Books & Publishing

Aja Martinez and Robert Smith say in a new book that the roots of CRT show that the academic discipline is uniquely American and an extension of the civil rights movement.

Torbjørn Netland argues that peer review could potentially be improved by giving reviewers more choice.

Leo S. Lo writes that a shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-based models demands a strategic response.

The $19 billion academic publishing industry is adopting AI-powered tools to improve the quality of peer-reviewed research and speed up production. The latter goal yields “obvious financial benefit” for publishers, one expert said.

In his final “Intellectual Affairs” column, Scott McLemee looks back at 20 years of writing about the world of scholarly books and ideas.

Frank Argote-Freyre and Christopher M. Bellitto offer ideas to help authors avoid time-wasting situations.