The changing landscape of special issues
Previously (and perhaps even now) We used to advise our students that publishing in special issues could be good as […]
How we are funded
We are often asked who funds us? For example, UKSG responded to one of out tweets, asking “When will you
Eleven papers are published every day with ChatGPT in the title
We have looked at how many papers with ChatGPT in the title. In 2024, more than 11 papers have been published every day.
Simply declaring the use of ChatGPT is not enough
Most journals require authors to acknowledge the use of Large Language Models, as as ChatGPT. We are argue that this does not go far enough.
Can anybody now write a scientific paper?
We look at a paper that was generated with ChaGPT and ask can anybody now write a scientific paper?
Stop classifying journals as predatory
The term predatory publishing (and its variants) should stop being used, along with trying to classify journals as being predatory, or not.
Is Big Pharma using OMICS to publish ‘sketchy’ articles?
“With help from drug companies, Omics International is making millions as it roils the scientific community with sketchy publications.” You need to read this article.
Paper retracted by Elsevier. Will they look at the other 195?
Elsevier retracted a paper. One of the authors has published another 195 papers with that publishers. Should each of those be investigated?
Who reviewed this paper? We take a guess
Following a tweet, we look at a paper that had many citations to one particular scholar and also to the journal he edits.
The publication record of Sayed Mohamed Eldin
We look at the number of papers published by Sayed Mohamed Eldin published in 2022-2024. Prior to 2022, we cannot find any publications.