Guest Post — Scholarly AI Search Shortcomings and the Need for Better Metadata
AI scholarly search tools often miss important literature due to incomplete metadata. Better full-text-derived metadata could significantly improve discovery.
Beyond the Article, Beyond the APC: What We Learned from 18 Months of R&D
Today’s post shares the results of an initiative designed to answer the question: what would it actually take to build a publishing model fit for the research ecosystem we have now, rather than the one we inherited?
The User Has Changed. Has Scholarly Publishing?
For scholarly publishers, the user has changed faster than the systems designed to serve them, and the gap between the two is where most of the difficult work is happening.
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?
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.
Zero-Click Readership: Are AI Overviews Changing the Way We Discover Research
Today’s post asks: If research is increasingly accessed through AI-generated summaries rather than via primary sources, then what does it mean to “engage with research” at all?
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.
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.
The Journal Article Is Not the Job
There is more and more skepticism toward the role of publishers, a steady commoditization of publishing services, and growing fragmentation across the research ecosystem. If that is the case, the question is no longer what publishers do, but how that value is understood and extended.
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.
Guest Post — Societies 2030: The Community Advantage in an AI-First World
Today’s guest bloggers call for society publishers to recognize their unique role in shaping the systems researchers use to discover and evaluate knowledge.
Guest Post — Cultivating Serendipity and Protecting Night Science
As AI-driven search reduces friction in information-seeking, what happens to serendipity, frustration, and “night science”?
Responding to the Threat of Zero-Click Search and AI Summaries: How Do We Tame The Crocodile?
AI-driven zero-click search is widening the gap between visibility and usage, threatening publisher revenue, research integrity, and trust. How should we respond?
Hot Takes on the First Quarter of 21st Century Scholarly Publishing
Todd Carpenter looks back on the past quarter century of a digital revolution in scholarly publishing.
Keywords Are Not Dead — But Discovery Is No Longer Just Search
As with previous shifts in content discovery, today’s winners will be those who understand the strengths and limits of AI search, and design systems that let researchers move fluidly between precision and synthesis.