The Latest Breaking News from Elsevier

Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”.

In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the journal’s publisher, Elsevier. The board’s grievances included claims of inadequate copyediting, misuse of artificial intelligence (AI), and the high fees charged to make research articles publicly available.

Academics are warning that more scientific papers show signs of being partially generated with the help of AI chatbots.

Kerala’s universities have witnessed a substantial growth in research output during the last five years, according to an assessment by international scientific publisher Elsevier.

Under Dr Cathy Foley’s world-first open access model, all Australians would have access to research papers for free

Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capital

The publishers are claiming unspecified damages from the file-sharing Library Genesis, which they say has distributed files illegally

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No one wants a robot to tell them they have cancer. But while artificial intelligence shouldn't be trusted for medical advice right now, 2040 might be a different story, writes Nicholas Agar.