Publishing
CategoryIllicit Use of AI by Philosophers Refereeing for Journals
In 2024, a study found that “7–17% of the sentences in the reviews were written by LLMs”. It was only a matter of time before this spread, and now it appears to have reached philosophy. (more…)
Where Should I Publish My X-Phi? A New Resource (guest post)
Some philosophy journals seem friendlier to work in experimental philosophy (x-phi) than others. (more…)
Licensing Fees for Translations
A philosopher who has written several books has a question about the publication of translations. (more…)
Problems with Publishers Moving to AI-Based Production
Straive is a firm that uses AI to, among other things, help publishers with various tasks “across the publishing value chain”. (more…)
Copyright, Publishers, and Your Anthropic Payout
In October, a settlement was announced in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic, providing authors of books they trained their AI on with compensation of around $3000. There were certain eligibility conditions, though. (more…)
Open Access Philosophy Books
Peer Review, Intellectual Tastes, and Some Fun
Have you ever wanted to tell off the reviewers of your manuscript? (more…)
Momtchiloff Consulting for Lex Academic
Peter Momtchiloff, who retired from his long-held position as philosophy editor at Oxford University Press at the end of 2023, has been brought on by Lex Academic, a firm that helps its clients with various aspects of academic publishing. (more…)
A Philosopher’s Advice on How to Write & Publish an Article
Want some advice on writing and publishing good philosophy in a good journal? (more…)
Two Recent Proposals for Fixing the Referee Crisis in Philosophy
Two philosophers have recently floated proposals for fixing the referee crisis in philosophy. (more…)
Acquisitions, Revenue, and Morale Down at Harvard University Press
“Harvard University Press published 142 new titles in the fall of 2016. Last fall, it put out just 26.” (more…)
Why Do Journal Articles Linger in “Online First”?
Some philosophy journals have a lot of articles in “online first” status. They’ve been accepted, copyedited, and typeset, but not yet assigned an issue. Why? (more…)
Transferring Referee Reports from One Journal to Another
Several publishers have policies that say that a manuscript rejected by one of its journals may be referred to another of its journals. (more…)
Publishers Using AI-Written Abstracts of Your Work – CORRECTION
Academic publishing corporation Wiley appears to be using a large language model (such as ChatGPT) to generate abstracts for works it publishes, without involving the author—and they may not be good. (more…)
Little Things Journals Can Change Now To Improve the Review Process
Maybe you’re among those who are hoping for drastic changes to the practices and norms of reviewing manuscripts for publication in philosophy journals. (more…)
Philosophers Available To Referee
Some people are asked to referee papers for philosophy journals way too much. Others are asked less frequently. (more…)
LLM Chatbots Are Now “Peer-Reviewing” Papers
Just when you thought peer review couldn’t get any worse… (more…)
In What Kind of Publications are the Articles You’re Most Proud Of?
A self-described “reasonably well-published associate professor” shared the following observation about his own writing: (more…)
Journal Publishers Sued on Antitrust Grounds
Lucina Uddin, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the named plaintiff in an antitrust lawsuit against six publishers of academic journals: Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Wiley, Sage, Taylor and Francis Group, and Springer. (more…)
“You’re welcome to utilise AI platforms for creating your vision statement”
Publishing corporation Wiley has updated its pages for Philosophy and Public Affairs, now that its editors have all resigned, and has announced it is seeking new co-editors-in-chief for the journal. (more…)
An Opportunity for Reforming Peer Review (guest post)
“Current dissatisfaction with peer review is such an opportunity for change, so we call for taking advantage of this opportunity as fully as we can. We build our recommendations on the idea that mutual critical engagement is a skill developed through ongoing practice and actual engagement with each other’s ideas.” (more…)
Editors at Philosophy & Public Affairs Resign; Will Launch New OA Journal
The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals in moral and political philosophy, Philosophy & Public Affairs, have resigned en masse.
NDPR Now Welcomes Book Review Proposals
Last month’s discussion of book reviews discussed, among other things, the decline in the number of reviews published by Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR). A policy change may reverse that trend. (more…)
The Case for a Peer Review Market (guest post)
“The academic peer review system as it currently stands is frustrating and dysfunctional for many of those who participate in it.” (more…)
Reprint Fees: Higher than You Thought
Putting together an anthology or volume of collected works? You might want to check your budget. Reprint fees can can be pretty high. An article from Kant-Studien could run you over $4500. One from Phenomenology & Philosophical Research? Almost double that, though it depends on the particular article. (more…)
Books vs. Articles in Philosophy
“I’ve heard people joke on more than a couple of occasions that publishing a book is the way to get around Reviewer 2 at the journals.”
Philosophy’s Digital Future (guest post)
“The crucial question for any academic system is how filtering works. Information is cheap. What we want is some way to identify the most valuable information.” (more…)
Philosophers, Should You Pay to Publish Your Paper? (guest post)
“In a survey of 27 philosophy of science journal editors we conducted in 2023, many, if not most of them, did not know that they were working in a transformative journal.” A what now? (more…)