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Guest Post — A Friendly Debate: Where Automation Will (And Should) Land in the Research Lifecycle

Today, we feature a friendly debate on the question: which parts of the research lifecycle should be more automated, and which require more of a human touch — and why?

  • By John Frechette, Heather Pierce-Lopez
  • May 22, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Filter, Not Funnel: What Zero-click Means for Brand and Engagement

The threat of zero-click search makes organizational brand more important than ever and presents a huge opportunity.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen
  • May 18, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Is Growth Always Good News? 2026 Article Submission Surges

ScholarOne saw a submission surge in the first quarter of 2026 — evidence that AI is increasing the strain on peer review’s social contract with researchers.

  • By Josh Dahl
  • May 13, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Love, Death & Robots: Scholarly Edition

Today’s guest post proposes a method for identifying, measuring, and managing robotic usage of scholarly content.

  • By Tim Lloyd
  • May 7, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report

This month’s Pulse Check survey focuses on our community’s views on advocacy, industry priorities, and challenges of engaging with policymakers and the public.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • May 1, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming

Today, members of SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Program Committee share reflections for all attendees — including those joining the Highlights Webinar on June 17, 2026.

  • By Marianne Calilhanna, David Turner, Jennifer Regala, Michelle Urberg
  • Apr 30, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — When Thinking Is Outsourced: A Warning from a Scientist Trained Before AI

Today’s guest post sounds an alarm about the use of AI in research and warns that no amount of computational efficiency can compensate for the loss of our capacity for human thought.

  • By Mohamed Mannaa
  • Apr 29, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Quality Over Quantity: Why Scholarly Publishing Needs Stronger Front-End Gatekeeping to Build Trust and Long-Term Value

Today’s guest bloggers call publishers to lean into, rather than away from, their liability for science integrity and rigor.

  • By Claudia Taubenheim, Sarah Hands
  • Apr 27, 2026
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Opportunities and Perils of Discovery: STM Releases its Trends 2030

The new STM Trends 2030 was released, symbolizing a world full of opportunities but also with dangers lying just below the surface for scholarly publishing.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Apr 23, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Academic Publishing in the Age of AI: From Content to Trust

AI in science should not be viewed merely as a productivity tool layered onto existing workflows. It represents a structural shift in how knowledge moves through society, and therefore in how scientific authority is established and maintained.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke
  • Apr 22, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Exploring Data Spaces in Scholarly Communications

Today’s guest post explains the new data space pilot, which will be the focus of the upcoming BISG/SSP webinar on May 12, 2026.

  • By Christina Drummond
  • Apr 17, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — The SSP Annual Meeting: Keeping the Faith in Unsettled Times

Today, co-chairs for SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Planning Committee discuss what they’re most excited to deliver in this year’s program.

  • By Jessie Slater, Greg Fagan, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Apr 10, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference 

Today’s post recaps a lively roundtable conversation with library and information science experts who have been guest bloggers for TSK and active SSP participants.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 9, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

AI Rollout Is a People Problem: A Pulse on All Things AI, Part 2

Faced with technological shifts not seen since the advent of the internet, Todd Toler and Angela Cochran posit that the biggest challenges for organizations building an AI strategy are human, not technology.

  • By Todd Toler, Angela Cochran
  • Apr 8, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 13 mins

Guest Post — Knowledge as Civic Infrastructure: A Conversation with Nadim Sadek

Wendy Queen interviews Nadim Sadek. Nadim is a creative strategist and founder of Shimmr AI, who argues that AI can strengthen human creativity rather than replace it.

  • By Wendy Queen
  • Apr 6, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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