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Guest Post — Trust & Community Are the Moat, Infrastructure is Your Leverage: Dispatches from PurePub.AI

Today’s guest post asserts that AI infrastructure will let publishers truly leverage machines, while brand and community are what will keep them meaningful to humans.

  • By Laura Harvey, Adam Hyde
  • Jun 9, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Ask the Chefs: SSP 2026 Annual Meeting

The Chefs offer their reflections on last week’s SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen, Todd A Carpenter, Lettie Y. Conrad, Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Alice Meadows, Roy Kaufman, Rick Anderson, Robert Harington, David Crotty
  • Jun 5, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

The Rise of China’s Scholarly Publishing System Part 2: Navigating China’s Publishing Ambition — Strategic Options for International Publishers

China’s publishing ambitions create genuine competitive pressures, but they also open opportunities for collaboration and highlight challenges that neither side can address alone

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Ning Zhang, Gareth Dyke, Yanli Wang
  • Jun 4, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Data Reuse is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

A powerful way to quantify article quality has been hiding in plain sight. It’s time to bring data citations into the limelight.

  • By Tim Vines
  • Jun 2, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Beyond the Article, Beyond the APC: What We Learned from 18 Months of R&D

Today’s post shares the results of an initiative designed to answer the question: what would it actually take to build a publishing model fit for the research ecosystem we have now, rather than the one we inherited?

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • May 28, 2026
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The User Has Changed. Has Scholarly Publishing? 

For scholarly publishers, the user has changed faster than the systems designed to serve them, and the gap between the two is where most of the difficult work is happening. 

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen
  • May 27, 2026
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — A Friendly Debate: Where Automation Will (And Should) Land in the Research Lifecycle

Today, we feature a friendly debate on the question: which parts of the research lifecycle should be more automated, and which require more of a human touch — and why?

  • By John Frechette, Heather Pierce-Lopez
  • May 22, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Why Scholarly Societies Must Compete Through Stewardship, Not Scale

Research disciplines require institutions that create cohesion, uphold standards, and provide continuity over time. Scholarly societies are uniquely positioned to serve that role credibly and durably.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Holly Koppel
  • May 20, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win!

Today we bring you a dose of Friday fun, with thanks to the National Trust.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 15, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — Restoring Trust in Science: What Would Make a Difference?

Today’s guest post asserts that trust won’t be restored by “better messaging” alone, but via better incentives, more disciplined public communication, and really listening to the people who have walked away from us.

  • By Steve Smith
  • May 12, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Stronger Together: BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press Join Forces

Today BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press announced that they’re joining forces. Learn more in this interview with Lauren Kane, Barbara Kline Pope, and Wendy Queen

  • By Alice Meadows
  • May 5, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report

This month’s Pulse Check survey focuses on our community’s views on advocacy, industry priorities, and challenges of engaging with policymakers and the public.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • May 1, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — When Thinking Is Outsourced: A Warning from a Scientist Trained Before AI

Today’s guest post sounds an alarm about the use of AI in research and warns that no amount of computational efficiency can compensate for the loss of our capacity for human thought.

  • By Mohamed Mannaa
  • Apr 29, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Quality Over Quantity: Why Scholarly Publishing Needs Stronger Front-End Gatekeeping to Build Trust and Long-Term Value

Today’s guest bloggers call publishers to lean into, rather than away from, their liability for science integrity and rigor.

  • By Claudia Taubenheim, Sarah Hands
  • Apr 27, 2026
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Evidence Isn’t Just for Research

This Friday, we offer a humorous take on the importance of empirical evidence in this era of fraud and mis/disinformation.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 24, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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