Nostr notes by Leibniz Open Science

"While Elsevier outcompetes other publishers in terms of ...

2026-05-27T08:00:49Z

"While Elsevier outcompetes other publishers in terms of sheer volume, it also has the lowest retraction rate and highest rate of reinstating articles among nine top publishers of scholarly articles, a recent study has found. The study also found a tenth publisher to be an outlier in terms of reasons for retraction."

https://retractionwatch.com/2026/05/11/elsevier-retracts-the-least-and-reinstates-the-most-new-analysis-finds/

"Across both samples, approximately 60% of students reported ...

2026-03-26T16:03:16Z

"Across both samples, approximately 60% of students reported using AI chatbots weekly or daily. However, many students overestimated chatbots’ capabilities, particularly on tasks involving reasoning and counting, and often anthropomorphized or treated chatbots as search engines."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X26000159?dgcid=rss_sd_all

"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the ...

2026-02-06T09:00:52Z

"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture, Ross Andersen writes – now they’re being clogged with AI slop."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/

"We’re excited to announce our latest major release, Zotero ...

2026-01-29T08:30:08Z

"We’re excited to announce our latest major release, Zotero 8. Zotero 8 builds on the new design and features of Zotero 7 and includes a huge number of improvements and refinements."

https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/

"The Data Rescue Project (DRP) is excited to announce the ...

2025-07-09T11:02:55Z

"The Data Rescue Project (DRP) is excited to announce the launch of the DRP Portal—a milestone in our collective effort to protect and preserve at-risk public information. As of June 2025, DRP volunteers and other organizations have rescued over 1,100 public datasets from 80+ government offices."

https://www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-project-portal/

"Twenty journals lost their impact factors in this year’s ...

2025-06-27T11:01:43Z

"Twenty journals lost their impact factors in this year’s Journal Citation Reports, released today, for excessive self-citation and citation stacking. Nearly half of the journals on the list are from well-known publishers MDPI, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis and Wiley."
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/18/clarivate-impact-factor-suppression-list-2025-self-citation-stacking/

Elsevier parent company reports 10% rise in profit, to £3.2bn - ...

2025-02-17T13:00:09Z

Elsevier parent company reports 10% rise in profit, to £3.2bn - Research Professional News https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-2025-2-elsevier-parent-company-reports-10-rise-in-profit-to-3-2bn/