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New IOP Publishing tool detects duplicate peer reviews
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (232+ words) IOP Publishing (IOPP) has developed a machine-learning powered tool to help detect duplicate peer review reports. Duplicate peer reviews (where the same reviewer report is sent for multiple submissions) are problematic because they fail to provide a unique and critical…...
Frontiers issues AI guidance spanning full publishing lifecycle
3+ week, 1+ day ago (321+ words) Frontiers has released new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence across the research publishing process, covering researchers, editors and peer reviewers, and aiming to move beyond binary "allowed / not allowed" policies. The framework sets out practical approaches for the…...
AAAS and Data Seer pilot AI-generated MDAR checklists
3+ week, 4+ day ago (299+ words) The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, has announced an extension of its partnership with Data Seer through a new pilot programme focused on automating research reporting workflows. The six-month collaboration…...
IOP Publishing launches free open data training for early career researchers
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (225+ words) IOP Publishing has launched a new, free open data training course aimed at early career researchers (ECRs), as transparent and reusable data becomes increasingly central to research integrity, reproducibility and funder requirements. Developed in response to demand from the physical…...
Digital Science announces Altmetric Attention Digest
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (161+ words) Digital Science has announced a new AI-powered feature for Altmetric, designed to help users better understand and communicate the impact of research outputs. The new Altmetric Attention Digest automatically generates concise, narrative summaries that interpret the attention and influence surrounding…...
Digital Science acquires Virtual Knowledge Graph pioneer Ontopic
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) Research Information Digital Science has announced the acquisition of Ontopic, a specialist in Virtual Knowledge Graph (VKG) technology, in a move aimed at strengthening its capabilities in semantic data and enterprise AI. Ontopic, based in Bolzano, Italy, is a spin-off…...
Springer Nature expands use of AI across publishing workflows
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) Springer Nature has expanded the use of artificial intelligence tools across its publishing operations, with more than 1. 5 million research papers supported by AI-assisted processes in 2025. The publisher expects the use of these tools to grow by a further 25% in 2026 as…...
The Company of Biologists launches fully accessible journal archive
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (162+ words) The Company of Biologists has announced the launch of a fully accessible journal archive, providing institutions with perpetual access to more than 34, 000 articles published between 1853 and 2004. The archive covers the publisher's three established journals " Development, Journal of Cell Science and…...
Data Seer develops AI system to track dataset reuse
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (198+ words) Data Seer, in collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), has developed a new large language model (LLM)-based system designed to detect and quantify dataset reuse across the scholarly literature at scale. The system aims to address a longstanding challenge…...
KGL launches AI-enabled publishing workflows
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (323+ words) Research Information Knowledge Works Global has launched a new generation of human-guided, AI-enabled publishing workflows designed to help scholarly publishers adapt to the growing influence of artificial intelligence across research communication. Developed through the company's KGL Smart Lab, the new…...