Source material

Cover essays and lexicon entries draw on published academic research, primarily SSRN working papers by Liang Zhang. They are written for a general readership and are not substitutes for the full papers.

How essays relate to research

A single working paper may yield several essays when the same argument speaks to different readers — for example, a paper on AI latency may inform both a society essay on fairness and a life essay on everyday waiting. Each cover essay is one long-form reading of a research line, not a summary of an entire paper.

Adaptation and attribution

When an essay adapts a specific section of a source paper, the essay footer states the source and section. For academic citation, use the original SSRN paper. For general reference to an essay on this site, cite the essay URL and publication date.

Independence

NLUCloud AI & Society Review is editorially independent. It is not peer-reviewed in the journal sense, nor affiliated with an institution. Research papers and cover essays serve different audiences and should be cited accordingly.

Editor’s Notes

Editor’s Notes, when published, are signed editorial commentary — synthesis and reflection on the magazine’s themes. They are clearly labeled and distinct from research-derived cover essays.