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Archives: Ethics

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Carsten Buhr

Robert Harington talks to Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses

An AAAS survey reveals authors’ concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jul 15, 2025
  • 30 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Debate: Journal Editors Do Not Need To Worry About Preventing Misinformation From Being Spread

A summary of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) debate session, where Haseeb Irfanullah argued in favor of a motion declaring that journal editors do not need to worry about preventing the spread of misinformation, while Are Brean argued against it.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah, Are Brean
  • Jun 24, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Discouraged, but not Dissuaded: The 2025 SSP President’s Address

Heather Staines Presidential Address from the SSP 2025 Annual Meeting.

  • By Heather Staines
  • Jun 2, 2025
  • 20 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Dispensed With A Matronly Air: Trust and AI

BBC Maestro has delivered a writing course taught by a speaking and moving on-screen image of Agatha Christie. Did the AI behind it succeed?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • May 28, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Delete the Drama: Creating A Cyberbully-free Zone in Scholarly Publishing 

It’s not always easy to recognize a cyberbully, or initially realize you’re being targeted. Here, some practices to help you to grow and protect your professional networks in ways that align with your values and vision.

  • By Randy Townsend
  • May 13, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher’s Role in Service of the Reader

The most vital and enduring contribution of scholarly publishers is their role as gatekeepers — not as obstacles to knowledge but as stewards of quality, integrity, and trust.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • May 12, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 22: A Primer on Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics

In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Rafal Marszalek, the Chief Editor at Nature’s largest journal, Scientific Reports about publication ethics and research integrity.

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • May 9, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Trump v. Research: How We Could Turn the Threats into Opportunities

Alice Meadows and guest chef Suze Kundu look at how, by acting collectively across all stakeholder groups, we could turn the Trump administration’s threats against research into opportunities

  • By Alice Meadows, Suze Kundu
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 2)

How should we think about the problems of misinformation and disinformation in the context of scholarly publishing, research, and libraries?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 8, 2025
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 1)

How do the problems of misinformation and disinformation intersect with the concerns of scholarly communication?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 7, 2025
  • 30 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus

In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 26, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Tackling Science’s ‘Nasty Photoshop Problem’

What can be done to resolve concerns about image integrity in scientific publications?

  • By Phill Jones
  • Mar 20, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Why Should Publishers Conserve Nature?

What role does/could scholarly publishing play in nature conservation?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 18, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Scholarship in the Face of Powerful Opposition: Academia Needs a March of the Ents

Like Tolkien’s “Ents” marched against deforestation, scholars, scientists, and their supporters must awaken to the widespread risks of these authoritarian trends and unite their efforts in resistance.

  • By Nason Maani
  • Mar 12, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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