Alice Meadows, Author at The Scholarly Kitchen

I am a scholarly communications consultant with many years experience of both academic publishing (including at Blackwell Publishing and Wiley) and research infrastructure (at ORCID and NISO). As well as consulting independently I also act as a consultant-at-large for Open Research Ecosystem (ORE) Consulting.
I’m actively involved in the information community, and served as SSP President in 2021-22. I was honored to receive the SSP Distinguished Service Award in 2018, the ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing in 2016, and the ISMTE Recognition Award in 2013. I’m passionate about improving trust in scholarly communications, and about addressing inequities in our community (and beyond).

Note: The opinions expressed here are my own

Articles by Alice Meadows

#DefendResearch and PEN America Present… Word Wipe!

Today’s Fun Friday post introduces a new anti-censorship tool — Word Wipe allows you to see what a world redacted of words banned by the US government looks like.

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Daniela Saderi of PREreview

Today’s Peer Review Week post is a Kitchen Essentials interview with Daniela Saderi, Executive Director of PREreview.

Ask the Chefs: Peer Review Capacity — Uncomfortable Truths and Overlooked Conversations

For Peer Review Week 2026, we asked the Chefs two questions: What is one uncomfortable truth about peer review that the scholarly publishing community doesn’t talk about enough? And, beyond recruiting more reviewers, what conversation about peer review capacity are we overlooking?

Up Close and Personal with the Trump Administration’s NIH Funding Cuts: An Interview with Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg

Today’s interview with Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg, formerly of NIH, sheds some light on censorship at the agency and the damage it’s doing to health research.

Goodbye Dolly

Dolly Parton touched so many people’s lives in so many ways. We reached out to the Chefs for their thoughts on her passing.

What Authors Expect Now, and Why Publishing Hasn’t Kept Up: An Interview with Jennifer Fleet of Aries Systems and Christian Grubak of ChronosHub

Today Alice Meadows interviews Jennifer Fleet (Aries Systems) and Christian Gruback (ChronosHub) about changing author needs and how their recently announced partnership is an effort to address them.

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.

Ask the Chefs: SSP 2026 Annual Meeting

The Chefs offer their reflections on last week’s SSP Annual Meeting.

Stronger Together: BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press Join Forces

Today BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press announced that they’re joining forces. Learn more in this interview with Lauren Kane, Barbara Kline Pope, and Wendy Queen

Keeping Knowledge Connected – at PIDfest 2026!

PIDfest is back and you’re invited! Find out more in today’s post by Alice Meadows about PIDfest 2026 (October 27-29, Leiden, The Netherlands).

Back to the (Article of the) Future: An interview with Sami Benchekroun and Rod Cookson

In this interview with Alice Meadows, Sami Benchekroun (Morressier/Molecular Connections) and Rod Cookson (The Royal Society) share their thoughts about how and why scholarly publishing needs to move away from being article-based.

Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion Revisited: An Interview with Vicky Williams of Emerald Publishing

In this follow-up to a 2018 interview, Alice Meadows revisits the topic of DEIA with Emerald Publishing’s CEO, Vicky Williams to find out what progress has been made and where improvements are still needed — both at Emerald and within scholarly communications

The Scholarly Kitchen

Alice Meadows

Articles by Alice Meadows

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Daniela Saderi of PREreview

Ask the Chefs: Peer Review Capacity — Uncomfortable Truths and Overlooked Conversations

Up Close and Personal with the Trump Administration’s NIH Funding Cuts: An Interview with Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg

Goodbye Dolly

What Authors Expect Now, and Why Publishing Hasn’t Kept Up: An Interview with Jennifer Fleet of Aries Systems and Christian Grubak of ChronosHub

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

Ask the Chefs: SSP 2026 Annual Meeting

Keeping Knowledge Connected – at PIDfest 2026!

Back to the (Article of the) Future: An interview with Sami Benchekroun and Rod Cookson

Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion Revisited: An Interview with Vicky Williams of Emerald Publishing

Open Access Policies – The Devil’s in the Details

Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Tanja Niemann of Érudit / Une Entrevue avec Tanja Niemann d’Érudit

Silverchair Launches Multi-Publisher MCP Pilot, Expanding Access to Research from Independent Publishers

KGL and Thad McIlroy Partner to Launch KGL AI Academy – The Future of Publishing

Latest “Pulse Check” Results Reveal How Our Community is Grappling with Research Integrity Challenges