AI and Responsible Publishing

AI and Responsible Publishing

Moderated by Wendy Queen, Director, Project Muse

Wendy Queen is Director, Project MUSE, which is a division of Johns Hopkins University Press. MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world. Currently, Project MUSE hosts more than 800 journals and over 100,000 books from some 400 leading university presses, scholarly societies, and related publishers. Wendy serves on numerous boards and committees including AUPresses and Hopkins Scholarly Communications Committee.

The Rights-Ethics Relationship in the Era of AI

Simone Taylor, Chief, Publishing, American Psychiatric Association

Does technology, and the potentially transformative change it supports, demand a review of copyright and other traditional intellectual property (IP) rights that are exclusively granted to creators to govern how their content is used? This session will deliver an in-depth examination of this important question, the increasingly essential role of traditional principles in the rapidly changing world of AI, and marketplace developments that enable copyrighted content to be used in AI systems in a manner that is responsible, ethical, and respectful of the rights of creators and rightsholders. It will also explore the value of licensing diversification as a vehicle for fairness, accessibility, and trustworthiness.

Simone Taylor is Chief, Publishing, American Psychiatric Association. From a background in scientific research, Simone started her publishing career at Elsevier, and via the National Physical Laboratory, Wiley, and AIP Publishing, has developed considerable international experience in leading adaptive and transformational change. Simone has a passion for helping authors maintain an archivable record of their work in the scientific literature and is a keen advocate for improving global accessibility to published works. She has served on cross-industry groups for implementing data citation principles and for standardizing data policy, and works to deliver more equitable outcomes in compensation and career advancement for marginalized groups in the workforce.

One Step Ahead: Proactive Versus Reactive Approaches to Avoiding Research Integrity Issues

Anna Jester, Director, Business Development, Wiley Partner Solutions Jennifer Workman, Senior Business Development Manager, Wiley Partner Solutions

Research Integrity concerns have increased in recent years as issues like papermills, image manipulation, and AI technology have caused major ethical concerns for the publishing process. Managing the peer review process has become more complex and challenging as journals struggle to respond to Research Integrity challenges and work to prevent them from impacting the publication process. It is easy to approach Research Integrity from a reactive standpoint; responding to issues as problems arise versus actively finding ways to prevent issues and understand journal trends. This session will explore the ways journal policies, workflow management changes, and data analysis journals can support journals in managing Research Integrity issues. We will explore ways that journals can proactively understand patterns and prepare before problems arise.

Anna Jester works in Business Development at Wiley Partner Solutions. She frequently finds herself discussing preprints, manuscript submission and peer review, and editorial services, as well as gastronomic pursuits, Salukis, and travel. Find her if you are looking for dialogue about functionality and workflows, want a demonstration or presentation relating to the previously mentioned topics, or will be attending scholarly publishing industry meetings. Anna volunteers on the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Membership Committee, on the Science Editor Editorial Board, and is a Past President of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). She previously served on the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) Annual Meeting Planning Committee and the NISO Working Group for Peer Review Terminology. Her favorite standard is currently ANSI/NISO Z39.106-2023.

Jennifer Workman collaborates with societies, publishers, and editorial offices to customize solutions that improve publication workflows, promote growth, and help organizations deliver on their strategic goals. She earned an MBA with an Emphasis in Marketing from the University of West Alabama and has worked in the scholarly publishing industry for 10 years. Prior to her current role at Wiley, Jennifer worked at J&J Editorial both as a Managing Editor on several titles, and Senior Manager of a large editorial support team. Outside of the office, Jennifer is a devoted foodie and enjoys the serenity of outdoor adventures, particularly hiking.

The Integrity Algorithm

Christopher Kenneally

For conference attendees and their organizations, AI constitutes an existential dilemma to academic and scholarly publishing. Indeed, “talking” chatbots and generative AI technology present an unprecedented challenge to trust and confidence in all types of published information. A decisive response to this misinformation crisis can be a vigorous reaffirmation of “the integrity algorithm.” Under pressure from the research community and the public, publishers must soon turn to self-regulation for various uses of AI. They will seek models with histories of self-examination and time-honored adherence to high principles. Attendees will learn why the integrity algorithm that guides decision-making in scientific and scholarly journal publishing — constructed of a code of conduct, not computer code — has much to offer as a prototype.

Christopher Kenneally developed a wide range of in-person and online programs on issues facing scholarly publishing and the research community for Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), from 2001 to 2024. In 2006, he created CCC’s award-winning podcast series, Velocity of Content. As a freelance journalist, Christopher Kenneally reported for the New York Times and Boston Globe, among many other publications as well as for WBUR-FM (Boston), National Public Radio, and WGBH-TV (PBS-Boston). He contributes opinion columns regularly to the Boston Business Journal. Kenneally is author of “Massachusetts 101” (Applewood Books), a history of the state “from Redcoats to Red Sox.”