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Drawing Lines to Cross Them: How Publishers are Moving Beyond Established Norms

Looking at five ‘lines’ that the publishing industry has broadly agreed upon, but that now we are finding ourselves crossing.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Apr 20, 2023
  • 8 Comments

Fallout from the Implosion of Humanities Enrollments

What does the decline of the English major mean for society at large, and university presses in particular?

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 5, 2023
  • 17 Comments

Is the Letter “R” a Vowel? What is a Vowel Anyway, and What Does How You Pronounce “R” Say About You?

Did your teacher lie to you when they told you that the only vowels were A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y?

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 10, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Guest Post — Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 2

Part two of an introduction to two new toolkits from C4DISC — today a look at the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

  • By Kerry Webb
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • 0 Comments

The Dea(r)th of Social Media? Assessing “Twexit”

The brave new world post-Twitter, or post-the Old Twitter, or has anything really changed? Chefs ponder the new social media.

  • By Karin Wulf, Angela Cochran, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, David Crotty
  • Jan 19, 2023
  • 4 Comments

Guest Post – AI and Scholarly Publishing: A View from Three Experts

A recap of a recent SSP webinar on artificial intelligence (AI) and scholarly publishing. How can this set of technologies help or harm scholarly publishing, and what are some current trends? What are the risks of AI, and what should we look out for?

  • By Anita de Waard
  • Jan 18, 2023
  • 2 Comments

Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution

Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?

  • By Angela Cochran, Tim Vines, Tao Tao
  • Nov 3, 2022
  • 6 Comments

Standards for Road Signs and Why Signs in the US Are So Different from the Rest of the World

Why do US road signs look different from those seen in the rest of the world?

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 28, 2022
  • 4 Comments

Innovating the Science of Science: A report of the ICSSI meeting

A new conference explores ways research can turn the scientific method onto improving its own results.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 28, 2022
  • 0 Comments

Reverse Engineering, the Cycle of Culture, and the Dark History of White Bread

The story of white bread’s rise and fall offers a lesson in the circular nature of manufacturing and consumer culture.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 10, 2022
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Learning from the Experience of SSP’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

What can the SSP learn from our experience of the virtual 2021 meeting that can inform future annual meetings, whatever the format?

  • By Tim Lloyd
  • Mar 9, 2022
  • 4 Comments

Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.

  • By Richard de Grijs
  • Mar 1, 2022
  • 11 Comments

The Other Diversity in Scholarly Publishing

After becoming a Scholarly Kitchen Chef back in July 2019, I have never stopped being amazed by the numerous dynamic issues and developments that scholarly publishing is dealing with. As a biologist by training, ‘diversity’ is the word that comes to mind.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jan 24, 2022
  • 7 Comments

Is Scientific Communication Fit for Purpose?

Roger Schonfeld argues that openness and politicization together have enabled public trust in science to erode. And science is insufficiently trustworthy. The scholarly communication sector must not ignore this situation.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Nov 1, 2021
  • 23 Comments

Guest Post — Introducing Demographic Questions during Manuscript Submission at the American Psychological Association

Katie Einhorn, Steph Pollock, and Nick Paolini discuss APA’s efforts to collect demographic information during manuscript submission. In this interview, they share what they did, why, how, and what this means for other publishing organizations.

  • By Katie Einhorn, Steph Pollock, Nick Paolini
  • Oct 14, 2021
  • 7 Comments
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