Introduction Academic publishing has never been more competitive. With tens of thousands of journals across disciplines and a flood of daily submissions, standing out starts with a well-crafted abstract. It is the gateway to your research. It determines if a paper will be read, cited, or outright ignored. Enter AI. From ChatGPT to niche platforms … Read more
Introduction What are overlay journals? Overlay journals are a disruptive concept that emerged from the academic publishing ecosystem in the past two decades. Born from the open-access revolution and nurtured by the preprint culture, overlay journals flip traditional publishing on its head. They don’t host articles. Instead, they curate, review, and certify research that already … Read more
Introduction Academic journal publishing has never been easy. But as we settle into 2025, what used to be slow-moving tectonic shifts have turned into a full-blown earthquake. Publishers, editors, and scholarly communication managers are grappling with open access mandates, AI-generated submissions, shrinking funding, and the ghost of predatory publishing. The peer review system groans under … Read more
Introduction From the outside, running a scholarly journal might look like a respectable side gig for seasoned academics—review a few articles, polish some editorial notes, publish a couple of issues a year, and voilà: knowledge is served. Reality, of course, is far messier. Behind every published article lies a network of frantic email chains, delayed … Read more
Introduction Academic journals are famously sluggish. Submitting a paper can feel like tossing it into a black hole, waiting months—sometimes over a year—for a verdict that ranges from “revise and resubmit” to the dreaded “desk rejection.” This pace can be maddening for authors, especially early-career researchers on the tenure clock or those in fast-moving fields. … Read more