{"id":8,"date":"2014-02-20T23:42:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T23:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:11:37","slug":"current-issue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong> Editorials<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h2> <strong> Who Knows Before the Public Knows? Journal Metrics, Embargoes, and the Asymmetry of Access <\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC164.102\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC164.102<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong> Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:file {\"id\":7793,\"href\":\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC164.102.pdf\",\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC164.102.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:file -->\r\n<!-- wp:separator {\"className\":\"is-style-wide\"} --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n<h2> <strong> Indexed, Ranked, Accused: Why Bibliometric Status Is Not a Certificate of Integrity in the Age of AI-Hallucinated Citations<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC164.101\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC164.101<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong> Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:file {\"id\":7793,\"href\":\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC164.101.pdf\",\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC164.101.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:file -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:separator {\"className\":\"is-style-wide\"} --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2> <strong> Applied Chemistry or Applied Everything? Reflections on Scope, Citation, and Evaluative Coherence<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC163.100\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC163.100<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong> Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:file {\"id\":7793,\"href\":\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC163.100.pdf\",\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRIAC163.100.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:file -->\r\n<!-- wp:separator {\"className\":\"is-style-wide\"} --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n\r\n<h2> <strong> Broken Links, Broken Symmetry? Reflections on Technical Formalism and Evaluative Reciprocity<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC163.071\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC163.071<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong> Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu  <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:file {\"id\":7793,\"href\":\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BRIAC163.071.pdf\",\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BRIAC163.071.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:file -->\r\n<!-- wp:separator {\"className\":\"is-style-wide\"} --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n<h2> <strong> Consistency or Context? Reflections on Indexing, Evaluation, and Temporal Validity<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC162.070\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33263\/BRIAC162.070<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong> Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:file {\"id\":7793,\"href\":\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BRIAC162.070.pdf\",\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/biointerfaceresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BRIAC162.070.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:file -->\r\n<!-- wp:separator {\"className\":\"is-style-wide\"} --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/><!-- \/wp:separator -->\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2> <strong> Consistency or Contingency? 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