Frontiers retracts 122 articles following exposure of peer review manipulation network - July 30, 2025
Frontiers has identified and retracted 122 articles across five of its journals after uncovering a coordinated network of authors and editors involved in peer review processes marked by undisclosed conflicts of interest and citation manipulation. The findings emerged from an investigation conducted by Frontiers’ Research Integrity Auditing… Read More
IOP Publishing and WYSS launch global forum on Machine Learning for Science - July 30, 2025
IOP Publishing, in collaboration with the World Young Scientists Summit (WYSS), has announced the launch of Machine Learning for Science 2025, a two-day hybrid conference dedicated to exploring the interdisciplinary applications of machine learning in scientific research. The event will be open to all… Read More
APL Engineering Physics now open for submissions - July 30, 2025
AIP Publishing has opened submissions for APL Engineering Physics, the latest title in its expanding gold open access portfolio. Announced in November, the journal is dedicated to publishing interdisciplinary research that applies the principles of physics to solve complex engineering challenges.… Read More
University of Kansas Libraries adopts EBSCO FOLIO Platform - July 30, 2025
The University of Kansas Libraries (KU), a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), will implement FOLIO, an open-source library services platform hosted by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). The transition reflects the institution’s strategy to modernize library… Read More
Research Solutions receives EPIC 2025 Gold Award for Excellence in Publishing - July 30, 2025
Research Solutions, Inc., a provider of AI-powered scientific research tools, has announced that Scite's Smart Citations technology has won the 2025 Gold Award for Excellence in Publishing by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) in the Hosting Platforms Feature category. The award recognizes the innovation’s role in… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial: AI is Flooding the Gates. Who’s Guarding Scholarly Integrity? - July 29, 2025
We are fast approaching a crisis point in scholarly publishing—not one of access or affordability, but of authenticity. As generative AI systems grow more sophisticated, so too do the tactics used to game the system. From auto-generated abstracts to citation manipulation, publishers are now dealing with a new breed of… Read More
