MDPI expands Institutional Open Access Program through CCCU and SCIO partnership - October 14, 2026
MDPI has entered into a global partnership with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) and Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the UK subsidiary of CCCU. Beginning in October 2026, more than 170 participating institutions will join MDPI’s Institutional… Read More
Penn State establishes Office to manage academic integrity cases across campuses - October 14, 2026
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has established the Academic Integrity Responsibilities Office (AIRO) to support academic integrity initiatives and committees across the university. The office will also assume administrative responsibilities for handling academic integrity cases at 14 University College campuses. The launch comes as… Read More
APA appoints John M. Ruiz as Editor-in-Chief of American Psychologist - October 14, 2026
The American Psychological Association (APA) has appointed John M. Ruiz, a professor at the University of Arizona, as the next editor-in-chief of American Psychologist, the association’s flagship journal. Ruiz will begin handling new submissions on January 1, 2027, and formally assume the editor-in-chief role… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial – How Can AI Unlock Editorial Capacity? - October 13, 2026
Editorial operations devote substantial bandwidth to operational overhead alongside scholarly evaluation, such as retrieving archived files, verifying author responses, and tracking pending requirements. Artificial intelligence presents publishers with an imperative to streamline administrative workflows, liberating editors to focus on critical evaluations requiring human expertise. The primary strategic consideration remains how… Read More
NISO launches pilot to develop AI content provenance and attribution metadata - October 13, 2026
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has launched a 12-month pilot project to develop a minimum viable metadata model for tracking the provenance and attribution of content used by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The initiative aims to address challenges in identifying the sources of information retrieved and… Read More
ICSB launches first fully open access journal with Taylor & Francis - October 13, 2026
The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) has launched the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Review (IER), its first fully open access journal, published in partnership with Taylor & Francis. The journal focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, digital transformation, entrepreneurial… Read More
