18 June 2026
DataCite, GitHub, Zenodo: the three-cornered software-citation stack
Software citation in 2026 runs on a three-cornered stack. The roles of DataCite, GitHub, and Zenodo — and what integrators should do about the seams.
Editorial · Explainer
Analysis
In-depth, evidence-led explainers on research-administration standards — persistent identifiers, FAIR data, reproducibility frameworks, responsible assessment, and the policy landscape shaping them.
22 articles
- 4 June 2026
Open peer review: signals, identifiers, attribution
Open peer review is mainstreaming. The signals, identifiers, and attribution mechanisms that make it work — and the gaps that still need closing in 2026.
- 19 May 2026
Cross-institutional CRIS interoperability: the CERIF-Pure-VIVO triangle
CRIS systems are converging on interoperability but the three dominant data models still misalign. A practical guide to the CERIF-Pure-VIVO triangle.
- 13 May 2026
Carbon-aware computing for academic HPC clusters
Carbon-aware scheduling, geographic shifting, and the practical work of cutting academic HPC’s emissions footprint. What clusters are doing in 2026.
- 29 April 2026
Diamond OA at the inflection: SciELO + Latindex + AmeliCA
Latin America’s Diamond OA infrastructures have run a successful model for two decades. What the rest of the world is finally learning from SciELO, Latindex, and AmeliCA.
- 22 April 2026
CARE-FAIR tension and how the GIDA Manifesto resolves it
FAIR maximises openness; CARE centres Indigenous sovereignty. A walkthrough of the GIDA Manifesto’s reconciliation framework and what implementers should do.
- 15 April 2026
How to write a CRediT statement for medical research in 2026
ICMJE authorship plus CRediT contributorship: a practical 2026 guide to the 14 roles, lead/equal/supporting qualifiers, JATS XML, and journal-specific expectations.
- 8 April 2026
What ‘broader impacts’ means under the new NSF policy
NSF’s revised broader-impacts criterion sharpens evidence requirements. A practical guide for applicants and research administrators handling proposals in 2026.
- 1 April 2026
GenAI in scholarly authorship: the 2026 disclosure landscape
ICMJE rejects AI as an author; publishers require structured disclosure. A 2026 map of who asks for what, the hallucination problem, RAG, and watermark detection.
- 18 March 2026
Persistent identifiers in 2026: ORCID + ROR + RAiD + DOI
The PID quartet that anchors modern research metadata: how ORCID, ROR, RAiD, and DOIs interlock in 2026, and what’s still broken at the crosswalk layer.
- 12 March 2026
Reading the RDA DMP Common Standard v2 changelog
RDA’s DMP Common Standard v2 reorganises the machine-actionable data management plan. A field-by-field walkthrough of what changed and why.
- 19 February 2026
Reproducibility frameworks in practice: TOP, ARRIVE, CONSORT, PRISMA
A practitioner’s tour of EQUATOR’s reporting guidelines, when each applies, FAIR4RS for software, and the registered-report turn in 2026.
- 12 February 2026
EOSC Federation governance: what changed in 2026
The 2026 EOSC Federation governance refresh: new node-membership criteria, the sustainability funding model, and how integrators should reposition.
- 5 February 2026
DORA, CoARA, and the Hong Kong Principles: the responsible-assessment lineage
From DORA (2012) to CoARA (2022) to UKRI’s 2024 R4RI mandate: the slow institutional turn against the impact factor and toward narrative CVs.
- 29 January 2026
Making sense of the EU AI Act for research administration
What the EU AI Act actually requires of research administrators, where the exemptions sit, and the practical compliance checklist for institutions in 2026.
- 22 January 2026
Research data management plans go machine-actionable: the maDMP transition
From PDF DMP to RDA-compliant maDMP: tooling, integration, and the new requirement for software-management plans alongside data plans.
- 8 January 2026
FAIR data assessment frameworks: a buyer’s guide for institutions
RDA Maturity Model, F-UJI, FAIR-Aware, CESSDA, ARDC: which FAIR assessment tool to choose, when, and how to integrate with institutional repositories.
- 31 December 2025
PRISMA 2026: the next-generation systematic-review reporting standard
PRISMA’s 2026 revision adds AI-assisted screening, living review checklists, and machine-readable flow diagrams. What systematic reviewers need to update.
- 4 December 2025
Sustainable laboratory operations: LEAF, My Green Lab, and the carbon footprint of research
LEAF awards, My Green Lab certification, freezer management, single-use plastics, sustainable HPC, conference travel: practical sustainability in the 2026 research lab.
- 26 November 2025
NSPM-33 disclosure: what US researchers must report in 2026
Current and pending support, foreign-component disclosure, NIH Other Support, foreign-talent-recruitment programmes: the 2026 NSPM-33 compliance landscape.
- 12 November 2025
Indigenous data governance: CARE Principles in practice
The CARE Principles, OCAP, Te Mana Raraunga, Maiam nayri Wingara, FPIC, and Traditional Knowledge Labels: integrating Indigenous data sovereignty alongside FAIR.
- 5 November 2025
ORCID 4.0: the IDR roadmap and what it means for CASRAI integrations
ORCID’s 4.0 IDR refresh tightens the contributor-affiliation-funding crosswalk. A walkthrough of what changes for CASRAI integrations and what publishers should do now.
