Science & Society

Science & Society

Copyright, GenAI, and the future of academic publishing

Generative artificial intelligence poses significant challenges to copyright law and the principles of open science. In a new preprint, I study this complex interplay and existing regulatory frameworks. This blog post provides an overview of my central findings.

Dmitry Kochetkov • 04-12-2025

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Balancing opportunity and risk: Rethinking China Scholarship Council programmes amid geopolitical tensions

Amid international concerns over the China Scholarship Council (CSC), especially regarding academic freedom and sensitive knowledge transfer, our study analyses CSC-funded research (2009–2021) to reveal key trends, collaborations, and broader implications.

Qianqian Xie + 1 other • 23-10-2025

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GAIDeT: a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishing

Transparency of AI use in academia matters for authors, editors, reviewers, readers and repository moderators. This blog post introduces GAIDeT, a taxonomy for the structured disclosure of Generative AI (GAI) use in research and how it builds trust without adding any extra burden to stakeholders.

Serhii Nazarovets + 3 others • 25-08-2025

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Academic publishing – stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma?

Facing pressures to stay competitive, researchers publish ever more, often at the cost of quality. Our author shows how this strategic trap can be compared to a prisoner’s dilemma, explains how this situation is exacerbated by predatory journals, and outlines possible solutions.

Sagartirtha Chakraborty • 14-08-2025

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Analysing research funding flows in the Global South

In a context marked by deep asymmetries in access to research resources, the research project “Tracking Research Funding Flows in the Global South” aims to make visible and analyze the ways in which international funding for science circulates.

Matías Alcántara + 4 others • 22-07-2025

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Beyond the dissertation: Reshaping PhD trajectories at Leiden University

Open Science and the reform of research assessment are increasingly growing together. Time to also rethink the evaluation of PhD candidates! Talking to six PhD candidates, the authors found that PhD paths need to be more flexible and recognise the diverse activities PhD researchers are active in.

Tanya Lee + 1 other • 27-05-2025

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The state of preprinting in Europe and the Netherlands

To accelerate the sharing of scientific knowledge, researchers in many disciplines increasingly publish their work on preprint servers. In this post, Ludo Waltman and colleagues discuss the state of preprinting in Europe and the Netherlands.

Ludo Waltman + 2 others • 22-05-2025

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The contested field of Open Science: a debate through the lens of inclusion

Most implementations of Open Science do not fulfil the expectations that Open Science will lead to more equity and improve the societal impact of research. We discuss these worrying trends through the lens of inclusion.

Fernanda Beigel + 1 other • 08-05-2025

CWTS Development · Science & Society

Advancing our Understanding of Systematic Manipulation & Paper Mills: Wiley & CWTS Partnership

The Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University, in collaboration with the publishing company Wiley, is opening a new position for a PhD candidate to carry out research on paper mills and related forms of systematic manipulation in publishing.

Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner + 4 others • 15-04-2025

Blogs

Copyright, GenAI, and the future of academic publishing

Balancing opportunity and risk: Rethinking China Scholarship Council programmes amid geopolitical tensions

GAIDeT: a practical taxonomy for declaring AI use in research and publishing

Academic publishing – stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma?

Analysing research funding flows in the Global South

Beyond the dissertation: Reshaping PhD trajectories at Leiden University

The state of preprinting in Europe and the Netherlands

The contested field of Open Science: a debate through the lens of inclusion

Advancing our Understanding of Systematic Manipulation & Paper Mills: Wiley & CWTS Partnership