In our 2022–2023 funding cycle, the Open Access Book Fund supported 47 open access books!
We’re celebrating by highlighting them all—starting with:
Global Digital Data Governance
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003388418
Overview of published open access books: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/funding-deals-and-discounts/published-books-2022-2023
In my #OpenScience for #linguistics class today, we spoke about #AcademicPublishing. I got the conversation started with one of Dr. Glaucomflecken's fabulous sketches (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukAkG6c_N4M) and the students had prepared for the session by reading or watching one of the following: https://elenlefoll.quarto.pub/os-linguistics2025/prep4.html.
They found many aspects of the system shocking and several mentioned that they wished they had learnt about these things earlier. I was astonished at how often I ended up answering their "why" questions with the word "prestige" - just like in the comedy sketch that we watched at the beginning!
The final group task proved to be quite challenging, but I think it was a valuable exercise that I would certainly do again: https://elenlefoll.quarto.pub/os-linguistics2025/task2.html.
https://research.adfoucart.be/adding-context
If, after publication of a scientific paper, you want to add, edit, remove, comment on something, provide more context, expand on an idea, link to some things that you've done after, etc... there is no easy way to do that. Even voluntarily retracting an incorrect paper can take years, so going through that kind of editorial process for just a small comment would be ridiculous.
Fortunately, I can use my own website for that purpose: in addition to the PDF preprint that I already hosted, I have now added a HTML "annotated version" of all my papers, where I keep the original text intact but add sidenotes wherever I think it's relevant.
It's a small experiment on hopefully improving a little bit the way that we communicate our scientific results. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but I like the freedom that these sidenotes provide, just scribbling in the margins as I'm re-reading through the text.
University of Surrey: AI tools may be weakening the quality of published research, study warns. “Artificial intelligence could be affecting the scientific rigour of new research, according to a study from the University of Surrey. The research team has called for a range of measures to reduce the flood of ‘low-quality’ and ‘science fiction’ papers, including stronger peer review processes and […]
Retraction Watch: Scopus indexed a journal with a fake editorial board and a sham archive. “Scopus indexed Science of Law in July 2024. According to its profile in the database, the journal is published by the ‘Editorial Team of SoL.’ However, ‘the editorial team’ and many members of the editorial board are fake names and that such individuals do not actually exist.”
Wall Street Journal: MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student’s AI Research Paper. ” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on artificial intelligence written by a doctoral student in its economics program. The paper said that the introduction of an AI tool in a materials-science lab led to gains in new discoveries, […]
How can university libraries protect researchers from predatory journals?
At the national seminar on displaced university libraries, I presented a framework for creating local white lists of journals — not as a tool of restriction, but as a way to guide and support responsible publishing.
VACUP criteria
Journal screening tools
Nordic best practices
How to spot red flags
Full presentation: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33803.81442
Dear #AcademicBubble, it is my impression that raster images are only half-understood (if at all) in academic publishing. I frequently get queries from publishers asking for “high“ or “higher” resolution graphics without specifying the requirements in either dpi plus target size or absolute dimensions. Instead, I got plenty of very long email threads asking for an abstract 300 dpi. Once I explained the necessary pairing of resolution and size, another editor, copy editor, type setter will inadvertently restart the convo upon taking over in the production process.
Joanna Ball of @DOAJ presents how the index is a gold standard for Open Access journals and is used as a trust marker by librarians, researchers, and other literature services.
Journal News | Emergent Scientist indexed in Scopus!
Emergent Scientist is now indexed in Scopus — a major milestone for this #OpenAccess journal dedicated to student-led research in physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
Find out more 
https://bit.ly/43fRmmN
Submit your work https://emergent-scientist.edp-open.org
Thanks to @AlainQueffelec our community-maintained list of diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) #archaeology journals now has more than 80 entries:
https://diamond.open-archaeo.info/
So if you're an archaeologist and you're still putting your work behind paywalls or paying outrageous APCs to corporate publishers, you can't say it's because you don't have options!
Small Is Sexy
Our article on rethinking academic paper length in the age of AI is now featured in Future Campus!
the article https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1659
New CPDP book:
Data Protection, Privacy and AI – To Govern or To Be Governed, That Is the Question
Papers from the 2024 CPDP.ai conference.
45% off for CPDP.ai 2025 participants — available at the conference bookshop or online with a code included in your conference bag.
EU (hardback): https://www.groenewaterman.be/nl/boeken/9781509984015/data-protection-privacy-and-artificial-intelligence-volume-17-
Intl/ebook: https://www.bloomsbury.com/cpdp
The response options on the data sharing question for El$evier's "Safety Science" journal are just ridiculous. #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing
We are proud to inform that ACIG has been approved by Italy’s National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes and added to the list of classified scientific journals.
We are always glad when our effort to ensure the highest quality of scientific publishing is appreciated.
ACIG is already well known in Italy, with notable contributions from respected authors such as:
Marco Marcilu – Guerre à la Carte: Cyber, Information, Cognitive Warfare and the Metaverse (ACIG 2023/1) https://www.acigjournal.com/Guerre-a-la-Carte-Cyber-Information-Cognitive-Warfare-and-the-Metaverse,184299,0,2.html Olesya Vinhas de Souza – Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and National Cyber Security Strategies: Quantitative Comparison (ACIG 2024/1)
https://www.acigjournal.com/Russia-s-Invasion-of-Ukraine-and-National-Cyber-Security-Strategies-Quantitative,190346,0,2.html
A big thank you to our authors, reviewers, and readers for your continued support in making ACIG a leading platform for research on cyber and information warfare.
Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance (#ACIG) is published by #NASK – National Research Institute
University Presses Cite International Publishers’ Work
Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia, England, Guam, and Canada are winners of almost 20 recognitions in the 'Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.'…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/university-presses-cite-several-international-publishers-work/
#AcademicPublishing #AssociationofUniversityPresses #Australia #BookJacketandJournalShow #BookPrize
@indieauthors
A new study by Liu & Wang (2025) uncovers a shocking issue: millions of Scopus records have affiliation addresses but are labelled as "country-undefined."
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.25011
Why does "USA" ≠ "United States"? How can "United Kingdom" get lost? A critical problem for research evaluation and policy decisions!
Time for Scopus to act!
I'm sure this has been proposed before, but I would really love it if, when I accepted a request to review a paper, that provided me with access to the cited papers. Especially when they are from the journal or publisher I'm reviewing for...
#proflife #AcademicPublishing #academicchat #peerreview
Beijing Hosts an Academic Conference as Market Grows
With a welcome post-pandemic-era tracked in China's book market in the first quarter, Beijing's book fair runs June 18 to 22.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/beijing-announces-an-academic-conference-as-chinese-market-grows/
#AcademicPublishing #Asia #BeijingInternationalBookFair #ByteDance #China
@indieauthors
How to gut a good academic press:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/
(And this in-depth article doesn’t mention the publishing scandals, or how much awash in money HUP was when he got the job, thanks to Piketty’s book selling literally millions of copies).
in Future Campus 
