By late 2025, Open Access has become mainstream in rhetoric but fragmented in practice. The path forward likely lies not just in enforcing compliance but in diversifying infrastructures—combining global principles with networked regional, scholar-driven implementation. … Read More →
Data Colonialism in Science: A New Form of Epistemic Domination
Data colonialism represents a new form of domination that profoundly affects scientific production. From the systematic extraction of information to the imposition of algorithmic logics, we are experiencing a reconfiguration of power relations in knowledge, demanding an urgent debate on scientific sovereignty. … Read More →
We need to talk about citations
Citations strengthen science, but errors are still common. Such flaws distort evidence and undermine trust. Rigorous checking and editing reinforce scientific integrity. Available in Portuguese only. … Read More →
The transparency paradox when using generative AI in academic research
The use of generative AI in academic research creates a paradox between transparency and credibility. Research shows that declaring the use of AI, although ethical, can diminish trust in the researcher. The lack of clear guidelines and the stigma associated with AI hinder the adoption of the transparency necessary to ensure scientific integrity. … Read More →
Impact beyond academia: SciELO’s presence in public policy
Research published in SciELO transcends academic boundaries and influences public policy on a national and global scale. With thousands of citations in documents from organizations such as WHO, IPEA, and national governments, the study reveals SciELO’s strategic role in social valorization of science. … Read More →
Transparency in Research Reporting: An Evolving Culture
More than two decades ago, Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, raised thought-provoking questions about scientific authorship and its representation in published articles. He noted that research reports often overlook disagreements among co-authors over the interpretation of results. Bringing to light elements of this so-called “hidden paper” has become essential for the reliability of scientific reporting. This is an evolving process likely to gain even greater relevance in graduate education, especially in the current context of intellectual production increasingly permeated by Generative Artificial Intelligence. … Read More →
Linguistics for a Brazilian Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Brazilian Linguistic Diversity Platform is a data curation proposal to train AI models with structured data from Portuguese and 250 other languages spoken in the country, directly serving the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan. The initiative seeks to reduce environmental costs, avoid biases, and create more inclusive technologies for health, education, and public services. … Read More →
Research Integrity and Human Agency in Research Intertwined with Generative AI
Scholarly communication is amid a reconfiguration that, from a conservative perspective, should be as paradigm-shifting as the creation of the first scientific journal Philosophical Transactions, in 1665. From a more disruptive perspective, this transformation will reshape the entire scientific culture, redefining the autonomy of researchers and institutions in producing and validating knowledge. Sustaining research integrity and rigor in projects and publications calls for strategies extending beyond transparency policies for researchers using Generative Artificial Intelligence. … Read More →
AI chatbots and the simulation of dialog: what does Bakhtinian theory have to say?
Proposal of a model for the discursive analysis of interactions with AI chatbots in the light of Bakhtinian concepts in which a controlled polyphony is observed, where all voices are reconciled in a “simulated dialog” that can impoverish critical thinking. We advocate the urgency of AI literacy development considering its ideological, political, and educational implications. … Read More →
International Metrics Make Latin American Urban Journals Invisible
Study shows how global scientific evaluation criteria put urban journals from the Global South at a disavantage, reinforcing epistemic inequality in the production and circulation of knowledge. As an alternative, databases such as SciELO and Redalyc have proven to be auspicious in increasing the visibility and recognition of local scientific production. … Read More →
Global Science in Danger
The current American government is curtailing science in several ways. Certain terms are censored in scientific reports and publications, communications and collaborations between scientists are limited or even proscribed, and funding is withdrawn. The implications for scientific research in the US are vast, but the long arm of the American government has undesired effects on the global science community as well, particularly on the numerous ways scientists elsewhere collaborate with their American colleagues. The preeminence of American science seems truly being shattered. … Read More →
Open Science is still an incipient topic in Business Administration journals
Although valuable, the Open Science movement is still extremely new in the Administration journals indexed in SciELO. Effective and successful practices, such as the use of badges for studies with greater transparency, for example, are used by only one journal. … Read More →
Where to start with AI in research management [Originally published in the LSE Impact blog in December/2024]
Generative AI is having a transformative effect on academic work, but it is also reshaping the professional services and research management sectors that support it. Here Anna Aston discusses where AI can be useful for research management and the tools research managers can use in different areas of their work. … Read More →
Art as a Vehicle and Jerzy Grotowski’s Investigations Beyond the 20th Century
Dossier on director Jerzy Grotowski highlights the relevance of his theatrical practices and cross-cultural approaches, featuring articles that revisit his legacy to propose new perspectives for contemporary theatrical art. … Read More →
Metamorphosis, friction or symbiosis between body and animated forms in the work of Ilka Schönbein
The works of puppeteer and dancer Ilka Schönbein challenge perceptions of life and death, provoking reflections on eroticism and finitude. Her creations reveal a poetic singularity that provokes disquieting strangeness in the relationship between the human and the animate. … Read More →
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