Why Retractions Don’t Reach the Papers That Cite Them
152 retractions issued in June 2025 for scientifically serious reasons. Three in ten of those ever cited picked up new citations after retraction: 204 in all, at a median of 148…
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It Was Never About How Capable AI Is. It’s About Who’s Accountable.
AI did not just get better at helping researchers write. It started doing the research. The distinction publishing must now defend is not how much AI was involved, but who is…
The Next Integrity Crisis Will Be Ambiguity in Chain of Custody (or Provenance), Not Fraud
Every system the scholarly publishing industry has built in the last three years to fight AI misuse shares one assumption: that the thing worth catching is deception. The STM…
The Responsible Use of AI Survey is Back — and We Want to Hear From You Again
When we ran our first survey on the responsible use of AI in research and publishing, the headline numbers were hard to ignore. AI use was already near-universal; 97% of responses…
97% Have Embraced AI. 99% Question It. Enago’s Global Survey Report Reveals Why.
AI is no longer an emerging tool in academic research, it's the default. Our latest survey of 457 researchers, editors, reviewers, and policymakers across disciplines and regions…
AI Closes the Writing Gap. Publication Readiness Is a Human Skill.
The editors who get manuscripts published have sat where your reviewers sit.
AI has made research writing faster. It has not made it publishable. The gap between a well-drafted…
Authorship and Accountability: Why research leaders must rethink the rules of credit
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…
Knowledge Ownership and Global Equity: Redefining openness in science
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…
Unlocking Knowledge Responsibly: Why licensing matters in open science?
Every year, Open Access Week reminds us of a simple but transformative idea: knowledge should be shared freely to accelerate discovery and innovation. Open science the practice of…
The Retraction Crisis: Is peer review failing?
From early cases of falsified reviewer emails in 2012 to the mass retractions at BioMed Central, Springer, Hindawi, and Wiley, the timeline reveals how fake peer reviews and paper…
How AI Is Shaping Peer Review in 2025: Key findings from Enago’s global survey
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the conversation, offering tools for everything, from tone editing to triage and stirring intense debate about its…
AI Readiness in Peer Review: A Decision Tree for Journals
The peer review process is a unique testing ground for AI integration. AI can assist peer review by triaging submissions, detecting manipulations, and supporting reviewers with…