Alice Weinreb (December 16, 2024). Anorexia Nervosa: Hilde Bruch and the Construction of Eating Disorders. History of Knowledge. Retrieved February 17, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12xqf.

“Nurisnaeny, Kaprisma, and Suwedi’s (2024) article, Cultural Diplomacy and Global Challenges in G20 Indonesia 2022, offers a comprehensive examination of Indonesia’s use of cultural diplomacy to address multifaceted global challenges during its hosting of the G20 summit. The authors situate Indonesia’s efforts within the broader context of post-pandemic recovery and the geopolitical turbulence arising from the Russia–Ukraine conflict. Using a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative thematic analysis with quantitative data—such as tourism statistics and stakeholder surveys—the study explores how both traditional (offline) and digital (online) cultural diplomacy tools are mobilized to achieve foreign policy objectives in a rapidly shifting global landscape.”

Pablo Markin (February 13, 2025). Cultural Diplomacy, Indonesia’s Tourism and International Events. Open Culture. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13b7j.

“Najko Jahn’s (2025) article, titled “How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?“, offers a comprehensive, data‐driven examination of the impact of transformative agreements on hybrid open access (OA) publishing. By merging multiple open data sources (e.g., the cOAlition S Journal Checker, Crossref, and OpenAlex), Jahn provides an empirical overview of how such agreements have influenced OA uptake in nearly 9 million articles published in over 12,000 hybrid journals between 2018 and 2022.”

Pablo Markin (February 6, 2025). Open Access, Hybrid Journals, and Transformative Agreements. Open Access Blog. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/139jo.

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“In their presentation Nguyen et al. (2024) explore the challenges and implications of restricted access to scientific knowledge, particularly focusing on the role of commercial publishers such as Elsevier. This review explores the implications of that from different perspectives.”

Pablo Markin (February 11, 2025). Open Access, Economic Barriers, and Possible Solutions. Open Access Blog. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13ami.

“Schmal’s (2024) article, La Révolution Dévore ses Enfants: Pricing Implications of Transformative Agreements, offers a rigorous theoretical exploration of how transformative agreements (TAs) in academic publishing affect pricing dynamics, market power, and ultimately the competitive landscape of scholarly publishing. By modeling the “publish‐and‐read” (PAR) fee—which integrates the costs for both publishing articles and accessing a publisher’s portfolio—the paper demonstrates that legacy publishers can leverage their extensive stock of paywalled journals to secure high revenues, even as overall publication numbers decline. This mechanism, described as the “must stock” problem, not only preserves incumbent profit margins but may also erect significant barriers to entry for fully Open Access competitors.”

Pablo Markin (February 14, 2025). Open Access, Counter-Revolutions, and Market Structures. Open Access Blog. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13bm9.

“In their article, Khanal, Zhang, and Taeihagh (2025) offer a critical examination of China’s AI development strategy, highlighting the interplay between national ambitions and local realities. The study situates China’s artificial intelligence (AI) trajectory within a broader geopolitical and economic context, particularly in relation to its competition with the United States. While previous studies have largely focused on Beijing’s top-down AI policies, this article innovatively foregrounds the role of local governments in shaping AI development.”

Pablo Markin (February 12, 2025). Artificial Intelligence, China’s Rise and Implementation Implications. Open Economics Blog. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13b3c.

“Nabila Jaffer’s (2024) article, Chinese Soft Power and American Exceptionalism: A Comparative Analysis in the Global Context, offers a nuanced comparative study that juxtaposes the normative claims and cultural narratives underpinning American exceptionalism with China’s emergent soft power strategy. By drawing on Joseph Nye’s soft power theory, Jaffer interrogates the cultural, economic, political, and social dimensions that not only define each nation’s international influence but also reveal the inherent contradictions within these paradigms.”

Pablo Markin (February 15, 2025). Soft Power, Economic Competition, and US-China Comparison. Open Economics Blog. Retrieved February 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13boo.

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