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Guest Post — Why Research Expectations Have Outpaced the Systems That Enabled Them (Part 1)

Today’s guest blogger questions the operating model around scholarly research and asks why these capabilities are so difficult to sustain at scale.

The Latest Merger: Annual Reviews Acquires Underline Science

Annual Reviews have been on a steady growth trajectory these last few years, so we sat down with Richard Gallagher to learn more about their latest acquisition.

Guest Post — From Parasitism to Symbiosis: Escaping Peer-Pressure and For-Profit Publishers Through Diamond Open Access

Two environmental researchers argue that open-access publishing has undergone major “environmental” shifts, triggering rapid and far-reaching evolutionary responses, not unlike natural ecocystems.

Slow Food, Slow Publishing: The Beauty of Not Being First

Robert Harington reflects on our addiction to speed and advocates for slow scholarly publishing and the inherent beauty of not always being first.

Open Science 2.0: Building Understanding in an AI-Mediated World

Open Science 2.0 must focus not only on access, but also on trust, interpretation, learning, and effective communication. The challenge facing the scholarly publishing ecosystem is ensuring that what is open is also trustworthy, understandable, and genuinely useful.

Guest Post — Research Needs a Shared Standard for AI Disclosure

Today’s guest post presents outcomes of the WCRI’s (World Conferences on Research Integrity) Focus Track to address this gap in clarity and standardization of AI disclosure.

The OMB Guidance Revision Threatens All Research

The OMB proposed revision is about all research — and humanities research is just as vulnerable as STEM.

Guest Post — Why Research Libraries Oppose the OMB Revisions to the Uniform Guidance

Today’s post explains how the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is responding to the proposed rule changes for US federal grants.

Guest Post — Where Do We Go From Here? How Scientific Societies are Thinking about the Proposed OMB Funding Rule

Today’s post features conversations with society publishing leaders resisting the proposed OMB rule change for federal research funding.

Ask the Chefs: How Are You Responding to the OMB Proposed Rule Changes for US Research Funding?

Today, we ask the Chefs how they (or their organizations) are responding to the proposed changes to how US federal research grant funds can be used.

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Scholarly Publishing

Today, we take an emotional journey through scholarly publishing and aim to understand how emotions impact authors’, reviewers’, and editors’ experiences in the scholarly communications lifecycle.

Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report

SSP’s latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.

Guest Post — Beyond the Prestige: Why Scientific Impact is More Than a Numbers Game

Today’s guest post introduces the YCR-index as an alternative to measuring value with raw citation counts.

Guest Post — Now is the Time for AI in Peer Review, and Publishing Policies Need to Recognize This

Today’s post asks us to acknowledge the role of AI in peer review and ensure practical guidance and policies that help scholars respond with consistency and confidence.

Before the Guardrails: Why AI Governance in Research Must Start with Purpose

The future of scholarly communication will not be determined by how powerful AI becomes, but by whether the research community remains clear about the purpose those capabilities are meant to serve and whether it can govern them together.

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