Chefs’ Selections: Best Media Enjoyed in 2025 (Part 2)
In the second of our Chef’s Selections series for 2025, we pause to look back on the best books, music, shows, and other cultural expressions we encountered in 2025.
Guest Post — Building an Intelligence Infrastructure for Science
Today’s guest post spotlights a new scientific intelligence engine inspired by Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolution and the mission to give humanity the ability to see its own progress while it unfolds.
Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone
Today, nearly one in four adults serves as a caregiver. Because of this, work-life flexibility isn’t just a nicety it’s a game-changer, for individuals and organizations alike.
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing Workflow: A High-Level Map of What Changes Next
Rather than just bolting on AI to existing publication workflows,there is a real opportunity to rethink and redesign them for human–AI collaboration. Some thoughts on what that looks like in practice.
Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human?
Today’s guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.
Guest Post — A Systems Approach to Research Publishing: From Fragmentation to Cohesion
Today’s guest blogger sees scholarly publishing at a critical inflection point and research suffering from a flawed incentive structure. Can systems thinking offer innovative solutions?
Guest Post — Do Academic Libraries Have a Strategy for AI?
If libraries are civic institutions that structure society’s relationship to knowledge, and generative AI is poised to reshape discovery whether libraries act or not, will library leaders will develop strategies that preserve trust, equity, and sustainability?
Ask the Chefs: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
In honor of International OA Week, The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs ponder the theme: Who owns our knowledge?
Guest Post – How the AI Debate Has Changed in Just a Few Short Years
Tony Alves reflects on the 2025 Peer Review Congress and the rapid evolution of discussions about AI and peer review since 2022.
Guest Post — Building Sustainable Infrastructure for OA Book Metrics
Today’s guest author offers a progress report on recent efforts to build open-source technology for open access book metrics.
Peer Review in Transition: Helen King and Christopher Leonard on AI and the Future of Peer Review
Today, we talk to thought leaders Helen King and Chris Leonard, who offer a nuanced look at how peer review might adapt, fracture, or reinvent itself in the AI era.
Peer Review in the Era of AI: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities
The future of peer review isn’t about choosing between humans and AI, or between speed and quality, but about combining the strengths of both to enable speed with quality, to ensure quality, ethics, and trust in the scholarly record.
Guest Post — Is It Enough to Say a Journal Is ‘Peer Reviewed’? The Case for Rating Journals Based on Peer Review Quality
Peer Review Quality Ratings could offer a powerful step toward restoring faith in the scholarly research system, highlight exemplary practices, and ensure that robust, verified science continues to illuminate the path forward for humanity.
Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested?
To kick off Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs, What’s a bold experiment with AI in peer review you’d like to see tested?
New Directions in Scholarly Publishing: What We’re Looking Forward to This Year
What can you expect from this fall’s New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar in Washington, DC?