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Guest Post – The First Year of an Open Access Initiative in Review

Today’s guest blogger explains how Drexel University sees transformative agreements as one of the best ways to support researchers and the public dissemination of knowledge, while also benefiting the university through cost-saving measures.

  • By Hannah Purtymun
  • Oct 22, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.”

Grieving my father’s death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 26, 2025
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Is The Climate Change-Academia Relationship Changing Too Fast?

While our understanding of climate change is shaped by academia, the climate crisis also shapes academia’s research and teaching in numerous ways. In this article, I explore the current climate change-academia relationship and touch upon some envisaged changes.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • May 6, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

The Scholarly Kitchen Hires a Sous Chef

Join us in welcoming Lettie Conrad as the new Deputy Editor at The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty, Lettie Y. Conrad
  • May 2, 2025
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Trump v. Research: How We Could Turn the Threats into Opportunities

Alice Meadows and guest chef Suze Kundu look at how, by acting collectively across all stakeholder groups, we could turn the Trump administration’s threats against research into opportunities

  • By Alice Meadows, Suze Kundu
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Horizon Shifting, Or, How to be a Human in Modern-day Scholarly Publishing

These are not normal times. This is a time where we are all navigating new ways of being, new ways of shifting our horizons on an hour-by-hour and day-to-day basis. It’s a time to give grace to one another.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen
  • Apr 16, 2025
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train?

It is time for OA proponents to engage in public debate with academic associations, universities and national funding agencies, because the widespread use of academic content in AI models poses significant risks for the research ecosystem.

  • By Stephanie Decker
  • Apr 15, 2025
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now

The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Apr 2, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus

In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 26, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Building a Neuro-inclusive Workplace

Organizations that do not actively include and support neurodivergent individuals risk missing out on exceptional talents and undermining employees’ ability to work to their full potential.

  • By Amanda Rogers, Patty Brady, Dianndra Roberts
  • Mar 17, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Revisiting Mental Health Mondays 

A look back, highlighting posts with helpful information on supporting workplace mental wellbeing

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • Feb 24, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Building a Supportive Workplace: Reflections on Mental Health Initiatives and Adaptation

Mental health is all around us and affects everyone. Instead of focusing on labeling it, we should strive for understanding, compassion, and support for every individual’s unique mental well-being journey.

  • By Sharnie Dunstall
  • May 13, 2024
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Are Price, Value, and Openness the Most Important Scholarly Communication Priorities?

Today, Roger Schonfeld argues that there are scholarly communication priorities that merit focus beyond price, value, and openness and which require cross-sector collaboration.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Mar 5, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post – Mental Health Awareness:  What is Racial Battle Fatigue?

As we strive for a more equitable and inclusive future, how can we foster the well-being and potential of every individual, regardless of their ethnic or racial background?

  • By Maribel Gomez
  • Jan 22, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post: Introducing SSP’s AI in Scholarly Publishing Community of Interest (CoIN)

Introducing the AI in Scholarly Publishing Community of Interest (CoIN), the SSP’s latest offering to all its members to explore and engage in all matters AI as they relate to scholarly publishing.

  • By Chhavi Chauhan, Chirag Jay Patel
  • Dec 15, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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