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Peer Review in the Era of AI: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities

The future of peer review isn’t about choosing between humans and AI, or between speed and quality, but about combining the strengths of both to enable speed with quality, to ensure quality, ethics, and trust in the scholarly record.

  • By Hong Zhou
  • Sep 17, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Is It Enough to Say a Journal Is ‘Peer Reviewed’? The Case for Rating Journals Based on Peer Review Quality

Peer Review Quality Ratings could offer a powerful step toward restoring faith in the scholarly research system, highlight exemplary practices, and ensure that robust, verified science continues to illuminate the path forward for humanity.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Gareth Dyke
  • Sep 16, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested?

To kick off Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs, What’s a bold experiment with AI in peer review you’d like to see tested?

  • By Maryam Sayab, Tim Vines, Haseeb Irfanullah, Hong Zhou, Alice Meadows
  • Sep 15, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: What We’re Looking Forward to This Year

What can you expect from this fall’s New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar in Washington, DC?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Ginny Herbert
  • Sep 12, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics

Today’s post discusses research metrics and their relationship to research integrity, inclusivity, and long-term impact.

  • By Maryam Sayab
  • Sep 11, 2025
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Maryam Sayab

Today we welcome a new Chef in the Kitchen, Maryam Sayab.

  • By David Crotty, Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Sep 11, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post – Where Do We All Fit In? Reflections on Belonging, Purpose, and Progress in Scholarly Publishing

Today’s guest post by Deja Forte declares: Publishing isn’t just about systems and standards; it’s about people. Each of us has the power to build bridges between knowledge and the lives it’s meant to benefit.

  • By Deja Forte
  • Sep 10, 2025
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post – ODI Survey on AI and Web-Scale Discovery

NISO’s Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) survey reflects the positive and negative expectations of generative AI in web-scale discovery tools.

  • By Ken Varnum
  • Sep 9, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Revisited: On Being a Leader Who Happens to Be a Woman of Color 

During the first Trump administration, Alice Meadows interviewed three women of color who are leaders in their fields about their experiences. In this post, they revisit the topic in the light of their new positions and today’s political environment.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Sep 8, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Kitchen is Closed for US Labor Day

The Chefs are now off for the US Labor Day Holiday, enjoying the last official getaway for summer.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Aug 29, 2025
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  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post – Code Plagiarism and AI Create New Challenges for Publishing Integrity

This post explores author, reviewer, and publisher ethics and responsibilities related to the use of AI in coding and publishing research software.

  • By Daniel S. Katz, Mohammad Hosseini, Scott C. Edmunds
  • Aug 28, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post – Beyond Open Access, Part II: Make Images Truly Accessible for All

Today’s guest authors offer practical tips for publishing high-quality image descriptions, a key step toward ensuring genuine accessibility in scholarly communications.

  • By Amanda Rogers, Lou Peck, Simon Holt, Carsten Borchert, Beth Richard
  • Aug 27, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism

In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices — protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed citizenship itself.

  • By Mike Olson
  • Aug 26, 2025
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

From Detection to Disclosure — Key Takeaways on AI Ethics from COPE’s Forum

Summing up the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Forum discussion on Emerging AI Dilemmas in Scholarly Publishing, which explored the many challenges AI presents for the scholarly community.

  • By Hong Zhou, Marie Soulière
  • Aug 25, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

What’s the Magic Word?

What’s the magic word? Is it “please”? “Abracadabra”? Wingardium leviosa”? Why are humans drawn to incantations and affirmations?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 22, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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