If you’ve seen The Terminator as many times as I have, the explosion of AI tools into multiple industries is a little scary. While we’re hopefully still a few decades off from the machines becoming self-aware enough to start hunting humans, it’s clear that AI tools...
When writing a book, an author always strives to make their readers feel as if they are in the world of their book, whether it’s a non-fiction account or a new fictitious world. Now, with the help of new technology in augmented reality, authors might actually be able...
My colleague Nikki Lazenby and I represented Technica Editorial Services at the 2025 annual meeting for the Council of Science Editors (CSE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We arrived early after a 6am flight and had some time to see this beautiful city before the welcome...
Anyone who has worked in the peer review system knows that things are in a state of flux right now. It is a system that has seen a heavy, almost overwhelming, burden on mostly volunteer reviewers. A study in 2020 analyzing peer review across all academic journals...
For this year’s Peer Review Week, the theme selected was “Innovation and Technology in Peer Review”. We’ve spoken at length in recent posts about how AI and technology have changed the nature of peer review. We’ve specifically discussed ChatGPT’s growing role in peer...
The academic publishing landscape is undergoing significant changes, with a growing focus on author and research integrity, alongside the increasing integration of AI. There’s mounting pressure for greater transparency and efficiency in peer review as...
