Thought Leadership

In academic publishing, authorship is far more than a name on a paper, it is a statement of intellectual contribution, accountability, and ownership. For decades, the scholarly…

Introduction This Open Access Week 2025 we were confronted by a critical question: "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" This year's theme invited us to reflect on what true openness really…

Just like good research, good peer review must be very robust. I take my responsibilities as a researcher very seriously, and whenever I have the opportunity to conduct a peer…

In 1950, Scientist Alan Turing asked a prophetic question in his landmark paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”: He asked, “Can machines think?” He then proposed a thought…

Executive Summary AI is reshaping peer review, particularly in statistical evaluation. Beyond text generation, AI can check consistency, rerun analyses, and flag questionable…

Introduction In the early 1980s and throughout that decade, the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement appeared and gained momentum. Largely the brainchild of Canadian physician…

The following is a summary of Toward Science-Led Publishing by Damian Pattinson and George Currie. The way we communicate and evaluate research today is largely dependent on a…

AI is no longer knocking at the door of academic publishing. It’s already inside, reorganizing our systems, decisions, and even ethics. While AI offers unprecedented opportunities…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have recently been much-discussed topic in academia and beyond. However, the landscape is set to shift dramatically following…

In today’s complex research ecosystem, the conversation around scholarly influence demands a fresh perspective. Traditional metrics like the journal impact factor, long considered…

In an era where scientific research drives critical decisions in healthcare, policy, and innovation, publication integrity has never been more essential. Yet, maintaining the…

Open Access Week 2024 is a good time to reflect on the challenges faced by an important component in the open access ecosystem — preprint servers. Open Access and Preprints The …