The AI Transparency Trap
The absence of AI doesn’t guarantee trustworthy research. And neither does disclosing AI use.
Guest Post — Freed from Thinking: Protecting Scholarly Publishing from the Slow Erosion of Human Judgment
Today’s guest blogger argues that if we want scholarly publishing to be worth anything in a generation, we must acknowledge the risks we run by relying on intelligent automation.
Ask the SSP Advocacy Committee: What one change would you most like to see in terms of U.S. federal support for research following the midterms?
Today we hear from some of SSP’s Advocacy Committee members about what changes they’d like to see to US federal support for research.
From Anecdote to Evidence: How US Government Censorship is Impacting Public Health
With the midterms approaching, read about this timely report on US government censorship of research on public health — the first to analyze the aggregated impact
Who Keeps the Catalog of Connectors? The Coming MCP Discovery Problem
Libraries and their vendor partners can build registries and metadata feeds that make MCP connectors for scholarly content findable, accessible, and usable.
Guest Post — When Research Integrity Fails, the Entire System Follows
Leadership in academia, publishing, funding, and across the supply chain must coordinate efforts to address research integrity. It is this collective responsibility that will restore and protect the credibility of research.
Guest Post — Improving OpenAlex Data: Why Publishers Should Help Authors Improve the Scholarly Record
Today’s guest post is a call to action in support of OpenAlex and its role in author disambiguation.
Guest Post — All this AI Signal and Noise: What Deserves Action Now
Amidst the onslaught of industry and global changes, opportunities, and advancements, which signals deserve action now, which are context, and which are weather?
Guest Post — Defining Our Future: Reassessing What, How, and Why We Publish
Today, the co-chairs of the 2027 SSP Annual Meeting discuss the theme and the importance of gathering to discuss what, how, and why we publish.
From Content to Trusted Knowledge: Reflections on Frankfurt Book Fair 2026
Thoughts on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: how do we turn trusted content into useful knowledge — and help people act on it?
Guest Post — Whose Knowledge, Whose Terms? Governing Open Research in MENA, One Year On
On October 19 and 20, 2026, the Forum for Open Research in MENA (Middle East and North Africa; FORM) will hold its 5th Annual Forum entirely online. This year’s theme of resilience reflects the operating conditions facing many member organizations.
Guest Post — From an Accidental Title List to a Connected Supply Chain: My Years with KBART
Today’s guest post reflects on how implementation, multilingual discovery, and cross-industry collaboration turned a metadata file into a map of the scholarly information supply chain.
Guest Post – The Evolution of Eras: Agentic Discovery Makes Way for Agentic Consumption
Today’s guest post takes a deeper view into how researchers are currently engaging with AI and scholarly research, positing that we’re now seeing a shift from agentic discovery to consumption.
Guest Post – Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing: Are We Moving Faster Than the Evidence?
Today’s guest blogger reflects on why the next phase of AI adoption needs more evaluation, collaboration, and human judgment.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Courage to Feel: Why Discomfort Is Not the Enemy
Today’s post explores the relationship between avoidance, attention, and healing, suggesting that psychological discomfort is not simply an obstacle to overcome, but a signal to understand.