#academic-publishing

#academic-publishing

A decade ago, we and others launched a tool for clarifying the roles of each author of a research paper. The Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) includes 14 types of contribution, from conceptualization to software and data curation. It was designed to prevent questionable authorship practices and make it easier for researchers to demonstrate the diversity of their contributions to science, among other benefits.

In the digital age, the collaborative and often community-governed effort of scholarly research has gone global and unlocked unprecedented potential to improve our understanding and quality of life. That is, if we let it. Publishers continue to monopolize access to life-saving research and increase the burden on researchers through article processing charges and a pyramid of volunteer labor . This exploitation makes a mockery of open inquiry and the denial of access as a serious human rights issue .

In his home country of Germany, more than half a million people share his name. He also shares it with dozens of astrophysics researchers, in Germany and abroad. That wouldn't really be a problem if he was a carpenter, a hockey player or a nurse, but Müller is just beginning his research career, working towards a PhD at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies in Germany, where he is studying the evolution of stars.

The steady acquisition by publishers of tools used by academic institutions for evaluations and hiring decisions leads to the consolidation of sensitive data about American researchers.

Law professors have avoided generative AI, but the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law is pioneering AI-assisted scholarship for legal writing, acknowledging its inevitable influence.