4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (294+ words) Oxford University Press (OUP) has updated its author and editor guidelines on the responsible, appropriate and transparent use of artificial intelligence, following research that found widespread uncertainty among academics over when AI use should be disclosed. The publisher’s global survey…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (410+ words) Springer Nature has updated its editorial policies on the use of artificial intelligence, introducing a framework designed to help researchers, peer reviewers and editors assess when and how AI tools can be used responsibly throughout the research publishing lifecycle. The…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (434+ words) This growing gap between production and verification presents a new challenge for both scientific literacy and scholarly publishing. Together, these findings point to a crucial distinction; AI can widen access to scientific knowledge, but its value depends on whether the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (294+ words) Peer review is fundamental to scholarly publishing. But the system relies overwhelmingly on researchers giving their time and expertise for free – often while publishers struggle to find reviewers and authors wait weeks or months for decisions. Is that model still…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (374+ words) Digital Science has opened applications for its 2026 Catalyst Grant, offering up to £25,000 in equity-free funding for innovative technology ideas supporting the research ecosystem. The theme for this year’s programme is ‘Agentic Workflows You Can Trust’, with the tech company seeking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) Research Information GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is soft launching GeoSapienAI. This new artificial intelligence (AI) research assistant aims to help researchers explore peer-reviewed literature. Furthermore, it was developed with 21 leading geoscience societies. The platform searches and synthesises information exclusively from the GSW…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1545+ words) Gaëlle Béquet didn’t originally plan to become a librarian. She was studying international relations at the Sorbonne and paying her way with temporary jobs in university libraries around Paris. “It was then that I decided to sit the national competitive…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (277+ words) The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan has integrated metadata from its Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) into OpenAlex. Consequently, this initiative makes nearly four million Japanese research outputs freely available to researchers globally. The integration went live on 18 August…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) researchinformation.info JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services has launched new workflows to support alt text across its digital collections. The release of the alt text tools allows participating institutions to author, edit, export, and publish descriptive image text directly on the…...