor #Journal #Biotechnology #Biologicalfeed #BiotechResearch #Animalproduction #Fermentation
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NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': https://copim.pub/wileys-acquisition-of-emerald-some-observations-from-copim/
The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI.
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NEW POST: 'Wiley’s Acquisition of Emerald: Some observations from Copim': https://copim.pub/wileys-acquisition-of-emerald-some-observations-from-copim/
The post explores issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing raised by the acquisition, heightened by the emphasis on the anticipated role of #AI.
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New publication alert! Maria Sulimma and I just got our #Yellowjackets article published in ISLE Journal. Check it out and share to like-minded folks!
#EnvironmentalHumanities #EnergyHumanities #Gender #Electricity
#AcademicPublishing:mastodance: :OpenAccess: :hc:
https://academic.oup.com/isle/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isle/isag039/8736155
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New publication alert! Maria Sulimma and I just got our #Yellowjackets article published in ISLE Journal. Check it out and share to like-minded folks!
#EnvironmentalHumanities #EnergyHumanities #Gender #Electricity
#AcademicPublishing:mastodance: :OpenAccess: :hc:
https://academic.oup.com/isle/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isle/isag039/8736155
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Meet EMS Press at ICM 2026!
Apostolos Damialis, Editorial Director of EMS Press, will be in Philadelphia for the International Congress of Mathematicians, 23–30 July 2026.
Come and meet us at the shared EMS / EMS Press / zbMATH Open booth to learn more about our books, journals, publishing programme, and open access initiatives.
#ICM2026 #EMSPress #Mathematics #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess
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Meet EMS Press at ICM 2026!
Apostolos Damialis, Editorial Director of EMS Press, will be in Philadelphia for the International Congress of Mathematicians, 23–30 July 2026.
Come and meet us at the shared EMS / EMS Press / zbMATH Open booth to learn more about our books, journals, publishing programme, and open access initiatives.
#ICM2026 #EMSPress #Mathematics #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess
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Anyone know of any open source journals with no publishing fees, in the #genomics #bioinformatics #rstats fields? My team and I are interested in publishing more side projects, but its hard to justify the publishing fees when you aren't in the #academic space. I guess the other alternative to is find a collaborator at a uni.
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Anyone know of any open source journals with no publishing fees, in the #genomics #bioinformatics #rstats fields? My team and I are interested in publishing more side projects, but its hard to justify the publishing fees when you aren't in the #academic space. I guess the other alternative to is find a collaborator at a uni.
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Driven in no small part by ''hurry, do it now or you'll miss out!'' strongly resembling very basic scamming psychology.
"When machines began to increase productivity during the second industrial revolution, American engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor’s The Principles of Scientific Management encouraged corporations to use surveillance to get employees to work harder and longer, an approach that exhausted and discouraged workers and led to the transfer of knowledge and any decision-making from workers to management, while enriching the profits for only those at the top. Yet, it remains foundational to the American economic enterprise. Indeed, scientific publishing is starting to experience some Taylorism with the insertion of AI. Rigorous human checking of AI-generated research papers is creating bottlenecks as publishers strive to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. The challenge is requiring even more human effort, making the whole endeavor slower and more expensive."
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aek5570?af=R
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Driven in no small part by ''hurry, do it now or you'll miss out!'' strongly resembling very basic scamming psychology.
"When machines began to increase productivity during the second industrial revolution, American engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor’s The Principles of Scientific Management encouraged corporations to use surveillance to get employees to work harder and longer, an approach that exhausted and discouraged workers and led to the transfer of knowledge and any decision-making from workers to management, while enriching the profits for only those at the top. Yet, it remains foundational to the American economic enterprise. Indeed, scientific publishing is starting to experience some Taylorism with the insertion of AI. Rigorous human checking of AI-generated research papers is creating bottlenecks as publishers strive to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. The challenge is requiring even more human effort, making the whole endeavor slower and more expensive."
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aek5570?af=R
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Springer Nature Launches Book Publishing Imprint
The new imprint will become part of Springer Nature's broader books portfolio, which includes Springer and Palgrave Macmillan.
The post Springer Nature Launches Book Publishing Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/springer-nature-launches-book-publishing-imprint/#AcademicPublishing #Imprints #ScholarlyPublishing #SpringerNature
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Springer Nature Launches Book Publishing Imprint
The new imprint will become part of Springer Nature's broader books portfolio, which includes Springer and Palgrave Macmillan.
The post Springer Nature Launches Book Publishing Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/springer-nature-launches-book-publishing-imprint/#AcademicPublishing #Imprints #ScholarlyPublishing #SpringerNature
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We are immeasurably proud of our Publishing Assistant, Lucy Ashworth, for being named a Rising Star 2026 by @[email protected]. 🌟
Congratulations, Lucy! We can't wait to see what you will achieve with this award funding.
#AcademicPublishing #Marketing
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
Publishing Assistant Lucy Ashw... -
We are immeasurably proud of our Publishing Assistant, Lucy Ashworth, for being named a Rising Star 2026 by @[email protected]. 🌟
Congratulations, Lucy! We can't wait to see what you will achieve with this award funding.
#AcademicPublishing #Marketing
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
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📢 Call for Papers: Journal of Solid Waste Valorization and Chemical Management
💡 The journal is rooted in the greendevelopment philosophy of "solid waste resource recovery and chemical risk control". Aiming to establish a professional academic platform.
📖 Join us — submit your work!
Journal Website: https://www.icjn.net/jswvcm
#SolidWaste #GreenChemistry #ZeroWaste #WasteToEnergy #CallForPapers #AcademicPublishing #ScientificPublishing #OpenAcess #OA
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📢 Call for Papers: Journal of Solid Waste Valorization and Chemical Management
💡 The journal is rooted in the greendevelopment philosophy of "solid waste resource recovery and chemical risk control". Aiming to establish a professional academic platform.
📖 Join us — submit your work!
Journal Website: https://www.icjn.net/jswvcm
#SolidWaste #GreenChemistry #ZeroWaste #WasteToEnergy #CallForPapers #AcademicPublishing #ScientificPublishing #OpenAcess #OA
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It would be so much nicer if, rather than forcing volunteer editors and reviewers to hunt for spelling mistakes and bullying authors for making them, scientific publishers could just pay for some proper proof editors, like magazines in any other industry.
It shouldn't be about being perfect; it should be about having a support system in place to pick you up when you aren't.
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It would be so much nicer if, rather than forcing volunteer editors and reviewers to hunt for spelling mistakes and bullying authors for making them, scientific publishers could just pay for some proper proof editors, like magazines in any other industry.
It shouldn't be about being perfect; it should be about having a support system in place to pick you up when you aren't.
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Want to always win research grants 🏆 and get all your manuscripts accepted? Scientists may have figured out what you need to tell #ChatGPT 🤖
A new study tested hidden prompt injections embedded in manuscripts. When reviewers uploaded the papers to public #LLMs and asked for a review, the hidden instructions could steer the model toward a positive evaluation with a ~99% success rate.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05695-x
#GenAI #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #PromptInjection #AcademicPublishing
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Want to always win research grants 🏆 and get all your manuscripts accepted? Scientists may have figured out what you need to tell #ChatGPT 🤖
A new study tested hidden prompt injections embedded in manuscripts. When reviewers uploaded the papers to public #LLMs and asked for a review, the hidden instructions could steer the model toward a positive evaluation with a ~99% success rate.
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05695-x
#GenAI #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #PromptInjection #AcademicPublishing
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After sitting for two months in the editor's hand, our latest manuscript has been finally sent out to the reviewers. Coincidentally, just a couple of days after I sent an email asking about the status of manuscript.