The landscape of academic writing has undergone a fundamental transformation in 2026, where the question is no longer whether to use AI, but which specialized tools actually understand the nuances of ...

When I was a professor, I had no idea that copy editors existed until I published a book and worked with the press’s freelance editor. This occurred around the same time that I realized academia had ...

In the high-authority publishing landscape of 2026, the greatest challenge facing editors is no longer a lack of information, but a crisis of authenticity. As the volume of globally submitted ...

Dr. Carlos Chaccour at the University of Navarra says AI-written letters to the editor are on the rise in academic journals, raising questions about authenticity, accountability, and the future of ...

Earlier this month, the editors at the linguistics journal Syntax publicly announced their resignations in response to changes to the manuscript-handling process imposed by its publisher, Wiley. “We ...

Ben Williamson of the University of Edinburgh has been tracking the phenomenon because of a very personal experience with Frankencitations. I asked him some questions about what’s going on and what he ...