BMJ Future Health Commission highlights digital health expectation gap - September 10, 2025
A new report from the BMJ Future Health Commission, a collaboration between BMJ Group and DNV, finds that healthcare professionals (HCPs) remain unconvinced that digital technologies are delivering the promised productivity and efficiency gains. Survey results from more than 300 healthcare… Read More
ARL releases new resources from Machine Actionable Plans Pilot - September 10, 2025
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a set of resources from the Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot, a project developed with the California Digital Library and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS LG-254861-OLS-23). The initiative… Read More
Simon Thibault named Editor of SPIE Field Guides - September 10, 2025
SPIE has announced that Simon Thibault, professor at Université Laval, will assume the role of series Editor for the SPIE Field Guides beginning in January 2026. He will succeed J. Scott Tyo, who has served in the position since 2020. Thibault directs Université Laval’s Department of Physics,… Read More
Knowledgespeak Editorial: Predatory Journals, AI, and the Fight for Scientific Integrity - September 8, 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
