Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report

SSP Pulse Check survey provides a community-wide snapshot of social media usage in scholarly publishing.

Research Professional News to discontinue publication at end of 2026

Clarivate is shutting down Research Professional News, a long-standing trade publication

Computer science society creates new research integrity role to address case backlog

ACM creates a dedicated research integrity role to address a rising backlog of misconduct allegations—partly

UKRI launches two AI research labs to stay ahead in global race

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is backing two new AI research labs with £60 million,

Springer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses

Springer Nature is selling Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft to focus on

Integra and Silverchair Partner to Bring AI-Powered Manuscript Screening to ScholarOne

Integra and Silverchair partner to integrate AI-powered manuscript screening into ScholarOne.

Elsevier Expands LeapSpace™ with New Agentic Capabilities for Tasks Across the Complete Research Workflow

Elsevier expands LeapSpace with agentic AI capabilities including Writing Coach, Claim Radar, and Compare

Editors of Courant math journal to leave Wiley, establish new roots with independent publisher

Editors of the Courant math journal leave Wiley to form a new independent journal, citing increased publisher

Physicist in Iraq fired over publishing scam claims fake Columbia affiliation in new paper

An Iraqi physicist fired for running a publishing scam subsequently submitted a new manuscript

'Before the Guardrails: Why AI Governance in Research Must Start with Purpose'

Scholarly Kitchen argues AI governance in research must be purpose-led and collectively managed across publishing

'Weekend reads: A tsunami of misleading medical studies; retraction calls cancer therapy timing into question; a closer

Retraction Watch weekly roundup covering Springer Nature's expressions of concern for books, Max Planck paper

'Making AI Use of Scholarly Content Traceable, Measurable, and Trustworthy: A Meeting Report from Cambridge Scholarly

Cambridge workshop brought together publishers, NISO, COUNTER, and researchers to develop standards for provenance,