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A manuscript’s first impression often determines whether it crosses the editorial threshold. Professional providers report millions of authors seeking editorial support worldwide, and many leading journals reject more than half of their…

The biomedical literature has expanded rapidly: PubMed indexed more than 27 million records through 2024, reflecting steep growth in biomedical outputs and an expanding set of journal formats, reporting guidelines, and editorial…

A recent landscape study found more than 32,700 suspected fake papers linked to organised “paper mills,” and concluded that fraudulent outputs are growing faster than corrective measures can keep up. This accelerating problem now…

A growing number of retractions and high-profile exposures have focused attention on the many faces of scientific fraud and on the limits of peer review to catch them before publication. Understanding common fraud types, why some slip…

A recent large-scale analysis found that only about 3.9% of Web of Science–indexed publications (2010–2019) were cited at least once in policy documents, underscoring how selective the pathway from research to public policy is. This…

Generative AI is now embedded in scholarly workflows: Turnitin reported that its detector reviewed more than 200 million student papers and found that 11% contained AI-generated language in at least 20% of the text, with 3% of…

A growing number of high-profile corrections and mass retractions has put peer review squarely in the spotlight: when the gatekeeping system fails, the consequences extend beyond a single retraction to public trust in science, policy,…

Researchers increasingly rely on digital searches and large bibliographic databases to build literature reviews, yet determining which sources are reliable remains a central challenge for robust scholarship. A classroom and laboratory…

In 2024, a real-world study found that AI-generated exam answers went undetected in 94% of cases and often attained higher marks than student submissions, prompting urgent debate about assessment design and academic integrity. This…

A rapidly changing literature and strong pressures for career advancement mean that peer review speed increasingly shapes researchers’ submission choices. During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many journals shortened…