Vol. 31 No. 2 (2026): Vol. 31 - No. 2

Scientific publishing is entering a period of profound transformation driven by digital communication, artificial intelligence, decentralized technologies, and the global movement toward Open Science. While concepts such as Open Access, open peer review, FAIR data principles, altmetrics, and blockchain-based publishing have largely been discussed as independent developments, they may instead represent consecutive stages within a broader evolutionary process.

This editorial proposes a conceptual Four-Layer Model of Future Scientific Publishing.