Got one of these emails again...

#AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview

"With generative AI we have essentially provided a tool for conducting denial of service attacks on the infrastructure of the scientific publishing process (broadly construed). And we have done this at the time when we are seeing well-funded campaigns seeking to undermine free and independent scientific research."

@UlrikeHahn, 2026

https://write.as/ulrikehahn/is-ai-killing-scientific-reform

#AcademicPublishing #research #AI #MOLE

@Ooze

‘AltMetric’-style services, which track citations to academic papers outside of academic literature—so in the news, social media, etc.—have been quick to incorporate #BlueSky posts, but I’ve yet to see one that includes the #fediverse

I can see that (real) decentralisation makes it harder to find citations to papers in the Fediverse, but it ought to be possible.

Is there anybody out there working on some sort of FediMetric service?

#AcademicPublishing #Science #Publishing

‘AltMetric’-style services, which track citations to academic papers outside of academic literature—so in the news, social media, etc.—have been quick to incorporate #BlueSky posts, but I’ve yet to see one that includes the #fediverse

I can see that (real) decentralisation makes it harder to find citations to papers in the Fediverse, but it ought to be possible.

Is there anybody out there working on some sort of FediMetric service?

#AcademicPublishing #Science #Publishing

"With generative AI we have essentially provided a tool for conducting denial of service attacks on the infrastructure of the scientific publishing process (broadly construed). And we have done this at the time when we are seeing well-funded campaigns seeking to undermine free and independent scientific research."

@UlrikeHahn, 2026

https://write.as/ulrikehahn/is-ai-killing-scientific-reform

#AcademicPublishing #research #AI #MOLE

@Ooze

"Imagine being an expert in your field, and working for months – maybe years – on a cutting-edge research project. And then imagine sending that research to a publisher who pays you nothing for your work. Instead, they charge you an enormous fee for the privilege of having it appear in their journal ... Unfortunately, that’s the entire business model of academic publishing."

Dr #KristenScicluna, 2024

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-academic-publishing-rort/

#AcademicPublishing #AcademicJournals #PeerReviewedJournals #research

#OpenAI’s New Scientific Writing And Collaboration Workspace ‘Prism’ Raises Fears Of #Vibe-Coded Academic #AI #Slop - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ #academicpublishing

#OpenAI’s New Scientific Writing And Collaboration Workspace ‘Prism’ Raises Fears Of #Vibe-Coded Academic #AI #Slop - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ #academicpublishing

I have signed up as a "recommender" (like an editor) for @PCI_StatML . Looking forward to seeing how this goes. https://statml.peercommunityin.org/about/ #academicpublishing

Early career researchers tend to think that an editor's rejection (or a revision request they can't accommodate), means they have to give up and submit elsewhere. In my experience, explaining your side to the editor (in a polite and reasonable tone) can sometimes make them reconsider. It's often worth the try, if nothing else for the catharsis.

#EarlyCareerResearchers #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter

The growing crisis of “AI slop” that endangers scientific publishing.

#FakeScience #InformationOverload #AIEthics #ScientificIntegrity #ResearchQuality #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #TrustInScience

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/

The growing crisis of “AI slop” that endangers scientific publishing.

#FakeScience #InformationOverload #AIEthics #ScientificIntegrity #ResearchQuality #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #OpenScience #TrustInScience

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/

I've always found the typical "conflict of interest" statements somewhat lacking, in that they only mention (a lack of) financial conflicts. There is also a potential for non-direct professional gains, theoretical interests, supporting previous publications, researcher career interests, etc. Are there any best-practice statements to describe a wider breadth of conflicting interests?

#ConflictsOfInterests #ConflictOfInterest #conflict_of_interest #conflicts_of_interest #COI #AcademicPublishing #AcademicPublishingAccountability #AcademicChatter

I've always found the typical "conflict of interest" statements somewhat lacking, in that they only mention (a lack of) financial conflicts. There is also a potential for non-direct professional gains, theoretical interests, supporting previous publications, researcher career interests, etc. Are there any best-practice statements to describe a wider breadth of conflicting interests?

#ConflictsOfInterests #ConflictOfInterest #conflict_of_interest #conflicts_of_interest #COI #AcademicPublishing #AcademicPublishingAccountability #AcademicChatter

Nice news for open-access publication: there's now a "Peer Community In" Statistics and Machine Learning https://statml.peercommunityin.org/ #academicpublishing #machinelearning

Nice news for open-access publication: there's now a "Peer Community In" Statistics and Machine Learning https://statml.peercommunityin.org/ #academicpublishing #machinelearning