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What happens when future healthcare professionals learn in a virtual hospital built inside Minecraft?

At UT Dallas, a new pre-med course is using a Minecraft-based simulation to immerse students in realistic clinical scenarios, helping them develop diagnostic reasoning and decision-making skills through active participation rather than passive instruction.

The platform may be a bit unexpected, but the broader trend is not. Learners at all levels increasingly expect experiences that are interactive, engaging, and applied. The shift isn't away from trusted content; it's toward new ways of delivering and using it.

For scholarly publishers, societies, and professional education providers, that raises an important question: How well does your content align with the expectations of today's learners?

Gamification, simulation, adaptive learning, and AI-enabled educational experiences are changing how knowledge is consumed and applied. Organizations that already own trusted content assets may be better positioned than they realize to participate in this evolution.

Thinking about how your educational content strategy should evolve? Reach out to Delta Think to start the conversation.

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#ScholComm #MedicalEducation #eLearning #ProfessionalEducation #DigitalLearning #PublishingStrategy

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“Trust in science is not optional; it is the foundation for achieving our missions as societies, how we collectively advance health and well-being. We are honored to lead this work alongside our partners and start the process of engaging broader stakeholders to ensure all voices are at the table,” Tammy Hanna, PhD., Chief Publications Officer, BioCore

BioCore and a coalition of scientific societies including @FASEBorg and @ASMicrobiology have announced the launch of the Trust Seal, a new community-led initiative intended to provide visible indicators of trustworthy publishing practices and research integrity. The effort brings together societies, publishers, and other stakeholders to develop a framework that recognizes publications that adopt agreed-upon best practices.

The framework is currently under development, with a pilot anticipated in Fall 2026 and the first Trust Seals expected to be awarded in 2027.

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#ScholComm #ResearchIntegrity #Trust #CommunityLed #StrongerTogether

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Seen and heard at the @ScholarlyPub Annual Meeting: @LoriCarlin sharing highlights from Delta Think's ongoing global researcher and author survey program. Over the last 18 months, in collaboration with more than 30 organizations, the Delta Think team has captured perspectives from 25,000+ global researchers on the impact to their work related to potential U.S. funding and policy changes.

The value of this work isn't just the data - it's the ability to track how researcher perspectives evolve over time and help our partners separate signal from noise during periods of rapid change.

📊 We're already planning the next survey wave for Fall 2026. If you'd like to find out more about your organization participating, please reach out at [email protected]

#ScholComm #SSP2026 #Funding #Policy #Strate

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Happy Friday. 🎸

Our friends at @JSTOR_Daily dig into the power of power ballads. A handy reminder that scholarship can help us understand just about anything.

We'll leave you with the only question that really matters: What's the greatest power ballad of all time? And you know you know the ALL of the words!

#JustForFunFriday #ScholComm
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🌴 Kicking off the Society for @ScholarlyPub Annual Meeting with former President @heatherstaines incoming President Elect Mia Ricci and newly elected board member @camille_learn.

Bonnie Gruber and @LoriCarlin are also on the ground in Chula Vista, so be sure to check in with the Delta Think team.

#SSP2026 #Scholcomm #Community

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New reporting by @ScienceMagazine suggests some U.S. research agencies may be applying tighter restrictions around international co-authorship.

While not currently formal agency-wide policies, some @NIH grantees are being asked to seek advance approval before publishing with foreign collaborators, while some @NASA - funded researchers have reportedly received warnings related to papers involving researchers in China.

Read more here: https://t.co/5oabMedxJm

#ScholComm #ResearchPolicy #Collaboration #Funding

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#AI is reshaping scholarly publishing — and your content, pricing, distribution, and licensing strategies need to work in harmony to stay ahead.

The Delta Think team, @LoriCarlin, Bonnie Gruber, and Heather @heatherstaines , will be at the @ScholarlyPub Annual Meeting next week and are ready to start the conversation. Let’s connect.

#ScholComm #ManageToChange #DeltaThink

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💡 New survey findings published in @ConversationUS point to rising stress, self-censorship concerns, and recruiting challenges among U.S. researchers as they respond to recent policy and funding changes.

What stands out is how closely many of these findings align with themes emerging from Delta Think’s own global researcher survey work: growing uncertainty, shifting research priorities, and increasing pressure across the research ecosystem.

For #ScholComm, this kind of direct researcher feedback matters. It helps move the conversation beyond policy headlines to better understand the practical impact on your research and author activity, their publishing behavior, and the wider implications for the broader scientific enterprise. In collaboration with our partners, the Delta Think team is preparing to kick off the process to repeat our survey this Fall. If your organization is interested in participating, please reach out: [email protected].

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#Research #SciencePolicy #Funding

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A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia is challenging new federal student loan caps that could affect graduate programs in nursing, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, and other healthcare professions. Opponents argue the caps could make some professional healthcare degrees financially out of reach for prospective students, with downstream implications for workforce pipelines already under pressure.

For publishers serving these communities, it’s another reminder that policy shifts have the ability shape the broader education landscape around them.

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#HigherEducation #Healthcare #Nursing #AlliedHealth #ScholComm

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✈️ Heading to @ScholarlyPub Annual Meeting next week in Chula Vista?

Here’s a working “to do” list we’re hearing across #ScholComm for 2026 planning:

✅ Define the impact of AI affects discoverability on your content in a “zero-click” environment
✅ Implement new business models and licensing opportunities that align with market realities
✅Develop new portfolio strategies as research funding and policies shift
✅Explore how an education strategy fits into your portfolio
✅Integrate AI licensing strategies into a coherent roadmap

If any of these are on your organization’s list for the year ahead, we’d welcome the conversation.

@LoriCarlin Carlin and @heatherstaines are attending and we’re looking forward to connecting. Please reach out to set up some time to check in.

See you at #SSP2026.

#ManageToChange #LearnPlanAchieve

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@MIT President Sally Kornbluth shared some sobering numbers this week: MIT’s overall research activity is down 10% from a year ago, with federally funded research awards down more than 20% and graduate admissions outside several programs down nearly 20% as well.

For #ScholComm, developments like this matter well beyond a single institution. Changes in research funding, graduate enrollment, and the broader research environment ultimately shape the future pipeline of authors, reviewers, editors, societies, publishers, and research outputs across the ecosystem.

At Delta Think, we’ve been collaborating with publishing partners to track these shifts directly through our ongoing researcher and author survey work. This direct market evidence helps organizations understand how policy, funding uncertainty, and market changes are affecting researcher behavior, priorities, and publishing decisions in real time — and build actionable strategies to inform future investments, portfolio planning, author engagement, and product development.

Recruiting for the Fall 2026 edition of the survey will begin soon. If your organization wants to better understand how your researchers and authors are navigating this rapidly changing environment, we’d welcome a conversation.

More on MIT’s announcement here: https://t.co/j7nGqHPtkk

#ResearchFunding #HigherEd #Research #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholComm

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“The ability to compete globally in science depends on sustained strategy, coordination, and investment.”

U.S. scientists voice their concerns over the termination of the National Science Board and what it could mean for the future of U.S. research.

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#SciencePolicy #ResearchFunding #GlobalResearch #ScholCom

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@coursera and @udemy joining forces signals something much bigger than consolidation in the eLearning market. It reflects a growing recognition that learning, credentialing, and workforce development are becoming deeply integrated into the knowledge ecosystem.

The drivers behind this move are highly relevant for content providers, including #ScholComm:

➡️ Demand for continuous, skills-based learning
➡️ Pressure to demonstrate practical impact and outcomes
➡️ Growth in alternative credentials and professional education
➡️ Expanding expectations around discoverability, accessibility, and learner engagement
➡️ Increasing overlap between research, education, and professional practice

Publishers possess trusted content, expert networks, and domain authority, assets that can translate naturally into education and training offerings when aligned with the right strategy.

Understanding how the rapidly evolving education represents opportunities for societies and publishers is one of our Superpowers at Delta Think. We can help you improve or develop your eLearning strategy. Contact us today to learn more.

#TeachingAndLearning #ContentStrategy #EdTech

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📊 Could proposed @NIH publication fee caps reshape the economics of scholarly publishing?

In the latest edition of News & Views, @Daniel_Pollock and @heatherstaines used our Data & Analytics Tool (DAT) to model the potential effects of the NIH’s proposed publication fee caps on scholarly publishing.

While the policy is still under consideration, the scale of the NIH alone suggests that the impact could be meaningful, particularly for publishers whose portfolios include high percentages of papers funded by NIH research.

Rather than speculate, we looked at the data: average APC pricing vs. proposed alternatives, net impact to OA revenue, and how different cap scenarios could affect publishing economics across the market.

Our modeling suggests that the proposed caps could have a significant economic impact on NIH-funded publishing activity, affecting a substantial volume of articles and associated publishing revenue across the scholarly communications market.

The full analysis walks through the methodology, scenarios, and implications in detail: https://t.co/Q4X3sFagx6

If you’re trying to understand what proposed NIH publication caps could mean for your organization, please get in touch to see what the data says for your portfolio.

#NIH #OpenAccess #ScholComm #AcademicPublishing #STM

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A striking statistic from a new @TheLancet paper: by early 2026, 1 in 277 biomedical papers surveyed contained at least one fabricated reference, up from 1 in 2,828 papers in 2023.

The authors point to a mix of causes, including paper mills, research misconduct, and the growing use of AI tools that can generate highly plausible, but nonexistent, citations.

The takeaway isn’t that AI is inherently bad for research. It’s that trust-based scholarly workflows need stronger verification mechanisms and tools. At Delta Think, we believe this is part of a broader challenge facing scholarly communications: ensuring research integrity while adapting workflows for an AI-enabled future. The organizations that invest now in transparency, validation, and trusted infrastructure will be better positioned for what comes next.

Explore the paper and the data with this nifty inactive tool: https://t.co/spGgP3KN0X

#ResearchIntegrity #Trust #ScholComm

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Honoring the legacy of Dr. Eugene Braunwald.

There are not many working in #ScholComm, including the team at Delta Think, who did not know or work directly with Dr. Braunwald over his incredible career as a clinician, researcher, and author. His work is the basis of modern cardiology and has impacted millions of lives across the globe.

Thank you, Dr. Braunwald, and rest in peace.

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#ScholComm representing at @CScienceEditors Annual Meeting in Durham this week.

Congratulations to Michael Casp and @AtyponLiteratum for winning the first-ever Showcase Spotlight Award for Atypon AI Assistant and shout out to the Business of Publication Management Short Course facilitators: Shawn Morton, Erin Landis, @heatherstaines, Jennifer Workman, and @acochran12733.

Thanks to the organizers, speakers, and attendees for a productive and energizing conference!

#ScholComm #Community #Research #Mission

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“Defendants reproduced and distributed millions of copyrighted works without permission, without providing any compensation to authors or publishers, and with full knowledge that their conduct violated copyright law,”

Questions around licensing, attribution, compensation, and authorized use of content in AI systems are increasingly moving from industry debate into the courts. Defining the role and value of trusted, high-quality content has in an AI ecosystem is far from settled.

#AI #Publishing #ScholComm #Copyright #GenerativeAI

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Publishers including Cengage Learning, Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw and Scott Turow are demanding a jury trial to review their claims of copyright infringement. https://t.co/xcwvYN2ihf

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🌟 Seeing stars the @CScienceEditors Annual Meeting ...

Amazing keynote from Wendy Queen and a sighting of 4 former @ScholarlyPub Presidents, all in the same room: @heatherstaines, @acochran12733, Miranda Walker, and @rantowns.

If you are in Durham, please be sure to say hello.

#ScholComm #Research #Community