If you are anything like me, you will have been experiencing serious FOMO in the last week as colleagues and acquaintances descended on Frankfurt for the annual publishing social, interrupted intermittently by the Book Fair. From what most LinkedIn posts would have you believe, a good time was had by all, but some of that … Continue reading Will AI + OA be OK?
Beer, Chips and System Failures
Whatever your political persuasion, in recent times it seems apparent that things are not quite how they should be. Things are never perfect, of course, but no matter your views, there appears to be a groundswell of opinion that things need to change. And with social media turbocharging our keyboard warrior tendencies, we also need … Continue reading Beer, Chips and System Failures
The Most Important Number in Publishing?
Happy 50th birthday to ISSN! Yes, this week marks the half-century of ISSN International Centre, the body that manages the identifications of serial publications globally. Originally known as the International Serials Data System (ISDS), it was set up jointly by the UNESCO and France in 1975, and has been based in Paris ever since. The … Continue reading The Most Important Number in Publishing?
Peer Review: Weak?
Now a fixture in the scholarly communications calendar, Peer Review Week has become one of those pivots that for many people, the year revolves around. Like children going back to school after the summer break, or the inexorable slowdown ahead of Christmas, this week in mid-September serves as a reflection point on what has gone … Continue reading Peer Review: Weak?
No Summer Break for Scholarly Communications: AI, Integrity, and Policy Updates
For those in the media, the summer months have habitually taken on a rose-tinted hue, not all ascribable to the pink-coloured wine that is so popular at this time of year. No, as the weather gets warmer and readers go on holiday to get away from all the bad news that permeates through the media … Continue reading No Summer Break for Scholarly Communications: AI, Integrity, and Policy Updates
Remember Who the Bad Guys Are
Close followers of recent geopolitics will be forgiven for wondering if the good guys and bad guys of the traditional world order have been swapping sides. When a dictator who has invaded a country gets praised while some of the oldest democracies are attacked for their positions, it’s tempting to slap yourself about the face … Continue reading Remember Who the Bad Guys Are
AI’s Impact on Management Education: More from AOM 2025
This week Simon Linacre presents our second blog post from the Academy of Management Annual Meeting held in Copenhagen at the end of July. After focusing on geopolitical changes and their impact on business schools last week, this week we turn to technological change, in particular the latest hot takes on AI and management education. … Continue reading AI’s Impact on Management Education: More from AOM 2025
The Evolution Starts Now: Insights from the AOM Annual Meeting
You say you want a RevolutionWell, you knowWe all wanna change the world Revolution 1, The Beatles Attending the Academy of Management conference this week in Copenhagen was disorienting in so many ways. It’s a traditionally US-based conference hosted in one of the most stereotypical European cities in the region; it was hosting some of … Continue reading The Evolution Starts Now: Insights from the AOM Annual Meeting
Cabells Launches Beta of CompassAI – High-powered Journal Matching Tool for Authors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEAUMONT, TX: Cabells – a US-based information services company – has launched CompassAI, a powerful and useful tool to help researchers and institutions optimize decision-making for where they publish. With CompassAI, Cabells has taken the latest AI technology and overlaid it onto its highly regarded Journalytics and Predatory Reports databases. The result … Continue reading Cabells Launches Beta of CompassAI – High-powered Journal Matching Tool for Authors
Full-Court Press
Scholarly communications as an industry is nothing if not symbiotic. Publishers, authors, institutions, and information providers are part of a dynamic web, constantly adding complex structures to an already labyrinthine universe of academic endeavor. As a result, those actors operating from within these interconnected systems need to behave – or at least they should behave … Continue reading Full-Court Press