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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.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke
  • Apr 22, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Moving from Identifier to Identity for Researchers

Today’s post calls for collective action to address the researcher identity verification gap in scholarly communications and champions STM’s Researcher identity group.

  • By Tim Lloyd
  • Apr 21, 2026
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Can Peer Review Keep Up? Announcing the Theme for Peer Review Week 2026

Today, we share the results of a global community poll that produced the theme for Peer Review Week 2026 (14–18 September): “Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed and Quality.”

  • By Maryam Sayab, Roohi Ghosh, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke, Mingfang Lu
  • Apr 20, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Exploring Data Spaces in Scholarly Communications

Today’s guest post explains the new data space pilot, which will be the focus of the upcoming BISG/SSP webinar on May 12, 2026.

  • By Christina Drummond
  • Apr 17, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Call to Action: Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy

SSP’s Advocacy Task Force Co-chairs encourage members to participate in this month’s Pulse Check Survey on our collective advocacy activities.

  • By Tim Lloyd, Beth Craanen
  • Apr 16, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Apr 15, 2026
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Ask the Librarians: Recapping a Scholarly Kitchen Roundtable at the 2025 Charleston Library Conference 

Today’s post recaps a lively roundtable conversation with library and information science experts who have been guest bloggers for TSK and active SSP participants.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 9, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Guest Post — Diamond Open Access: A Lifeline for the Monograph?

Today’s guest bloggers ask: Can Diamond OA serve as a genuine lifeline for the scholarly monograph?

  • By Benedetta Siviero, Lena Ryzhova
  • Apr 2, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What’s the Business Case? (Part 2)

Today’s guest blogger continues the conversation about Library Relations roles and what it means to sit at the intersection of libraries and publishing.

  • By Gwen Evans
  • Mar 30, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Senior Librarians as Publisher Change Agents: What’s the Business Case? (Part 1)

Today’s guest blogger discusses Library Relations roles within publishing organizations and asks, what do both publishers and librarians hope for from these appointments?

  • By Gwen Evans
  • Mar 25, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Scholarly Society Sustainability in an Unstable Publishing World: Reasons to be Cheerful, Parts 1, 2, and 3.

In this post, Robert attempts to embrace a gloomy optimism as he muses on the state of publishing at scholarly societies.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Mar 24, 2026
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — All the Seats at the Table: A Summary and Status Review of the NIH APC Caps Proposal

Today’s post considers the NIH proposal to implement APC funding caps, public responses it engendered, and, while we await a final decision, and shares thoughts on what may come next.

  • By Emma Wood
  • Mar 20, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Could AI Help Fix Peer Review, or Will it Only Make Things Worse?

Today’s post asserts that peer review, which is still of vital importance to science, is clearly failing in the current age — could AI save the day?

  • By Michael A. Bruno
  • Mar 18, 2026
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — Academic Freedom Under Pressure: What Academic Publishers Can Do

Today’s post is an urgent call to push back against global trends in academic censorship and threats to free speech in scholarly communications.

  • By Ilyas Saliba, Lou Peck
  • Mar 17, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 23: Interview with SSP President Rebecca McLeod

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast checks in with current SSP President Rebecca McLeod on her career and “wartime” tenure thus far, what she is looking forward to in 2026, and her advice for early career professionals. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press).

  • By Meredith Adinolfi
  • Mar 13, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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