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A new report from Scholastica and Maverick Publishing surveyed 83 small and medium journal publishers from 21 countries about their tech challenges: lp.scholasticahq.com/technology-n...
Some stats:
* Current AI adoption is limited. Only 8% of publishers are using AI tools extensively.
Some stats:
* Current AI adoption is limited. Only 8% of publishers are using AI tools extensively.
2025 Report: Technology Needs of Small and Medium Journal Publishers
Insights into smaller-sized publishers' technical priorities, from research integrity to AI adoption.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A new report from Scholastica and Maverick Publishing surveyed 83 small and medium journal publishers from 21 countries about their tech challenges: lp.scholasticahq.com/technology-n...
Some stats:
* Current AI adoption is limited. Only 8% of publishers are using AI tools extensively.
Some stats:
* Current AI adoption is limited. Only 8% of publishers are using AI tools extensively.
New interview in the newsletter: Jonathan Woahn on how his startup Cashmere gives publishers control over their content in AI systems. As Jonathan puts it, they provide tools to manage entitlement, security, access, reporting, and turn-key RAG infrastructure. open.substack.com/pub/pubtechr...
Big Ideas in Publishing: Jonathan Woahn on AI Licensing Infrastructure
New interview: Jonathan Woahn on how his startup Cashmere gives publishers control over their content in AI systems. As Jonathan puts it, they provide tools to manage entitlement, security, access, re...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New interview in the newsletter: Jonathan Woahn on how his startup Cashmere gives publishers control over their content in AI systems. As Jonathan puts it, they provide tools to manage entitlement, security, access, reporting, and turn-key RAG infrastructure. open.substack.com/pub/pubtechr...
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Amazed by the volume of last minute submissions... Still a little birdie tells me unofficially the form will be open for a few more days...
📣 Registration OPEN for #FORCE2026 (3–5 Jun, Singapore). A conference on the future of research communication & open science.
Early-bird: by 28 Feb 2026.
Call for Proposal: Ends 9 Nov 2025. Authors get a special rate. Details & CFP force11.org/force2026/
#FORCE2026 #ScholarlyCommunication
Early-bird: by 28 Feb 2026.
Call for Proposal: Ends 9 Nov 2025. Authors get a special rate. Details & CFP force11.org/force2026/
#FORCE2026 #ScholarlyCommunication
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Amazed by the volume of last minute submissions... Still a little birdie tells me unofficially the form will be open for a few more days...
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I found Musk's discussion of how they’re building Grokipedia interesting in the latest All In podcast: youtu.be/j6_VfR-CyuM. Grok is teaching itself reasoning, then rewriting ~1M Wikipedia pages. The goal: a self-updating, “maximally truth-seeking” AI that fixes errors and filters bias.
Elon Musk: 3 Years of X, OpenAI Lawsuit, Bill Gates, Grokipedia & The Future of Everything
YouTube video by All-In Podcast
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November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I found Musk's discussion of how they’re building Grokipedia interesting in the latest All In podcast: youtu.be/j6_VfR-CyuM. Grok is teaching itself reasoning, then rewriting ~1M Wikipedia pages. The goal: a self-updating, “maximally truth-seeking” AI that fixes errors and filters bias.
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Yay, let’s swap bad metrics for more bad metrics! 🤩 And with a twist - as shown by a browser extension.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Yay, let’s swap bad metrics for more bad metrics! 🤩 And with a twist - as shown by a browser extension.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Join my second run of "AI powered search for libraries: A crash course on understanding fundamentals for library professionals". We have a Fully virtual option: $75 USD or a Hybrid option - first two sessions are online & the third will be face to face in Bangkok for the Charleston Asia Conf (1)
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Join my second run of "AI powered search for libraries: A crash course on understanding fundamentals for library professionals". We have a Fully virtual option: $75 USD or a Hybrid option - first two sessions are online & the third will be face to face in Bangkok for the Charleston Asia Conf (1)
Research output has increased 212% since 2004, but reviewer capacity hasn't kept pace. At the AI Publishing Collective meetup, Chris Leonard, Wiley's Sam Parker and Rebecca Windless, and Digital Science's Leslie McIntosh explored how AI might address this challenge.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pee...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pee...
AI in Peer Review: Highlights from the AI Publishing Collective Meetup
The recent AI Publishing Collective event at BCS London, hosted by BCSWomen, and BCS Publishing, brought together experts from across scholarly publishing to discuss how AI is shaping peer review and ...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Research output has increased 212% since 2004, but reviewer capacity hasn't kept pace. At the AI Publishing Collective meetup, Chris Leonard, Wiley's Sam Parker and Rebecca Windless, and Digital Science's Leslie McIntosh explored how AI might address this challenge.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pee...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pee...
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Very interested in this and already have my ticket 🎟️. Looking forward to it 🧠🤖: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Book Launch Event - Psychology of AI - London | BCS Publishing
Join us in London next Tuesday, 28 October for the launch of The Psychology of AI Decision Making by Chris Ambler BSc (Hons) FBCS GMBPsS
The event is being hosted by The British Psychological Societ...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very interested in this and already have my ticket 🎟️. Looking forward to it 🧠🤖: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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📢 A British start-up, Books By People, is introducing an 'Organic Literature' certification to help readers identify books written by humans rather than machines. The first certified title, Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia, is due out next month, published by Galley Beggar Press.
🔗 booksbypeople.org
🔗 booksbypeople.org
Books By People | Defending Organic Literature in an AI world
Books by People's mission is to safeguard human creativity in modern literature by helping publishers and authors to certify their books as human-authored, with a process readers can trust.
booksbypeople.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📢 A British start-up, Books By People, is introducing an 'Organic Literature' certification to help readers identify books written by humans rather than machines. The first certified title, Telenovela by Gonzalo C Garcia, is due out next month, published by Galley Beggar Press.
🔗 booksbypeople.org
🔗 booksbypeople.org
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Periodic Labs: A new $300 million seed-backed startup aiming to build “AI scientists” — autonomous systems that hypothesise, run physical experiments, gather data, learn, iterate — especially in the physical sciences. They’re starting with materials/superconductors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FoW...
Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture
YouTube video by a16z
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October 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Periodic Labs: A new $300 million seed-backed startup aiming to build “AI scientists” — autonomous systems that hypothesise, run physical experiments, gather data, learn, iterate — especially in the physical sciences. They’re starting with materials/superconductors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FoW...
📅 How is AI reshaping peer review?
Join the AI Publishing Collective, hosted by BCS Women & BCS Publishing, for insights on efficiency, fairness, and research integrity. Speakers: Chris Leonard, Sam Parker, Leslie McIntosh. Mon, September 22, 6 - 8:30pm London
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1642733864...
Join the AI Publishing Collective, hosted by BCS Women & BCS Publishing, for insights on efficiency, fairness, and research integrity. Speakers: Chris Leonard, Sam Parker, Leslie McIntosh. Mon, September 22, 6 - 8:30pm London
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1642733864...
AI Publishing Collective: AI, Publishing and EdTech Meetup
Join us at the AI Publishing Collective meetup to discuss all things AI and Peer Review!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📅 How is AI reshaping peer review?
Join the AI Publishing Collective, hosted by BCS Women & BCS Publishing, for insights on efficiency, fairness, and research integrity. Speakers: Chris Leonard, Sam Parker, Leslie McIntosh. Mon, September 22, 6 - 8:30pm London
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1642733864...
Join the AI Publishing Collective, hosted by BCS Women & BCS Publishing, for insights on efficiency, fairness, and research integrity. Speakers: Chris Leonard, Sam Parker, Leslie McIntosh. Mon, September 22, 6 - 8:30pm London
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1642733864...
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Maverick’s copywriting services help scholarly publishers use the written word to reach their audience in a variety of ways. Learn more and see examples in our new blog post
“Get the Message Out with Maverick’s Copywriting Services” bit.ly/3UZ3NzC
“Get the Message Out with Maverick’s Copywriting Services” bit.ly/3UZ3NzC
September 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Maverick’s copywriting services help scholarly publishers use the written word to reach their audience in a variety of ways. Learn more and see examples in our new blog post
“Get the Message Out with Maverick’s Copywriting Services” bit.ly/3UZ3NzC
“Get the Message Out with Maverick’s Copywriting Services” bit.ly/3UZ3NzC
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A new post for Maverick’s Insider blog provides complete details of our Interim Placement services, including examples of how we’ve solved staffing challenges for numerous publishers.
Read “Solve Staffing Challenges with Interim Support” bit.ly/3JkuBb1
Read “Solve Staffing Challenges with Interim Support” bit.ly/3JkuBb1
August 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A new post for Maverick’s Insider blog provides complete details of our Interim Placement services, including examples of how we’ve solved staffing challenges for numerous publishers.
Read “Solve Staffing Challenges with Interim Support” bit.ly/3JkuBb1
Read “Solve Staffing Challenges with Interim Support” bit.ly/3JkuBb1
New issue of PubTech Radar Scan: pubtechradar.substack.com/p/pubtech-ra...
Covers: Wiley’s journal migration to Research Exchange, Trusted Reviews scraping incident, IOI 2025 report on open infrastructure, call for US adoption of DOIs and ORCIDs, Crossref systems moving to the cloud...
Covers: Wiley’s journal migration to Research Exchange, Trusted Reviews scraping incident, IOI 2025 report on open infrastructure, call for US adoption of DOIs and ORCIDs, Crossref systems moving to the cloud...
PubTech Radar Scan: Issue 37
Somewhat delayed ‘back to school’ edition. Usual mix of launches, news, AI, and longer reads, somewhat haphazardly collected and curated.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New issue of PubTech Radar Scan: pubtechradar.substack.com/p/pubtech-ra...
Covers: Wiley’s journal migration to Research Exchange, Trusted Reviews scraping incident, IOI 2025 report on open infrastructure, call for US adoption of DOIs and ORCIDs, Crossref systems moving to the cloud...
Covers: Wiley’s journal migration to Research Exchange, Trusted Reviews scraping incident, IOI 2025 report on open infrastructure, call for US adoption of DOIs and ORCIDs, Crossref systems moving to the cloud...
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Has anyone launched a Diamond Open Access Journal that is open for humans, but charges fees for AI re-use rights?
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Has anyone launched a Diamond Open Access Journal that is open for humans, but charges fees for AI re-use rights?
Initial thoughts about ChatGPT 5. There is a certain 'shock of the new', it's a bit like getting a new colleague that you need to get to know - some of the shortcuts I used/lazy prompts no longer work. It's very fast - so fast I find myself doubting the responses. Overall experience so far is 👎.
August 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Initial thoughts about ChatGPT 5. There is a certain 'shock of the new', it's a bit like getting a new colleague that you need to get to know - some of the shortcuts I used/lazy prompts no longer work. It's very fast - so fast I find myself doubting the responses. Overall experience so far is 👎.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS––Got a #metadata story, case study, or insight to share? Flash talks and posters are part of our Annual Meeting and Board Election. Submit by 20 Sept. All languages welcome! https://bit.ly/Crossref2025-CFA
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS––Got a #metadata story, case study, or insight to share? Flash talks and posters are part of our Annual Meeting and Board Election. Submit by 20 Sept. All languages welcome! https://bit.ly/Crossref2025-CFA
Tim Vines, founder of @dataseerai.bsky.social, has been thinking about the future of research publishing for some time. His latest idea, what if publishers created AI-optimized versions of research articles and sold them as premium subscriptions?
Big Ideas in Publishing: Tim Vines on AI Subscriptions
How creating AI-ready research content could unlock entirely new revenue streams
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July 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tim Vines, founder of @dataseerai.bsky.social, has been thinking about the future of research publishing for some time. His latest idea, what if publishers created AI-optimized versions of research articles and sold them as premium subscriptions?
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[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
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The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...
Enjoyed this podcast from @nikeshgo.bsky.social, interviewing Kent Anderson and Joy Moore, co-authors of How the Internet Disrupted Science. Lots I don't agree with but interesting challenges - need to read the book when it comes out.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=MrF6...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=MrF6...
Rethinking Science Communication: Beyond Technology Trends
YouTube video by Cactus Communications
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July 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Enjoyed this podcast from @nikeshgo.bsky.social, interviewing Kent Anderson and Joy Moore, co-authors of How the Internet Disrupted Science. Lots I don't agree with but interesting challenges - need to read the book when it comes out.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=MrF6...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=MrF6...
Fascinating - sources that are ok/not ok to use for third-party RLHF training of Anthropic’s models.
More at: www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-su...
More at: www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-su...
July 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fascinating - sources that are ok/not ok to use for third-party RLHF training of Anthropic’s models.
More at: www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-su...
More at: www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-su...
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Are you ready to grow… but could do with a little help? Let’s talk about how I can support you, whether it’s a short-term project or a longer-term relationship #Growth #Consultancy #Sales #SaaS #PaaS #ScholarlyPublishing #InformationServices
July 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Are you ready to grow… but could do with a little help? Let’s talk about how I can support you, whether it’s a short-term project or a longer-term relationship #Growth #Consultancy #Sales #SaaS #PaaS #ScholarlyPublishing #InformationServices
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This is a really exciting metadata development. Collaborative stewardship and distributed assertion models are the right way to go and some smart people are working on it.
Explore the COMET Model. Read our article ‘The COMET Model: Transitioning to Community-Curated PID Metadata Enrichment’ - a deep dive into the background, principles, and elements of the model in demonstration.
www.cometadata.org/the-comet-mo...
www.cometadata.org/the-comet-mo...
The COMET Model — COMET
www.cometadata.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This is a really exciting metadata development. Collaborative stewardship and distributed assertion models are the right way to go and some smart people are working on it.
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Gotta love economists. This is from a paper about researcher views on open peer review:
![If the journal is myopic about b(r, t), it treats s as follows:
s = q + ε′, with ε′ ∼ N (0, σ2
s ) and σ2
s = σ2
ε (e) + σ2
b(r,t)
The journal’s posterior belief about q is therefore:
E[q | s] = λs + (1 − λ)¯q, where λ = σ2
q
σ2
q + σ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qcrtqnvhgcxpaja2qt5vhdn3/bafkreihqo7tculiaib4zruy4nvxzbx6y7c2wvzhc5wa6gvloimandg4f5q@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Gotta love economists. This is from a paper about researcher views on open peer review:
Interesting insight from Dustin Smith @humworks.bsky.social about the need for orchestration infrastructure that connects AI models, prompts, data, and interfaces to allow publishers to harness AI: blog.hum.works/posts/the-al...
The Alchemist Future
AI orchestration - not AI tools - will determine winners. Hum is building Alchemist to be the orchestration layer for publisher AI.
blog.hum.works
July 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Interesting insight from Dustin Smith @humworks.bsky.social about the need for orchestration infrastructure that connects AI models, prompts, data, and interfaces to allow publishers to harness AI: blog.hum.works/posts/the-al...