New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.

Signs of trouble are turning up at the biggest scientific journals and the publishers that host them. In December, nearly ...

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.

Climate science has been hijacked by philosophical globalism and alarmism, psychology research is controlled by gender, ...

Peer review has met its match.

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 ...

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 ...

Text outputs from large language models are littering paper mills—and even some peer-reviewed publications. By Mack DeGeurin Published Mar 19, 2024 4:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Henry Arenas-Castro does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have unveiled an AI-powered system designed to expose predatory scientific journals—those that trick scientists into paying for publication without ...