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  1. Ars Technica: Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?. “The number of papers indexed in the databases Scopus and Web of Science, for example, has recently been increasing exponentially, at a rate of 5.6 percent per year. By one estimate, researchers around the globe are devoting a collective 15,000 years of work to peer review every year—work that, if paid, would cost $1.5 […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/14/ars-technica-peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/
  2. 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/
  3. Found in my Calishat Snaps: LinXiv. “Discover, manage, and visualize academic papers from arXiv — run your library on hardware you control, with a modern desktop app, optional AI, Obsidian integration, and an interactive network graph.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/21/organized-academic-papers-on-your-desktop-linxiv/
  4. Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/
  5. Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/
  6. Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/
  7. Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/
  8. Retraction Watch: New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews. “Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort already has turned up dozens of reviews that do and will now get closer scrutiny to ensure their results […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/retraction-watch-new-system-for-flagging-retracted-papers-finds-scores-of-them-in-cochrane-reviews/
  9. CIDRAP: Review uncovers rising rate of fake references in published biomedical papers. “A systematic review published yesterday in The Lancet reveals that of 97.1 million verified references in published biomedical papers, 4,046 were likely fake, with rates of fabrication rising 12-fold from 2023 through 2025—which commentators call a disturbing discovery that highlights the need to improve […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/cidrap-review-uncovers-rising-rate-of-fake-references-in-published-biomedical-papers/