Today's guest post asks: Do trust markers and other systematic fraud-prevention practices exclude unaffiliated authors from contributing to the scholarly record?

Models for funding open access journal article publishing can be sorted into three categories, organized by who pays and what they pay for: transactional, collective action, and subvention.

Long-term solutions must be dynamic, involve multiple sectors and hold all stakeholders to account, writes Sabina Alam

ScholarOne saw a submission surge in the first quarter of 2026 — evidence that AI is increasing the strain on peer review's social contract with researchers.

Schools must do more to help girls master AI. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which found that boys, more confident at working with AI, performed better in some classes compared to their f...

Today's guest post offers a review of a panel of publishers and editors discussing the pros and cons of using Generative AI, along with ethical and policy implications.

Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

A majority of the current students enrolled in the United Arab Emirates’ federal colleges and universities are first-generation students. Although the number of first-generation students is high, t...

Explore the article collection: A Collection of Cogent Economics & Finance Articles celebrating International Women’s Day 2026. Published in Cogent Economics & Finance.

Editors - Teacher Education & Development needed for Cogent Education

Self-regulation has gained prominence as a critical indicator of learning during early childhood. However, opportunities to practice self-regulation, primarily through child-initiated play in presc...

Explore the article collection: Adapting Wuthering Heights. Published in Brontë Studies.

Professor Paul Gilbert OBE (pictured, right) hears from Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland (left) about his new book, ‘Controlled Explosions in Mental Health’.

Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…

Developing children’s news literacy skills to critically engage with news is crucial to their development as informed and engaged citizens. Yet, primary school children remain largely overlooked by...

Today's guest bloggers reflect on the experience of "imposter syndrome" and how we might adopt a new approach to moments of uncertainty and change.

Expert researchers give their view.

Partnership expands to cover full OA journals, AI use and journal OA conversions

Twenty-somethings aren’t delayed or doomed.

We analyse interview data from two projects undertaken in Australia and England to explore gender-related violence (GRV) and its impact on university staff. This focus is novel and important as mos...

In this article, I examine the definition of educational quality in the English higher education system. I examine three phases in the measurement of educational quality, each prompted by the repor...

Publishers have led themselves into a mess by focusing on rising submissions as a positive indicator of journal performance.

Today's guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication ...