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Soto Ruidias & Casey – CanberraInbox: Building a New Data Infrastructure for Political Communication
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Neyazi & Lawrence – Peer Review Challenges and the Future of Scholarly Publishing in the Age of AI: A Report
Taberez Ahmed Neyazi, National University of Singapore Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon 10.25358/openscience-15835, PDF On April 10. 2026, we hosted a gathering of journal editors to collectively reflect on the evolving challenges facing peer review and scholarly publishing and to…
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Awardee Interview: The International Journal of Press/Politics Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 2026
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