I don’t believe in ghosts. But for the bereaved, receiving ‘messages’ from beyond the grave can help us feel connected to the departed

Do metascientists dream of academic publishers, or have they moved on?

Our next guest post, from Lou Peck, CEO The International Bunch, who debates why we should no longer be obsessed with clicks. An audio version is provided and can be accessed below.

An update from the Scholarly Futures team about one of our founders

Remote organisations expand global participation and representation, but distributed teams and governance also complicate coordination and trust-building.

The future of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing hangs in a delicate balance. When do we stop and think is each new model simply pushing financial constraints and equity issues somewhere else?

Challenges to peer review affect the quality and efficiency of academic publishing. AI tools already help reviewers and publishers but are we prepared for the future?

The U.S. Office of Research Integrity has been relatively quiet in 2025, releasing just two misconduct findings with only two weeks remaining in the year — the fewest the office has released since …

At the STM innovation and Integrity days in London last week, it's clear that research integrity has become an increasingly pressing issue. Many publishers are reporting significant increases in submi...

At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and

À partir du 1er janvier 2026, le CNRS coupera l’accès à l’une des plus importantes bases bibliométriques commerciales : le

The recent announcement that OUP is acquiring Karger heralds yet more consolidation in an industry where there have been growing concerns about market concentration, monetisation and monopolies.

Member News Release submitted by Scholastica on 11/05/2025.

The American Medical Association will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.  The AMA Journal of Ethics, an open access, peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1999 und…

Sharing my thoughts and fears on whether a major health crisis for STM publishing is coming or not.....

Amid growing financial pressure, exacerbated by the increasing dominance of open access, learned societies face a defining moment.

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 ...

On October 2, 2025, funders, publishers, submission system providers and infrastructure organisations came together for a focused discussion on improving the collection and sharing of open funding met...

Crossref is a crucial source of open bibliographic metadata for articles published in scientific journals. Importantly, however, Crossref can also serve as a source of bibliographic metadata for prepr...

Dispatches on how a more transactional world might affect scholarly communications