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✈️ Heading to @ScholarlyPub Annual Meeting next week in Chula Vista? Here’s a working “to do” list we’re hearing across #ScholComm for 2026 planning: ✅ Define the impact of AI affects discoverability on your content in a “zero-click” environment ✅ Implement new business models and licensing opportunities that align with market realities ✅Develop new portfolio strategies as research funding and policies shift ✅Explore how an education strategy fits into your portfolio ✅Integrate AI licensing strategies into a coherent roadmap If any of these are on your organization’s list for the year ahead, we’d welcome the conversation. @LoriCarlin Carlin and @heatherstaines are attending and we’re looking forward to connecting. Please reach out to set up some time to check in. See you at #SSP2026. #ManageToChange #LearnPlanAchieve

@MIT President Sally Kornbluth shared some sobering numbers this week: MIT’s overall research activity is down 10% from a year ago, with federally funded research awards down more than 20% and graduate admissions outside several programs down nearly 20% as well. For #ScholComm, developments like this matter well beyond a single institution. Changes in research funding, graduate enrollment, and the broader research environment ultimately shape the future pipeline of authors, reviewers, editors, societies, publishers, and research outputs across the ecosystem. At Delta Think, we’ve been collaborating with publishing partners to track these shifts directly through our ongoing researcher and author survey work. This direct market evidence helps organizations understand how policy, funding uncertainty, and market changes are affecting researcher behavior, priorities, and publishing decisions in real time — and build actionable strategies to inform future investments, portfolio planning, author engagement, and product development. Recruiting for the Fall 2026 edition of the survey will begin soon. If your organization wants to better understand how your researchers and authors are navigating this rapidly changing environment, we’d welcome a conversation. More on MIT’s announcement here: statnews.com/2026/05/14/mit… #ResearchFunding #HigherEd #Research #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholComm

“The ability to compete globally in science depends on sustained strategy, coordination, and investment.” U.S. scientists voice their concerns over the termination of the National Science Board and what it could mean for the future of U.S. research. reuters.com/world/china/us… #SciencePolicy #ResearchFunding #GlobalResearch #ScholCom

@coursera and @udemy joining forces signals something much bigger than consolidation in the eLearning market. It reflects a growing recognition that learning, credentialing, and workforce development are becoming deeply integrated into the knowledge ecosystem. The drivers behind this move are highly relevant for content providers, including #ScholComm: ➡️ Demand for continuous, skills-based learning ➡️ Pressure to demonstrate practical impact and outcomes ➡️ Growth in alternative credentials and professional education ➡️ Expanding expectations around discoverability, accessibility, and learner engagement ➡️ Increasing overlap between research, education, and professional practice Publishers possess trusted content, expert networks, and domain authority, assets that can translate naturally into education and training offerings when aligned with the right strategy. Understanding how the rapidly evolving education represents opportunities for societies and publishers is one of our Superpowers at Delta Think. We can help you improve or develop your eLearning strategy. Contact us today to learn more. #TeachingAndLearning #ContentStrategy #EdTech librarytechnology.org/pr/32540/cours…

📊 Could proposed @NIH publication fee caps reshape the economics of scholarly publishing? In the latest edition of News & Views, @Daniel_Pollock and @heatherstaines used our Data & Analytics Tool (DAT) to model the potential effects of the NIH’s proposed publication fee caps on scholarly publishing. While the policy is still under consideration, the scale of the NIH alone suggests that the impact could be meaningful, particularly for publishers whose portfolios include high percentages of papers funded by NIH research. Rather than speculate, we looked at the data: average APC pricing vs. proposed alternatives, net impact to OA revenue, and how different cap scenarios could affect publishing economics across the market. Our modeling suggests that the proposed caps could have a significant economic impact on NIH-funded publishing activity, affecting a substantial volume of articles and associated publishing revenue across the scholarly communications market. The full analysis walks through the methodology, scenarios, and implications in detail: deltathink.com/news-views-pri… If you’re trying to understand what proposed NIH publication caps could mean for your organization, please get in touch to see what the data says for your portfolio. #NIH #OpenAccess #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #STM

A striking statistic from a new @TheLancet paper: by early 2026, 1 in 277 biomedical papers surveyed contained at least one fabricated reference, up from 1 in 2,828 papers in 2023. The authors point to a mix of causes, including paper mills, research misconduct, and the growing use of AI tools that can generate highly plausible, but nonexistent, citations. The takeaway isn’t that AI is inherently bad for research. It’s that trust-based scholarly workflows need stronger verification mechanisms and tools. At Delta Think, we believe this is part of a broader challenge facing scholarly communications: ensuring research integrity while adapting workflows for an AI-enabled future. The organizations that invest now in transparency, validation, and trusted infrastructure will be better positioned for what comes next. Explore the paper and the data with this nifty inactive tool: maxtopaz.com/citadel #ResearchIntegrity #Trust #ScholComm

Honoring the legacy of Dr. Eugene Braunwald. There are not many working in #ScholComm, including the team at Delta Think, who did not know or work directly with Dr. Braunwald over his incredible career as a clinician, researcher, and author. His work is the basis of modern cardiology and has impacted millions of lives across the globe. Thank you, Dr. Braunwald, and rest in peace. heart.org/en/news/2026/0…

#ScholComm representing at @CScienceEditors Annual Meeting in Durham this week. Congratulations to Michael Casp and @AtyponLiteratum for winning the first-ever Showcase Spotlight Award for Atypon AI Assistant and shout out to the Business of Publication Management Short Course facilitators: Shawn Morton, Erin Landis, @heatherstaines, Jennifer Workman, and @acochran12733. Thanks to the organizers, speakers, and attendees for a productive and energizing conference! #ScholComm #Community #Research #Mission

“Defendants reproduced and distributed millions of copyrighted works without permission, without providing any compensation to authors or publishers, and with full knowledge that their conduct violated copyright law,” Questions around licensing, attribution, compensation, and authorized use of content in AI systems are increasingly moving from industry debate into the courts. Defining the role and value of trusted, high-quality content has in an AI ecosystem is far from settled. #AI #Publishing #ScholComm #Copyright #GenerativeAI

🌟 Seeing stars the @CScienceEditors Annual Meeting ... Amazing keynote from Wendy Queen and a sighting of 4 former @ScholarlyPub Presidents, all in the same room: @heatherstaines, @acochran12733, Miranda Walker, and @rantowns. If you are in Durham, please be sure to say hello. #ScholComm #Research #Community

Senior Consultant @heatherstaines chats with @lorcanD as part of the Charleston Leadership Interview Series. 👏👏👏

We don’t know about you, but we can’t get enough Artemis in our day 🚀 This Artemis timeline is just fun to explore. An amazing, curated stream of photos, video, and mission moments that makes the whole journey feel immediate and real. Cheers, @NASA! artemistimeline.com #ScholComm #Artemis #ScienceCommunication

You can now spell your name … from space. 🚀 When they are not busy pushing the boundaries of lunar exploration, @NASA continues to find ways to make science both inspiring and accessible. What can these folks NOT do? Take a look and give it a try: petapixel.com/2026/04/27/you… #ScienceIsForEveryone #Innovation #FridayFun

Understanding what authors actually value, and acting on it, is a true differentiator in today’s publishing landscape. At next week's @CScienceEditors Annual Meeting, @heatherstaines will join @KWF_Info_Mgmt, Sarah Wright, and @kellyhadsell for a panel on best practices in author surveys: what to ask, how to ask it, and how to interpret the results in ways that drive meaningful improvements. This is exactly where Delta Think shines: evidence-based processes, thoughtful survey design, and practical analysis that helps publishers and societies move beyond assumptions and better understand author needs, motivations, and pain points. If you’re attending CSE, join Heather’s session, and reach out to connect with Heather and @LoriCarlin onsite. Hope to see you in Durham! councilscienceeditors.org/annual-meeting #CSE2026 #ScholComm #AuthorExperience #CustomerInsights #DeltaThinkData

Analysis from @OECD reports that China now spends more on research and development than the United States, a shift with implications that extend well beyond global rankings. @ConversationUS reports that this milestone reflects longer-term changes in how countries are investing in science, innovation, and economic strategy. The effects are likely to be felt across collaboration patterns, funding priorities, and the broader research ecosystem. A reminder that the global research, funding, and policy landscape is continuing to evolve, and shifts in investment shape not just where research happens, but how it is communicated and shared. theconversation.com/china-surpasse… #ResearchFunding #GlobalResearch #Policy #ScholComm

“Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say they have at least some confidence in scientists…” …and in a crowded field of institutions, scientists are holding their own, roughly on par with the military and police, and well ahead of some others you might expect. Funny how that shakes out. That’s a key takeaway from new research by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Even after years of intense public debate, scientists—and vaccine scientists in particular—continue to be viewed through a broadly similar, and largely positive, lens. For #ScholComm, this is a useful reminder: trust in science is high, but it isn’t automatic. It’s reinforced (or eroded) through the systems that support research communication: peer review, publishing practices, and how findings are shared and contextualized. The study offers a closer look at where that trust holds and where nuance starts to emerge. Worth a read: annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/scientists-est… #ScholComm #TrustInScience #ResearchCommunicati

📊 “APC spend continues to rise, even as price increases track historical norms.” That finding comes directly from Delta Think’s Data & Analytics Tool (DAT), where we track APC pricing, output, and publishing patterns across the market. It’s a reminder that “on trend” pricing doesn’t mean costs are holding steady and why looking beyond headline APCs is critical to understanding overall spend. @heatherstaines and @Daniel_Pollock share a snapshot of this data in our latest News & Views and discuss it further in our recent webinar. 🎥 Watch the recording and explore the discussion: deltathink.com/news-views-web… DAT subscribers can explore this data in more detail, and if you’re interested in learning more, we’d be glad to connect. #ScholComm #OpenAccess #APC #DeltaThinkData

A humorous reminder from TSK Chef Lettie Conrad that all evidence is not created equal! #ScholComm #FridayFun #Evidence #Science scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/24/evi…