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SSP Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study Results Available

A sneak peek at the Individual results from the SSP’s Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study provides insight into who has participated and reveals some interesting benefits of working in scholarly communications.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Mar 21, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Filling the Gap: SSP Launches a Global Compensation Benchmarking Study for Scholarly Communications Professionals and Organizations

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is launching a new global Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study to fill a long-standing gap in the industry

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • Dec 6, 2024
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  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Ensuring attribution is critical when licensing content to AI developers

Publishers should support scholarly authors by requiring license deals with AI developers include attribution in their outputs.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Sep 4, 2024
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

The Stick and the Carrot: Why Direct Incentives in Science are Dangerous

Reputation — fragile, cumulative, and indirect — is the reward of science. Direct compensation to motivate specific behaviors is a dangerous proposal.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 13, 2010
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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