PublishingState.com looks at how publishing works, how it is changing, and what those changes mean for the people who do the work. Since 2015 it has followed the industry from book fairs and journal rankings to open access, research integrity, platform economics, and, more recently, artificial intelligence.
Who it is for
The site is written for working publishers, editors, academics, people in scholarly communication, and authors. Articles assume you know the industry and want to understand where it is heading, not only what happened this week.
What you will find here
- Analysis of trends in trade, academic, and scholarly publishing
- Open access, peer review, research integrity, and the economics of journals
- AI in publishing: what it changes in editorial work, authorship, licensing, and discovery
- Reference pieces on the largest publishers, bookstores, and markets, updated as the figures change
How it is written
PublishingState.com is independent. It is not owned by, or written on behalf of, any publisher, university, or vendor, and the articles reflect the author’s own views. New articles appear about twice a month. Older articles are revised when the facts change, and the date of the latest update is shown on the article.
About the author
PublishingState.com is written and edited by Zul M, a publishing professional and technology practitioner whose career spans editorial work, scholarly journal management, digital publishing and the use of AI in publishing. Full profile and all articles · LinkedIn
Recognition
- Articles cited in research indexed by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), ScienceDirect, SSRN, ResearchGate, Semantic Scholar, and Europe PMC, and in publications from Springer Nature, Emerald, Wolters Kluwer, Sage, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press.
- Cited in the UK House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s 2023 report (Reproducibility and Research Integrity).
- Cited in the official hearing charter for the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (April 2026), during its examination of scientific publishing, open access, and research integrity.
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