Call for Papers

Special Issue on "AI Meets Academic Publishing: Rethinking Workflows, Ethics, and Impact"

Trends in Scholarly Publishing invites submissions for a special issue exploring the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the scholarly publishing ecosystem. As AI technologies increasingly influence manuscript handling, peer review, editorial decision-making, and content dissemination, this special issue aims to examine their practical applications, ethical implications, and long-term impact on the future of academic publishing.

We welcome contributions from researchers, editors, publishers, technologists, and policymakers that provide critical insights, evidence-based analyses, or practical case studies on the integration of AI in scholarly communication.

• AI-driven tools in editorial workflows and peer review
• Plagiarism detection, paper mill identification, and integrity checks
• Automated content improvement (language editing, summarization, visualization)
• Ethical challenges in the use of AI in publishing
• AI’s role in author support tools (writing, citations, journal selection)
• Reviewer selection, recommendation systems, and peer review quality
• Predictive analytics for citation impact and journal metrics
• Publisher case studies on AI implementation
• Generative AI and its implications for authorship and originality