The Battle for Research Integrity

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The Battle for Research Integrity

The integrity of scholarly research has always been one of the most—if not the most—important pillars of academic publishing. Authenticity, accuracy and reliability have always been the bedrock of the industry and a source of great pride for those working within it. However, in recent times, as models have evolved, the way we publish and consume content has changed and the world has become more interconnected, we have witnessed the emergence of several significant threats to research integrity. Subsequently, the role of journal publishers has had to adapt as we defend ourselves against these threats and strive to maintain credibility. In this article, we examine a few of the challenges and threats that journal publishers are currently facing.

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The Year Ahead: AI in Scholarly Publishing 2024

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The Year Ahead: AI in Scholarly Publishing 2024

For the last year and a half, the media and publishing world have generated a lot of buzz and discussion about one particular disruptive technology—artificial intelligence (AI). Though AI is not new to the publishing ecosystem, the launch of ChatGPT and the increased daily usage of Large Language Models (LLMs) for web research, writing assistance, and idea generation has raised questions (and problems) with how developer OpenAI trained its chatbot, how we are using this tech in our daily and professional lives, and what it all means for the future.

As an industry innovator in the use of AI to automate workflows and one of many entities experimenting with new applications of this technology, KGL is taking this opportunity at the start of the year to boldly forecast where AI will take scholarly publishing and beyond during 2024.

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Essential AI Reading: 5 Recently Published Must-Read Books

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Essential AI Reading: 5 Recently Published Must-Read Books

There is no shortage of books being published every year on this hugely important topic – some offering practical solutions towards working with AI to enhance our lives and others painting a pessimistic picture of the future. But with such a fast moving landscape, the bestselling AI titles from just a few years ago are already losing their relevance. With this in mind, here is a list of our recommended AI books that have been published within the last year.

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Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023: The State of AI

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Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023: The State of AI

When ChatGPT launched last November, the publishing industry began to discuss and write about how we can use AI in our industry—will it be used to help with research, to produce journal articles, to create marketing copy or content, to conduct scholarly communication, in peer review, or in ways we have yet to discover?

Here at KGL, as discussed recently on our PubFactory Virtual Series: Industry Day community event, we have been experimenting with AI detectors for peer review, media creation, alt-text generation, and a “conversational manuscript” using ChatGPT, among other potential use cases.

Though new applications (and implications) of AI are being discovered every day, one panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair this month seeks to provide the most up-to-date information on AI and its impact on the industry in “The State of AI in Publishing Today:”

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Knowledge Sharing: KGL’s Vanessa Vaughn Discusses Content Development, DEI, and the Future of K-12 and Higher Education Publishing

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Knowledge Sharing: KGL’s Vanessa Vaughn Discusses Content Development, DEI, and the Future of K-12 and Higher Education Publishing

Earlier this summer, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. welcomed Vanessa Vaughn as Senior Director, Content Services in our K-12 and Higher Education group to oversee content development for science and humanities subjects. Vanessa brings to KGL 20 years of experience developing high-quality K-16 content and a deep understanding of changing state and national standards.

Vanessa started her KGL tenure by contributing to the updated edition of our industry report, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Educational Content: What You Need to Know Now. I sat down with her recently to discuss her new role, content DEI in educational publishing, and how she sees the industry changing in the next five years.

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Preview: Three Unmissable Talks at the ACCESSE23 Leadership Conference

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Preview: Three Unmissable Talks at the ACCESSE23 Leadership Conference

Every year, STEM society professionals from all over the world gather at the ACCESSE Leadership Conference, expertly organized and curated by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Scholarly Executives (CESSE).

This month (July 11-13) the ACCESSE23 event heads to Detroit, Michigan, where it will offer attendees the chance to gain new perspectives, develop new ideas and connect with CESSE members and partners.

The KGL team is delighted to be supporting the event as partners, and also to be participating in one of its keynote panel debates. The following are just three of our favorite event highlights from this year’s speaking program.

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What to Make of ChatGPT in Scholarly Communications?

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What to Make of ChatGPT in Scholarly Communications?

No matter what you are reading, watching, or listening to, everyone today is talking about ChatGPT and how it can help our daily lives and, perhaps, even our work. Released in November 2022 by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an Artificial Intelligence chat bot that “interacts in a conversational way” and it can “answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.”

ChatGPT was quickly embraced by the world for fun and frivolous purposes, but it has also been used to write press releases, news articles, corporate documents, and even essays and journal articles. Though many industries are jumping to see how this new AI can help their business, there are just as many who are being more cautious. In scholarly publishing, there has been much debate about how this new AI can help our industry. KGL has pulled together a round-up of some of the most recent articles to help you make your own decision about ChatGPT.

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Five Unmissable Event Highlights at LBF 2023

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Five Unmissable Event Highlights at LBF 2023

Running from April 18–20, 2023, the London Book Fair is one of the most important events in the international publishing calendar. This year, organizers are confident that the event will be “back in full force” with global exhibitor and attendee numbers likely to approach pre-pandemic levels and many US attendees returning to the halls of Kensington Olympia following a four-year hiatus.

Despite a paring back of its academic publishing seminar output, LBF still has plenty to offer visitors from all corners of the industry—a bustling program of on-stage panel discussions, interviews and presentations and a neatly programmed day-long scholarly industry conference. As we gear up for the fair, we’ve prepared a short guide to our top event highlights in this year’s seminar program and beyond.

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