"Whereas academics generally feel it’s acceptable to use AI chatbots to help to prepare manuscripts, relatively few report actually using AI for this purpose — and those who did often say they didn’t disclose it."

@Nature reports on a survey of over 5,000 academics on their views and experience of using AI in writing, revising, and reviewing academic manuscripts.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01463-8

New CPDP book:

Data Protection, Privacy and AI – To Govern or To Be Governed, That Is the Question
Papers from the 2024 CPDP.ai conference.

45% off for CPDP.ai 2025 participants — available at the conference bookshop or online with a code included in your conference bag.

EU (hardback): https://www.groenewaterman.be/nl/boeken/9781509984015/data-protection-privacy-and-artificial-intelligence-volume-17-

Intl/ebook: https://www.bloomsbury.com/cpdp

The response options on the data sharing question for El$evier's "Safety Science" journal are just ridiculous. #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing

Joined the Elsevier-led editorial training for university journals.
Focused on editorial workflows, journal structure, and improving peer review processes.
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PhD students, turn your thesis into a book with Republish Academic Press. We offer tailored promotional support & fast publishing to amplify your research. Share your work with the world!

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The open-access Geographies of Seapower is now online. Dive into this fascinating look at British seapower in the Bay of Bengal (1842–1872).

Check it out! https://buff.ly/ah4ir2C
#History #Seapower #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

Republish Academic Press just launched!    

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I'm sure this has been proposed before, but I would really love it if, when I accepted a request to review a paper, that provided me with access to the cited papers. Especially when they are from the journal or publisher I'm reviewing for...
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Published a book in a month!

Geographies of Seapower is out—peer-reviewed, multi-format, open access coming next week. Academics, skip slow publishing. This is how publishing should be in 2025.

DM us to get your thesis out fast! #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #PublishFast

How to gut a good academic press:

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/

(And this in-depth article doesn’t mention the publishing scandals, or how much awash in money HUP was when he got the job, thanks to Piketty’s book selling literally millions of copies).

An eye-popping investigative story out today from the Harvard Crimson: "Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale" https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/ #publishing #academicpublishing #universitypresses

TechXplore: ‘Reborn articles’: Simple approach enables direct publication of machine-readable scientific findings. “Rather than trying to teach machines our language, why not produce science in a language they already understand? In an article published in Scientific Data, the team introduces reborn articles, an open-source approach that allows researchers to produce scientific findings in a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/reborn-articles-simple-approach-enables-direct-publication-of-machine-readable-scientific-findings-tech-xplore/

Starting July 1, Academic Publishers Can't Paywall NIH-Funded Research

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy

Just released: a new #spotLights episode from our series recorded at #biologists100 (Liverpool, March 2025).

This one features Jenny Richens, discussing her latest preprint (now published @PLOSBiology), the process of getting there, and the value of preprinting before peer review.

Tune in now
https://youtu.be/eLwGRnBrIaU

ICYMI: We're searching for our next Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Economic Entomology—the #1 most-cited journal in the field focused on insects and arthropods with economic impact.

This is your chance to shape editorial direction, champion scientific excellence, and join a powerhouse team alongside current editors-in-chief Dr. Michael Brewer & Dr. Lisa Neven.

Learn more and apply before May 21: https://entsoc.org/publications/journal-economic-entomology-co-editor-chief-2025 #academicpublishing #entomology #hiring

Before submitting your manuscript, make sure to include some obvious errors. This gives reviewers a sense of adding some value to the process, without asking you to change anything of consequence. #AcademicPublishing #AcademicJournals #AcademicChatter #PeerReview

How can we make scientific publishing more equitable, accessible, and transparent?
Join the Young European Symposium 2025 on 3 May 2025 for their panel (including our own @mathijsvleugel):

“Breaking Barriers: Challenges & Opportunities in Open Science & Publishing in Europe”

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yesymposium_tickets-yes-young-european-symposium-activity-7321196454620913665-96n7/

#YES2025 #OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter (psm)

If you want to learn more about the Planetary Research diamond open access journal that will launch in January 2026, we just wrote a FAQ that answers the most common questions we get:

https://planetary-research.org/faq.html

Traditional publishing traps research in a slow, linear process. Republish redefines this as a continuous experience, not a product—creating books, micro-courses, video interviews—to engage wider audiences.

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5 Years of GJSD – A Milestone Worth Celebrating - We’re turning 5!

The GILE Journal of Skills Development (@GJSD) has just released its 10th issue, marking 100 peer-reviewed articles published

https://gjsd.gile-edu.org/index.php/home/issue/view/2025-1

We've explored everything from workforce readiness & leadership in education to AI, resilience, & cross-cultural learning.

"We do not learn for school, but for life." – Seneca
These words still guide us today.