Here's the article. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
As #AI-generated manuscripts drive record submission volumes, a surprising possibility is emerging: if authors can create articles instantly and at no cost, the appeal of #PaperMills may decline. But what does that mean for #PredatoryJournals and #ResearchIntegrity?
In his widely cited - and widely misunderstood - book The End of History and the Last Man, historian and author Francis Fukuyama was heavily criticized for saying that the West had ‘won’ and that there would be no meaningful conflicts to trouble the world with the fall of the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s. The following 40 years or so seem to bear this criticism out, with 9/11, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and most recently the war in Iraq providing ample evidence that history is indeed still happening.
I’ve always advised authors to ‘research your research’… and now is the best time ever to gain insights from the literature and @cabells.com on #predatorypublishing
Simon Linacre
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Research on #PredatoryPublishing is growing fast: 2k+ articles and 43k+ citations since 2020. What are scholars learning? Recent studies challenge common assumptions, examine national publishing trends, and highlight ongoing concerns about outdated tools used to identify #PredatoryJournals. Read…
The simplest way to learn about predatory journals and their tricks of the trade is to look at the burgeoning number of articles on the topic. Since 2020, there have been over 2,000 research articles published that mention ‘predatory publishing,' with the rate increasing over time. Indeed, as you can see from the graph below, aside from the spike in 2021 and a fall back in 2022 following the pandemic, we have seen year-on-year increases so that 2025 was the biggest ever year for published research on the topic.
“When I assign analysis, (…) I am trying to put the student’s mind through resistance in order to make it stronger. Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not “free students up for higher-order work.” It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all.”
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New article in @pnas.org:
We all know ChatGPT loves to delve, bolster, leverage, encompass, showcase, underscore, et cetera. I analyzed full text of 7.3 million journal articles published 2020-2025, hunting for 228 words that spiked after ChatGPT launched in late 2022. 🧵⬇️
Join our colleague, Ash Rees, at #ASEE June 21-24 in Charlotte, NC! He'll be at Booth 1008 and ready to talk about our newest platform, Journalytics STEM, as well as CompassAI - tools to accelerate your publication growth in #engineering disciplines. #Publishing
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"Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research."
Cabells colleagues, Ash Rees and Mike Bisaccio, are attending AALA in Chicago this year! Stop by Booth 5115 to learn about our newest platform, Journalytics STEM, and tools to help your #researchers navigate the #publishing landscape. #Libraries
I know we’ve all read 100 articles like this, but I do recommend this one, especially for the series of questions at the end about how universities (not individual instructors) could change our practice. I’d love to discuss those
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
The last video in this series is from Cheol-Heui YUN on the Scientific Poster Category. Professor YUN has been one of our poster judges this year along with Charlotte, Taras and Maryam.
