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Researcher outlines a four-step method to manage scientific reading without AI shortcuts

A scientist who has logged 10,000 papers in a reference manager over 13 years describes moving from trying to read every paper closely to a selective, task-driven approach to the literature. The piece also warns that AI tools like ChatGPT, despite improved search and summarization, still risk producing uncritical or fabricated citations if used without careful reading.

OpenStreetMap's State of the Map 2026 highlights growing academic research track

A researcher attended the scientific track of the State of the Map (SotM) conference held August 29-30, marking their first time back at the event since 2011. The academic sessions featured around 20 peer-reviewed papers, a small slice of the more than 1,250 OpenStreetMap-related papers indexed on OpenAlex in 2025 alone. The author also noted receiving a Test of Time award in June from IEEE Pervasive Computing for a 2008 paper on OpenStreetMap.