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03/09/2026

03/09/2026

Mental health isn't an isolated event—it is a lifelong developmental continuum. A comprehensive cluster of national research from Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (KazNMU) bridges maternal mental health, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) support, caregiver resilience, and digital intervention. This landmark work has already gained broad international reach, picked up by global syndicates including NewsNow, Patient Pulse, Autism Alignment, and drdeguzman. com!

🔗 Read the full official press release on : https://www.newswise.com/articles/kazakhstan-scientists-connect-maternal-depression-autism-and-digital-care-in-new-mental-health-model

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02/09/2026

iesResearch Weekly Insights [Worldwide]: Research Infrastructure

This week's developments highlight the maturation of open research infrastructure as institutions worldwide move from adoption to integration and quality assurance. 's presence at IFLA WLIC 2026 in Busan demonstrated practical implementation strategies for persistent identifiers across institutional repositories, journal platforms, and national systems—reflecting a shift from awareness-building to operational deployment. The Open Access Engagement Asia Award signals growing investment in quality standards and regional capacity-building, particularly as Asian and Middle Eastern research hubs expand their participation in global scholarly infrastructure.

continues to reshape institutional analytics, with CASRAI's updated guidance positioning it as infrastructure for CRIS backends and reproducible analysis rather than merely a discovery tool. The platform's CC0 licensing and API access are driving adoption for open-access monitoring and funder-acknowledgement analysis, though institutions increasingly run parallel systems with Scopus or Web of Science to reconcile differences. The University of Porto's DataCite integration for dissertations exemplifies how institutions are connecting previously isolated outputs to the global scholarly record through persistent identifiers.

Cross-institutional initiatives, such as Australia's NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub implementing principles across fragmented repositories, reveal persistent challenges in and . These practical implementations matter because they expose the organizational and technical barriers that limit research discoverability beyond individual institutions—challenges that affect research offices, libraries, and repository managers attempting to demonstrate impact and enable reuse.

Recommended Reading:
1. OpenAlex: What It Is & How It Works
https://casrai.org/guides/openalex

2. Building Trust Together: Libraries and ORCID Take the Stage at IFLA WLIC 2026
https://info.orcid.org/building-trust-together-libraries-and-orcid-take-the-stage-at-ifla-wlic-2026/

OpenAlex explained: free CC0 scholarly graph, API and bulk snapshot, coverage vs Scopus and Web of Science, and fixing its noisy institution matching.

31/08/2026

iesResearch Weekly Insights [Asia-focused]: Research Communication

This week's Asia-focused research communication news reveals a maturing ecosystem emphasizing capacity building, open science infrastructure, and public engagement. The most significant development is the growing emphasis on training researchers to communicate beyond traditional academic channels. SEARCA's five-day workshop for 26 scholars across six Southeast Asian nations on "Scientific Writing for Policy and Wider Scholarly Engagement" signals institutional recognition that —a shift particularly important for development-focused research in the region.

Regional collaboration infrastructure continues expanding, with EURAXESS coordinating a joint webinar across ASEAN, China, Japan, and Korea on open science practices, demonstrating cross-border coordination on research policy alignment. Meanwhile, Singapore's scientific societies are leveraging their 50th anniversary to strengthen public science communication through open lectures and international webinar series, particularly the Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine's monthly program connecting researchers across member societies.

The Australian Research Data Commons is extending its regional community management presence across Oceania and East Asia, reflecting growing investment in research data infrastructure and open research practices. These developments matter because they represent building rather than —creating repeatable frameworks for research communication, data sharing, and policy engagement that can scale across diverse institutional contexts. For research offices and communication professionals, the emphasis on training, regional networks, and multi-format communication strategies offers practical models for expanding research impact beyond traditional metrics.

Recommended Reading:
SEARCA scholars take graduate research beyond journal articles
https://www.searca.org/news/searca-scholars-take-graduate-research-beyond-journal-articles

Webinar:
EURAXESS Asia Joint Webinar Open Science
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/china/events/euraxess-asia-joint-webinar-open-science

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Twenty-six scholars of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam completed the five-day customized training on "Beyond the Journal Article: Scient...

31/08/2026

How Highly Trained Nurses Are Quietly Revolutionizing Frontline Healthcare?

Learn more with plain language summary: https://iesresearch.solutions/kazakhstans-nursing-reform-new-research-signals-a-rising-health-workforce-hub/

Watch our video abstract: https://youtu.be/l5Ribs8L1qE

Kaznmu - Research & Innovation

28/08/2026

Nursing the Future: How Kazakhstan Is Strengthening Frontline Care

Learn more with our curated research story: https://iesresearch.solutions/kazakhstans-nursing-reform-new-research-signals-a-rising-health-workforce-hub/

Watch the highlight video abstract: https://youtu.be/l5Ribs8L1qE

27/08/2026

Antibiotic resistance isn't just a hospital problem—it's emerging in marine ecosystems. Here is what new aquaculture research from Vietnam reveals. 🌊🐟

A landmark study published in Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives detected multidrug-resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus—a major cause of seafood-borne illness—in nearly a quarter of fish-farming water samples near Ba Island, .

This critical public health study has captured global media attention, earning features across leading science platforms including The Microbiologist, Phys.org, and Free AstroScience !

Key Findings from the Research Team (Led by Corresponding Author Phu Van Nguyen):
🔬Seasonal Spikes: V. parahaemolyticus was detected in 24.7% of water samples overall, jumping to 35.1% during warmer summer months compared to 14.5% in winter.
🔬High Multidrug Resistance: 67.6% of isolates resisted multiple antibiotics, showing high resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, and erythromycin.
🔬The Biofilm Armor: Resistant strains were significantly more likely to form biofilms—protective, slimy layers that help bacteria cling to farming equipment and resist removal.

The study reinforces the urgent need for routine environmental testing, sustainable antibiotic practices in aquaculture, and robust hygiene standards across global seafood supply chains.

Read the featured coverage on The Microbiologist here:https://www.the-microbiologist.com/seafood-related-illness/39091.tag

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26/08/2026

iesResearch Weekly Insights [Asia-focused]: Research Infrastructure

This week's Asia-focused research infrastructure news reveals limited but significant developments in regional research systems and global connectivity. The most substantial development centers on cross-institutional integration efforts in Australia, where initiatives are connecting research outputs, people, and organizations through structured metadata and persistent identifiers into Research Data Australia (RDA). This work addresses both technical and social challenges in building sustainable research data ecosystems across institutional boundaries.

Regional engagement initiatives are emerging. Meanwhile, global infrastructure providers continue emphasizing integration benefits, with evidence suggesting that direct institutional system integration with correlates with higher societal impact and research performance.

The broader context reveals persistent infrastructure gaps: # "global surveys indicate that data repositories remain concentrated in Western Europe and North America, with Asia representing less than 2-3% of repository infrastructure". This geographic underscores the importance of regional capacity-building efforts and the need for infrastructure investments that support equitable research participation.


JSTOR South Asia Research Community Webinar
📌 September 11 from 3–4 PM IST

Discover how JSTOR can help your researchers conduct research more efficiently and effectively. This webinar is designed to demonstrate how researchers and faculty can make the most of JSTOR's powerful research tools, AI-assisted features, and rich academic content spanning journals, books, primary....

25/08/2026

From Bright but Fragile to Ceramic-Stable and Printable: Professor Liang Li’s Quantum-Dot Innovation Journey

25/08/2026

iesResearch Weekly Insights [Worldwide]: Publishing

This week's developments reveal fundamental tensions in scholarly and commercial publishing as both sectors grapple with AI integration and sustainability challenges. The system faces mounting pressure as article volumes surge while reviewers remain unpaid despite substantial Article Processing Charges flowing through the system—raising questions about how value and labor are distributed in publishing. Meanwhile, the book publishing industry confronts an existential crisis around AI-generated content, with major agencies multimillion-dollar deals over authorship verification concerns. The Big Five publishers remain reluctant to establish AI policies despite author demands, even as they pursue lawsuits against tech companies for training on copyrighted works.

in research communication emerged as a concerning pattern, with US State Department policies restricting international travel for researchers studying misinformation and content moderation—effectively censoring scientific discourse through immigration control. This approach mirrors tactics used in other countries and creates chilling effects on hiring, collaboration, and publication decisions. On a more constructive note, new interdisciplinary journals like AI for Society signal efforts to broaden scholarly discourse beyond technical domains, addressing AI's societal implications across education, governance, and policy. The week also highlighted concerns in research, where companies announce trial results through press releases without publishing peer-reviewed data.

Recommended Reading:
1. The hidden cost of peer review: a system under strain
https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/the-hidden-cost-of-peer-review-a-system-under-strain/
2. AI Has Plunged the Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/generative-ai-book-publishing-be79a287
3. Protecting Science from Government Intimidation
https://blog.ucs.org/guest-commentary/protecting-science-from-government-intimidation/