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After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements

The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges

The group’s latest strategy emphasizes consultation, lacks spending pledges
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on November 3, 2025

At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies

Organizers aim to tune AI to help accelerate science

Organizers aim to tune AI to help accelerate science
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on October 23, 2025

Cuts in global health and climate hit Research Triangle Institute hard

“Financial drubbing” underscores reliance of some independent research organizations on federal funding

“Financial drubbing” underscores reliance of some independent research organizations on federal funding
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on October 8, 2025

Whose papers have an edge at <em>Science</em>? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror

Confidential data show being in the U.S., at a prestigious institution, and in a large team all may help

Confidential data show being in the U.S., at a prestigious institution, and in a large team all may help
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on September 23, 2025

Far more authors use AI to write science papers than admit it, publisher reports

Finding highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text

Finding highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on September 12, 2025

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on August 27, 2025

AI-generated scientific hypotheses lag human ones when put to the test

Machines still face hurdles in identifying fresh research paths, study suggests

Machines still face hurdles in identifying fresh research paths, study suggests
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on August 25, 2025

NIH details options for limiting its payments for open-access publishing fees

Other publishing proposals would scrap reimbursements or pay peer reviewers, unprecedented steps for a major government funder

Other publishing proposals would scrap reimbursements or pay peer reviewers, unprecedented steps for a major government funder
Author Jeffrey BrainardPosted on August 5, 2025

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