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Introduction The idea that universities might become their own publishers sounds radical at first glance. After all, academic publishing has long been dominated by large commercial houses with global brands, subscription bundles, and profit margins that would make most university administrators blink twice. Yet beneath the surface, something has been shifting. Universities are rethinking their … Read more

Introduction By 2035, academic publishing will still have journals, peer review, publishers and even the PDF, but each will work very differently from today. This article goes through what is likely to survive, what will change shape, and what may quietly disappear. Key points Academic publishing loves to imagine itself as timeless. Peer review feels … Read more

Introduction In scholarly publishing, the article is no longer where the real money and power sit. The lasting value now lies in the data built around it: metadata, citation graphs, usage analytics and the research-intelligence tools that universities and funders pay for year after year. Key points For decades, scholarly publishing revolved around a comforting … Read more

Introduction For most of its modern history, peer review has been treated as a moment. A paper is submitted, reviewers are assigned, comments are exchanged, and a decision is made. Once published, the work is assumed to have passed a threshold of quality and legitimacy. The system moves on to the next manuscript. That mental … Read more

Introduction Scholarly journal indexing is usually framed as boring infrastructure. A background system. A checklist. A database decision. Something editors deal with quietly while scholars focus on research and writing. That framing is convenient, because it hides just how much power indexing holds over academic life. Being indexed by major databases determines which journals survive … Read more