RSC report highlights five-year transformation of RSC’s prizes portfolio - October 6, 2025
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has released Reshaping Recognition, a report outlining the outcomes of a five-year transformation of its prizes program aimed at reflecting the diversity of the modern scientific community. Since the introduction of new criteria in 2020, the initiative has… Read More
Clarivate unveils 2024 sustainability report - September 26, 2025
Clarivate Plc has released its 2024 sustainability report, highlighting the company’s achievements in driving sustainability and broader Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) principles over the past year. The report shows how Clarivate continues to align its products and services with the United Nations Sustainable… Read More
BMJ Group publishes 2025 Impact report highlighting global health and policy reach - September 24, 2025
BMJ Group has released its 2025 impact report, emphasizing the organization’s growing role in influencing health systems, clinical practice, and global policy. As a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), BMJ Group supports a broader assessment of… Read More
WMU Libraries releases 2024 survey on open access publishing - September 22, 2025
Western Michigan University Libraries has released results from its 2024 Open Access Publishing Survey, led by Professors Michele Behr and Ed Eckel, examining experiences with open access publishing among Western faculty, staff, and graduate students. The survey had 192 responses collected from October through… Read More
IOP survey highlights polarization on generative AI use in peer review - September 15, 2025
A global survey by IOP Publishing (IOPP) has found increasing polarization among reviewers in the physical sciences on the use of generative AI in peer review. The study follows a similar survey conducted last year which showed that while some researchers… Read More
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
Taylor & Francis survey backs transparent peer review pilot - September 5, 2025
The European Journal of Higher Education (EJHE), published by Taylor & Francis, has released the results of a two-year pilot aimed at enhancing transparency in the peer review process. The findings reveal widespread support from both authors and reviewers for the journal’s transparent peer… Read More
Jisc and UUK call for reform of shared services in higher education - September 5, 2025
The Universities UK (UUK) commissioned report led by Jisc has outlined recommendations to improve the use of shared services across UK higher education. While long-standing examples such as UCAS and Jisc’s Janet Network are widely adopted, many others remain underused because of limited awareness,… Read More
Study examines equity in blinded versus unblinded peer review - August 18, 2025
A new large-scale field study has examined whether keeping author identities hidden during peer review makes the process more equitable. The work, led by Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences professor Tim Pleskac with collaborators Ellie Kyung (Babson College), Gretchen Chapman (Carnegie Mellon University), and Oleg Urminsky (University of… Read More
PLOS outlines measures in response to PNAS study on peer review integrity - August 11, 2025
PLOS has issued a statement in response to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that examined the scale of paper mill operations and peer review manipulation across scholarly publishing. The analysis, which used openly available articles, identified coordinated misconduct patterns such… Read More
