Editors at scientific journals are quitting in droves. According to Retraction Watch, a watchdog publication, there have been at least 20 mass resignations since 2023. So, what’s going on? If you look ...

A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and ...

The scientific journal Nature wants to show people the nitty gritty of academic publishing. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In a ...

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The Trump administration’s attack on scientific institutions has been characteristically audacious: Eliminating the U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded healthcare interventions and ...

Richard Aslin’s “The Science of the Tax-Dollar Double Dip” (op-ed, March 31) argues, as do most scientists (including me), for finding ways to provide free access to even the highest-quality ...

Last month, we witnessed the viral sensation of several egregiously bad AI-generated figures published in a peer-reviewed article in Frontiers, a reputable scientific journal. Scientists on social ...

Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier’s Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned “with heartfelt sadness and great regret,” according to Retraction Watch, ...

Long-standing criticisms of academic publishing are helping to fuel the Trump administration’s attacks on the nation’s scientific enterprise. For years, some members of the scientific community have ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. In a stark sign of scientists’ escalating frustration with how academic journals ...