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Editorial September 2026
We reiterate why the journal strongly prefers work based on open weights AI models. See also the related Tutorial by Dunn et al.
Editorial August 2025
You read a preprint that inspired your research. Later, when you are ready to publish your own findings, you notice that the final peer-reviewed version has been published in a journal. Which version should you cite?
Editorial January 2025
Learn about the limitations of citation metrics and I think about “impact” as an editor.
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On a recent rainy Sunday, I finally finished a little code project I have been working on for the last several months: creating animated time-lapse…
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