Knowledgespeak Editorial: Predatory Journals, AI, and the Fight for Scientific Integrity - September 9, 2025
The credibility of science rests on a fragile but essential foundation: trust. Yet, in recent years, that trust has been steadily undermined by the proliferation of predatory journals—publications that mimic legitimacy while bypassing rigorous editorial and peer-review standards. The result is a body of literature riddled with questionable claims, compromising… Read More
Upholding Research Integrity: new guidelines and cross-industry collaboration - September 8, 2025
Publishing research in thematic collections—such as special issues, research topics, and guest-edited volumes—are increasingly central to scholarly communication, offering platforms for community-building and the exploration of emerging or interdisciplinary areas. Frontiers’ ‘Research Topics’ model has exemplified this approach by facilitating article collections around unified… Read More
Showcasing innovation in scholarly publishing: STM’s 2025 Innovator Fair - September 8, 2025
STM’s 2025 Innovator Fair, scheduled for December 9 at London’s BMA House, invites organizations developing transformative technologies in scholarly publishing to apply. As the opening feature of the STM Innovation & Integrity Days, the fair aims to spotlight technologies that enhance research integrity and modernize scholarly workflows.… Read More
CLOCKSS launches pilot to preserve Diamond Open Access publications - September 8, 2025
CLOCKSS has introduced a new pilot initiative aimed at preserving Diamond Open Access (OA) publications—journals that operate without charging authors or readers. These journals play a key role in community-driven research dissemination but often lack the infrastructure for long-term digital preservation. This pilot allows libraries, including new… Read More
Tsinghua Science and Technology begins its next chapter on SciOpen - September 8, 2025
In August, the first issue of Volume 31 of Tsinghua Science and Technology was released on SciOpen, the academic publishing platform developed by Tsinghua University Press. This marked a new chapter for the journal’s independent operation. Tsinghua Science and Technology is the first English-language… Read More
MDPI names Dr. Paul R Ward as Editor-in-Chief of IJERPH - September 8, 2025
MDPI has appointed Prof. Dr. Paul R Ward as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). IJERPH is a transdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly. It covers areas such as global health, healthcare sciences, social and commercial determinants of health, mental… Read More
