I'm sure this has been proposed before, but I would really love it if, when I accepted a request to review a paper, that provided me with access to the cited papers. Especially when they are from the journal or publisher I'm reviewing for...
#proflife #AcademicPublishing #academicchat #peerreview

Beijing Hosts an Academic Conference as Market Grows

With a welcome post-pandemic-era tracked in China's book market in the first quarter, Beijing's book fair runs June 18 to 22.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/beijing-announces-an-academic-conference-as-chinese-market-grows/

#AcademicPublishing #Asia #BeijingInternationalBookFair #ByteDance #China
@indieauthors

Published a book in a month!

Geographies of Seapower is out—peer-reviewed, multi-format, open access coming next week. Academics, skip slow publishing. This is how publishing should be in 2025.

DM us to get your thesis out fast! #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #PublishFast

How to gut a good academic press:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/

(And this in-depth article doesn’t mention the publishing scandals, or how much awash in money HUP was when he got the job, thanks to Piketty’s book selling literally millions of copies).

#histodons #AcademicPublishing #hup #harvard

We had a great time representing EAZ at the Kiel Conference 2025! It was a pleasure to meet so many of our readers and colleagues in person. 📸Pictured: several of our editors, including guest editors Gianpiero Di Maida and Martin Porr (first and second from the left), who are currently preparing our upcoming special issue: "An Ontological Turn for Archaeology?" Photos: S. Schultrich, A. Khramtsova, J. Steffen
#KielConference #Archaeology #AcademicPublishing #EAZ

An eye-popping investigative story out today from the Harvard Crimson: "Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale" https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/ #publishing #academicpublishing #universitypresses

TechXplore: ‘Reborn articles’: Simple approach enables direct publication of machine-readable scientific findings. “Rather than trying to teach machines our language, why not produce science in a language they already understand? In an article published in Scientific Data, the team introduces reborn articles, an open-source approach that allows researchers to produce scientific findings in a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/reborn-articles-simple-approach-enables-direct-publication-of-machine-readable-scientific-findings-tech-xplore/

Starting July 1, Academic Publishers Can't Paywall NIH-Funded Research

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy

#HackerNews #AcademicPublishing #NIHFunding #OpenAccess #ResearchNews #PolicyChange

Just released: a new #spotLights episode from our series recorded at #biologists100 (Liverpool, March 2025). 🎧

This one features Jenny Richens, discussing her latest preprint (now published @PLOSBiology), the process of getting there, and the value of preprinting before peer review.

Tune in now ⬇️ 🎧
https://youtu.be/eLwGRnBrIaU

#OpenScience #preprints #AcademicPublishing

Do you know the feeling?! - "This makes me suspect that some reviewers are asking large language models to ‘write a critical review of this manuscript’ or ‘provide reasons to reject this paper’, then copying the output verbatim." 👉 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01327-1 #peerreview #generativeAI #AcademicPublishing #AcademicMastodon @Nature

ICYMI: We're searching for our next Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Economic Entomology—the #1 most-cited journal in the field focused on insects and arthropods with economic impact.

This is your chance to shape editorial direction, champion scientific excellence, and join a powerhouse team alongside current editors-in-chief Dr. Michael Brewer & Dr. Lisa Neven.

Learn more and apply before May 21: https://entsoc.org/publications/journal-economic-entomology-co-editor-chief-2025 #academicpublishing #entomology #hiring

Before submitting your manuscript, make sure to include some obvious errors. This gives reviewers a sense of adding some value to the process, without asking you to change anything of consequence. #AcademicPublishing #AcademicJournals #AcademicChatter #PeerReview

How can we make scientific publishing more equitable, accessible, and transparent?
Join the Young European Symposium 2025 on 3 May 2025 for their panel (including our own @mathijsvleugel):

“Breaking Barriers: Challenges & Opportunities in Open Science & Publishing in Europe”

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yesymposium_tickets-yes-young-european-symposium-activity-7321196454620913665-96n7/

#YES2025 #OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter (psm)

If you want to learn more about the Planetary Research diamond open access journal that will launch in January 2026, we just wrote a FAQ that answers the most common questions we get:

https://planetary-research.org/faq.html

#PlanetaryScience #OpenAcces #AcademicPublishing

'Who Counts? Ghanaian #AcademicPublishing and #GlobalScience' - an 'African Minds' book on #ScienceOpen: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.47622/9781928502647

Traditional publishing traps research in a slow, linear process. Republish redefines this as a continuous experience, not a product—creating books, micro-courses, video interviews—to engage wider audiences.

Take control, build your professional identity, & grow a subscriber community. Want to join us? https://www.republish.uk/waitlist

#OpenResearch #AcademicPublishing

5 Years of GJSD – A Milestone Worth Celebrating - We’re turning 5!

The GILE Journal of Skills Development (@GJSD) has just released its 10th issue, marking 100 peer-reviewed articles published

https://gjsd.gile-edu.org/index.php/home/issue/view/2025-1

We've explored everything from workforce readiness & leadership in education to AI, resilience, & cross-cultural learning.

"We do not learn for school, but for life." – Seneca
These words still guide us today.

#gjsd #education #lifelonglearning #openscience #academicpublishing

MDPI as a corruption indicator? A new preprint shows a striking trend across Europe 🇪🇺: more MDPI papers → higher perceived corruption → lower innovation.

👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06282v1

It’s not that MDPI = bad. But when it dominates, it signals a broken system chasing quantity over quality.

Ukraine? 🇺🇦 Not in the study, but we see the same rise of #MDPI. We could build better. Instead, we copy the worst.

#AcademicPublishing #SciencePolicy #ResearchAssessment #Bibliometrics #CorruptionIndex

"The biggest mystery is not why arXiv succeeded. Rather, it’s how it wasn’t killed by vested interests intent on protecting traditional academic publishing."

Very interesting interview profile of Paul Ginsparg in WIRED narrating the history of arXiv:
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/

#WeekendRead #AcademicChatter #ScientificPublishing #AcademicPublishing

Another #spotLights episode just aired! 🎙️

We’re launching our #biologists100 conference series with @richardsever, discussing:

✅ The launch of openRxiv
✅ The role of preprints in supporting early-career researchers
✅ What’s ahead for scholarly publishing & peer review

Recorded live in Liverpool, March 2025 by Jonathan Townson & Reinier Prosee.

Listen now 🎧⬇️
https://youtu.be/L5O2mDnqDUI?si=yruYx8PMhypuX5VF

#OpenScience #preprints #AcademicPublishing #biology #ECRs