World events, ethics, and growing pressures on scholarly publishing: editorial

Abstract

To many, the world seems to be on the edge of a crisis.  Polarisation in politics, society, and economic matters continues to have a negative impact within regions and globally.  Wars continue to be fought, with troops, drones, and artificial intelligence (AI) in some regions, and on an economic level elsewhere.  Information is often a mix of factual as well as misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information, making the identification of reliable information an ongoing challenge.