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An exploratory project to explore the uncertain future of scholarly communication, research practices and academic publishing amid accelerating change. By @sarahgreaves18.bsky.social @roobina.bsky.social @jontreadway.bsky.social and @grnr25.bsky.social

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Scholarly Futures @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social · 21h

Quick drop by @jontreadway.bsky.social on a news article about how a more transactional world could affect scholarly communications. 👇
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US / China relations threaten Open Research?

Dispatches on how a more transactional world might affect scholarly communications

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Scholarly Futures @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social · 21h

Interesting post from @altmetric.com about the rise of podcasts and the citations they contain.

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PODCASTS

Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research

In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.

Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.

Let's go
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Scholarly Futures @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social · 1d

The arrival of AI and the speed it is changing our working lives is astonishing. @sarahgreaves18.bsky.social investigates the adoption of AI tools into academic publisher workflows, attitudes towards them & lessons from book publishing.
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 2d

5 million of them are about research

graph showing Timelapse of 4,949,864 posts linking to research items

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Scholarly Futures @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social · 2d

An interesting summary of AI tools in scholarly publishing. Well worth a read! Thanks @phillbjones.bsky.social

Phill Jones @phillbjones.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new post out on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social where I look at the evolving AI tools market in scholarly publishing.

Spoiler: It's still maturing and is a little bit messy.

Three Years After the Launch of ChatGPT, Do We Know Where This Is Heading? - The Scholarly Kitchen

Nearly three years after ChatGPT’s debut, generative AI continues to reshape scholarly publishing. The sector has moved from experimentation toward integration, with advances in ethical writing tools,...

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Scholarly Futures @scholarlyfutures.bsky.social · 2d

Our first post is live! In our daily lives it can be hard to find time to stop and discuss the vast changes occurring in scholarly communication, research practices and academic publishing. We wanted to make time and engage our community to gain insights. Join us! 👇
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