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The open access (OA) movement advocates for equitable knowledge sharing and facilitates access to academic research. It has revolutionized academia by removing paywalls, thereby improving access to scholarly works. OA enables researchers,…

Dr. Alan Fisher knew his team’s research had immense potential. After months of tireless work, they finally achieved groundbreaking results. However, as he reviewed the images in his manuscript, he noticed that some were unclear. He knew…

Germany’s nationwide Projekt DEAL consortium, initiated by the Alliance of Science Organizations, negotiates new publishing models to ensure open access to research results from Germany. DEAL is launching an information campaign under the…

The number of research retractions has grown markedly over the past two decades. A recent study findings indicate that retractions for European biomedical science papers have quadrupled between 2000 and 2021. Furthermore, another study…

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 open access movement emerged in the early 1990s with the rise…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides across various domains, yet one critical area within academic publishing remains hesitant: peer review. This foundational system, integral to the advancement of knowledge, lags…

Plagiarism is a serious issue in higher education and in academic publishing and at times can be difficult to identify. The deliberate misrepresentation of one’s written work by copying it from other authors is considered as serious…

Most researchers would say that plagiarism is never acceptable. They would probably also agree that some types of plagiarism are more serious than others. For example, complete plagiarism is where someone takes a project or paper created by…

This guest post is drafted by an expert from iThenticate, a plagiarism checker trusted by the world’s top researchers, publishers, and scholars. For professional academics, getting their research published is crucial. Researchers need to…

Plagiarism, or passing someone else’s work as your own, is not a new phenomenon in research. It has gained greater attention with the advent of technology that has made it easier to uncover instances of plagiarism. There are many types of…