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News, views & research from and about the world of academic publishing. (🦋 by @bookseditorial.bsky.social)
"Prioritize pragmatism" and other principles for a scholarly communication ecosystem that lives up to its purpose, expertly laid out here by @rickanderson.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/18/a...
In Defense of Pluralism and Diversity: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Scholarly Communication (Part 2 of 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen
An invitation to embrace pluralism and diversity in scholarly communication models -- rather than attempting to impose a single solution.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Prioritize pragmatism" and other principles for a scholarly communication ecosystem that lives up to its purpose, expertly laid out here by @rickanderson.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/18/a...
“Each capitulation emboldened the regime to ask for some more,” www.chronicle.com/article/are-...
Are the Deals to Save Research Funding Good for Research?
More and more scientists are going back to work after their universities struck unprecedented — some say mistaken — arrangements with the Trump administration.
www.chronicle.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“Each capitulation emboldened the regime to ask for some more,” www.chronicle.com/article/are-...
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We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
"In 2024, two decades after the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, toll-access articles, reviews, and conference papers still represented the majority of output in these formats." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Global Transition Has Already Happened – It's Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2) - The Scholarly Kitchen
The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned -- not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"In 2024, two decades after the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, toll-access articles, reviews, and conference papers still represented the majority of output in these formats." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/17/t...
"Dancing with funders is a form of corruption for publishers." www.the-geyser.com/bad-obsessio...
Bad Obsessions Persist
Misconceptions of funders, Big Data, AI, and the rich haunt our thoughts
www.the-geyser.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Dancing with funders is a form of corruption for publishers." www.the-geyser.com/bad-obsessio...
Unsurprising news out of the US where new enrolments of international students are down 17% YOY www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Fewer International Students Came to the U.S. This Fall
Nearly a year into the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and visas, data reveals that new international student enrollment is down 17 percent since last fall.
www.insidehighered.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Unsurprising news out of the US where new enrolments of international students are down 17% YOY www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Elsevier Chair reveals data strategy:
- "don't throw anything away"
- expertise "doesn't matter"
- must want to "win"
- hope that short-term decisions will keep buying you time
- be "truly, truly, truly obsessed" about data quality and quantity
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
- "don't throw anything away"
- expertise "doesn't matter"
- must want to "win"
- hope that short-term decisions will keep buying you time
- be "truly, truly, truly obsessed" about data quality and quantity
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Publishing’s Survival Depends on Data, Says Elsevier Chairman
At last week’s Sharjah Publishers Conference, Y.S. Chi warned that publishers need to build richer data infrastructures or face extinction. He also advised looking outside the industry for new hires a...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Elsevier Chair reveals data strategy:
- "don't throw anything away"
- expertise "doesn't matter"
- must want to "win"
- hope that short-term decisions will keep buying you time
- be "truly, truly, truly obsessed" about data quality and quantity
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
- "don't throw anything away"
- expertise "doesn't matter"
- must want to "win"
- hope that short-term decisions will keep buying you time
- be "truly, truly, truly obsessed" about data quality and quantity
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
This article on "non-traditional research outputs" brought to mind Homer Simpson's question about Duff's new ideas beyond Duff, Duff Lite and Duff Dry (substituting Academic Publishers for Duff) www.altmetric.com/blog/beyond-...
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This article on "non-traditional research outputs" brought to mind Homer Simpson's question about Duff's new ideas beyond Duff, Duff Lite and Duff Dry (substituting Academic Publishers for Duff) www.altmetric.com/blog/beyond-...
Springer Nature released strong financial results for first three quarters of 2025, but to what extent does their IPO of October 2024 render YOY analysis tricky? group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
Strong business performance in the first nine months of 2025. Full Year 2025 guidance reiterated | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature
Strong performance with 5.9% underlying1 revenue growth and 9.9% underlying growth in adjusted operating profit (AOP)Research underlying revenue
group.springernature.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Springer Nature released strong financial results for first three quarters of 2025, but to what extent does their IPO of October 2024 render YOY analysis tricky? group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
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The Times Higher Education giving a platform to reactionary voices to complain about there being too much "terminology relating to EDI" or "progressive discourse" in research projects at a time when fascism is at the door...
What is there left to say?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rise-ed...
What is there left to say?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rise-ed...
Rise of EDI focus in UKRI grants ‘endangers R&D support’
Increase in projects featuring ‘progressive discourse’ likely to fuel criticism that academia is too left wing, study warns
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Times Higher Education giving a platform to reactionary voices to complain about there being too much "terminology relating to EDI" or "progressive discourse" in research projects at a time when fascism is at the door...
What is there left to say?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rise-ed...
What is there left to say?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/rise-ed...
Council of Australasian University Librarians strike first OA deal of their new negotiation era with Informa's publishing arm, Taylor & Francis. Meanwhile, talks with Elsevier stall
https://caul.edu.au/caul-announces-landmark-new-taylor-francis-agreement-while-pausing-negotiations-with-elsevier/
https://caul.edu.au/caul-announces-landmark-new-taylor-francis-agreement-while-pausing-negotiations-with-elsevier/
CAUL announces landmark new Taylor & Francis agreement, while pausing negotiations with Elsevier - Council of Australasian University Librarians
The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) has struck a landmark new open access in principle agreement with global publisher Taylor & Francis, marking a major step toward fairer and mor...
caul.edu.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Council of Australasian University Librarians strike first OA deal of their new negotiation era with Informa's publishing arm, Taylor & Francis. Meanwhile, talks with Elsevier stall
https://caul.edu.au/caul-announces-landmark-new-taylor-francis-agreement-while-pausing-negotiations-with-elsevier/
https://caul.edu.au/caul-announces-landmark-new-taylor-francis-agreement-while-pausing-negotiations-with-elsevier/
Clarivate's "Highly Cited Researchers" list for 2025 released showing US, China, UK, Germany and Australia in the top five countries - how many of those are maintaining levels of support for HE sectors? www.researchinformation.info/news/clariva...
Clarivate announces Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List - Research Information
United States is the world leader, while Mainland China and United Kingdom retain second and third positions on the list
www.researchinformation.info
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Clarivate's "Highly Cited Researchers" list for 2025 released showing US, China, UK, Germany and Australia in the top five countries - how many of those are maintaining levels of support for HE sectors? www.researchinformation.info/news/clariva...
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SOMBRE: the mood amongst researchers according to an Elsevier study www.elsevier.com/en-gb/insigh... I imagine publishers are also feeling sombre - the financial environment is not looking strong for deals with them either
Researcher of the Future: Confidence in Research
In this report, learn how researchers are adapting to rapid AI change, shifting funding landscapes, and new expectations for collaboration and impact.
www.elsevier.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
SOMBRE: the mood amongst researchers according to an Elsevier study www.elsevier.com/en-gb/insigh... I imagine publishers are also feeling sombre - the financial environment is not looking strong for deals with them either
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Imagine opening a web page with no pop ups, no invitations to mailing lists, no privacy disclaimers. Imagine just opening and looking at the thing you wanted to see.
Bring back books.
Bring back books.
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Imagine opening a web page with no pop ups, no invitations to mailing lists, no privacy disclaimers. Imagine just opening and looking at the thing you wanted to see.
Bring back books.
Bring back books.
Oxford University Press looking to cut over 100 roles from their Education and ELT divisions (overall there are >5k people employed by OUP globally) https://www.thebookseller.com/news/oxford-university-press-enters-collective-consultation-proposing-113-redundancies
Oxford University Press enters collective consultation 'proposing 113 redundancies'
The Oxford University Press (OUP) has begun a collective consultation process, which The Bookseller understands, if approved, would result in 113 redundancies.
www.thebookseller.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Oxford University Press looking to cut over 100 roles from their Education and ELT divisions (overall there are >5k people employed by OUP globally) https://www.thebookseller.com/news/oxford-university-press-enters-collective-consultation-proposing-113-redundancies
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Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?
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Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where? - The Scholarly Kitchen
A review of 12 major publishers finds that they display an average of 6 journal-level impact metrics on their platforms. The Journal Impact Factor is the only metric displayed on all 12.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?
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"The closure leaves the East Midlands as a linguistic desert..."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Closing vital programmes is not the answer to resolving the issues faced by Universities- senior management need to work with students and staff to find long term solutions.
Closing vital programmes is not the answer to resolving the issues faced by Universities- senior management need to work with students and staff to find long term solutions.
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"The closure leaves the East Midlands as a linguistic desert..."
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social will participate in the "Opening the Future" (OtF) program in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social and Fulcrum librarytechnology.org/pr/31903/
Boydell & Brewer announces landmark partnership with Opening the Future, Lyrasis, and Fulcrum at Michigan Publishing
Press Release: Boydell & Brewer announces landmark partnership with Opening the Future, Lyrasis, and Fulcrum at Michigan Publishing. Boydell & Brewer announced the launch of the new Opening the Futur...
librarytechnology.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social will participate in the "Opening the Future" (OtF) program in partnership with @wearelyrasis.bsky.social and Fulcrum librarytechnology.org/pr/31903/
"We think students should read whole books, we think they can, and, it turns out, we wrote a book about a way to teach them to do that, whether they’re in college or still in high school." slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"We think students should read whole books, we think they can, and, it turns out, we wrote a book about a way to teach them to do that, whether they’re in college or still in high school." slate.com/life/2025/10...
AI and the "Ponzi austerity scheme, whereby universities act merely as intermediaries between student loan originators and the third party providers ... in the increasing vocationalization of the university" defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
defector.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
AI and the "Ponzi austerity scheme, whereby universities act merely as intermediaries between student loan originators and the third party providers ... in the increasing vocationalization of the university" defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Coursera are optimising their finances, introducing significant charges for universities as they lean into their status as an aggregator for the online learning market onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/coursera-i...
Coursera Is Just Not That Into You
The new 15% "platform fee" comes on top of de-emphasizing OPM degrees and university content
onedtech.philhillaa.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Coursera are optimising their finances, introducing significant charges for universities as they lean into their status as an aggregator for the online learning market onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/coursera-i...
Deep cuts being made in US HE sector over the fall, as @insidehighered.com reports >850 job cuts last month. This precedes the reported “cumulative exhaustion” of federal government "shutdown"
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
insidehighered.com/news/busines...
October Brought Deep Cuts at Multiple Campuses
Colleges shed hundreds of jobs last month as the sector grappled with federal research funding issues, declining enrollment, state budget cuts and other pressure points.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Deep cuts being made in US HE sector over the fall, as @insidehighered.com reports >850 job cuts last month. This precedes the reported “cumulative exhaustion” of federal government "shutdown"
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
insidehighered.com/news/busines...
www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
insidehighered.com/news/busines...
A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped... www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped... www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"fiddling with AI while science burned" www.the-geyser.com/ai-surveys-o...
AI Surveys Overcome By Events
Elsevier’s and Wiley’s AI surveys land with a thud as a battle rages around them
www.the-geyser.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"fiddling with AI while science burned" www.the-geyser.com/ai-surveys-o...
"Last year he was paid £5.5 million, up from £4.2 million the year before." https://share.google/gqi9EwnPFTdE3nfpw
Informa (owner of Taylor &Francis, which incorporates Routledge) chief executive Lord Stephen Carter has moved his residency from the UK to the UAE and retired from the House of Lords
https://on.ft.com/3Jt3D1j
https://on.ft.com/3Jt3D1j
FTSE 100 boss moves residency to run events group from UAE
Informa boss Stephen Carter resigns from House of Lords ahead of relocation to rapidly growing region
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Last year he was paid £5.5 million, up from £4.2 million the year before." https://share.google/gqi9EwnPFTdE3nfpw