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Politics and Scholarly Societies: 1200 Partnerships with External Organizations Terminated at the University of Kentucky

Robert Harington attempts to shine a light on some of the political problems scholarly societies and academic institutions face in the current political climate.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 2, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It

Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here’s why I think that’s the case.

  • By Avi Staiman
  • Jan 27, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jan 20, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Open Access Policies – The Devil’s in the Details

In today’s post Alice Meadows shares some of the feedback gathered by MoreBrains and UKRI about the technical requirements of its OA policy, including thoughts from three speakers at a UKRI webinar on the topic.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jan 14, 2026
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — AI Use: From Policies to Reality

Today’s guest blogger reflect on their panel discussion about policies and realities of AI in scholarly communications at COPE’s Publication Integrity Week event last month.

  • By Gráinne McNamara, Jeremy Ng, Elizabeth Moylan, Coco Nijhoff, Lauren Flintoft
  • Jan 13, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — What is The ‘Right’ Way to Make Tea? Why International Marketing Needs a Local Touch

Today’s guest bloggers advocate for marketing strategy using localization, which brings cultural fluency, awareness, and authenticity to our communication with partners around the world.

  • By Lou Peck, Andrew Smith
  • Jan 12, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Year in Review: 2025 in The Scholarly Kitchen

Before we plunge into 2026, a look back at 2025, a difficult year for many in the scholarly community.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 5, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — DEI Under Threat: Collaborative Strategies to #DefendResearch

Today’s guest post reflects on the recent panel discussion, “Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and ensure academic freedom,” by speakers and organizers of the event.

  • By Terri Teleen, Sarah McKenna, George Cooper, Sara Rouhi, Josh Sendall, Mustafa B. Ozturk
  • Dec 22, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post:  Academic Publishing Is  Not Fit for the Future – If We Don’t Act Now, The Vital Role Research Plays in Society Is at Risk

Academic publishing ia reaching a breaking point. Unless we redesign it, we risk stalling the very progress we seek – with consequences impacting research, education and public trust in academia.

  • By Mandy Hill
  • Dec 11, 2025
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Sustainable Practices and UN SDG Alignment at the 2025 EASE Conference in Oslo

Today’s guest bloggers describe the efforts taken in organizing a sustainable 2025 conference of the European Association for Science Editors.

  • By Lovorka Čaja, Iva Grabarić Andonovski
  • Dec 10, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Global Transition Has Already Happened – It’s Just Not the One You Expected (Part 1 of 2)

The global scholarly publishing ecosystem has already transitioned — not to open access, but to a diverse hybrid system. So much the better.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 17, 2025
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?

A review of 12 major publishers finds that they display an average of 6 journal-level impact metrics on their platforms. The Journal Impact Factor is the only metric displayed on all 12.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Heather Parkin
  • Nov 11, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Do Academic Libraries Have a Strategy for AI?

If libraries are civic institutions that structure society’s relationship to knowledge, and generative AI is poised to reshape discovery whether libraries act or not, will library leaders will develop strategies that preserve trust, equity, and sustainability?

  • By Mark McBride
  • Oct 30, 2025
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — How Changes to ADA Title II Impact Libraries, and What We Can Do to Respond, Part 2

Today’s guest blogger argues librarians have been advocates for accessibility of digital content long before ADA Title II — and they have a role in responding to the latest regulatory updates.

  • By Latia Ward
  • Oct 27, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Replacing Public Doubt with Public Confidence: Experiments in Building Trust at Science

Today’s guest post is by Meagan Phelan of AAAS, who asks: If more research is openly available than ever before, and open is framed as a way to build trust, why isn’t public trust in science at an all-time high?

  • By Meagan Phelan
  • Oct 23, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

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