Books & Publishing

Study finds that the more students engage with faculty members and academics, the more their political views moderate. Student activities are what appear to encourage those already leaning left or right to tilt further.

A new book considers the founding father of psychoanalysis as self-made man. Scott McLemee has a look.

How we communicate about disease can have consequences for prevention and treatment. Scott McLemee consults a new book on a recent epidemic.

As Princeton University Press transitions from print to digital products, will it soar in its foray into the app market?

A new metric for journals ranks them by open access. Scott McLemee checks the index.

A professor accused and cleared of intentional plagiarism has been accused again, this time for his new book. His defenders say the real issue is that the allegations are being made anonymously.