On Blog Inequality in Scholarly Research

Key Points

• Blogs are becoming increasingly accepted as valid academic outputs, yet this raises concerns about their credibility.
• In the academic sphere, the increasing recognition of blogs challenges traditional notions of scholarly work.
• This analysis emphasizes the need to scrutinize the role of blogs in scholarly communication and research quality.
• The focus here is on the challenges presented by blogs in the context of scholarly research, rather than their content.