Friday Song: “Crazy Train”

A classic riff that Pat Boone couldn't ruin — or could he?

Russia Burns Scholarly Bridges

An effort at collaboration collapses, and sanctions pose existential threats

ORCID May Have Cleaned Up

Exploitative entries are locked, and scrubbing seems ongoing

The JISC-Elsevier Deal

Published agreement has main element redacted, contains errors

Information “Lemons”

Uncertainty cripples markets, while quality builds them

Integrity, a Move, and a Hiatus

Substack's lack of information ethics made me lose faith, so I'm changing platforms

Dysfunction, Meet Social Contract

What happens when adolescents face war and their implicit social contract?

Preprints May Steal Media Coverage

By exhausting novelty, media uptake suffers — but the effect is harder to study

Friday Song: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

Events over the past couple of weeks bring this R.E.M. classic to mind — once again

Dear SPARC Steering Committee,

Have you been paying attention? How are you feeling about SPARC these days?