Is Grammar an Inherent Product of the Human Brain?
A long-running academic controversy — do humans share a universal grammar that stems from the structure and evolution of the human brain?
Guest Post — European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance
The deadline for the European Accessibility Act compliance is rapidly approaching. Here we discuss the challenges scholarly organizations face in achieving EAA compliance — and the strategies they’re implementing to address them.
Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing : Part 2
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 2 of 2.
Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing: Part 1
How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.
Discouraged, but not Dissuaded: The 2025 SSP President’s Address
Heather Staines Presidential Address from the SSP 2025 Annual Meeting.
Guest Post — Reading the Leaves of Publishing Speed: The Cases of Hindawi, Frontiers, and PLOS
The analysis of operational data is complex, dull, and unrewarding. It is also necessary. Three case studies of major journals and portfolios explain why.
Building a Shared Culture: A Post-acquisition Interview with Krishna K. Chinnaiah and Alice Ellingham of Molecular Connections
Today, Alice Meadows talks to Krishna K. Chinnaiah and Alice Ellingham of Molecular Connections about their experience of (respectively) acquiring and being acquired
Language Evolves, or rather, Constantly Cooks New Ways to Pass the Vibe Check
A millennial linguist dares to speak to a gen-alpha audience in their native tongue.
Guest Post — Fostering AI Adoption and Literacy Within Your Organization
How can organizations facilitate safe and comprehensive engagement with AI? And how can individuals within those organizations engage and advocate for their own AI literacy?
Guest Post — Gatekeepers of Trust: Reaffirming the Publisher’s Role in Service of the Reader
The most vital and enduring contribution of scholarly publishers is their role as gatekeepers — not as obstacles to knowledge but as stewards of quality, integrity, and trust.
SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 22: A Primer on Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics
In this episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast, hosts Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science) chat with Rafal Marszalek, the Chief Editor at Nature’s largest journal, Scientific Reports about publication ethics and research integrity.
Guest Post: Eight Hypotheses Why Librarians Don’t Like Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
AI-assisted search is here, and librarians need to have an honest discussion about how to integrate this new technology into library services. This post explores the parallels to the introduction of discovery layers and how to overcome some of the discomfort librarians might have with retrieval-augmented generation.
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.
The Scholarly Kitchen Hires a Sous Chef
Join us in welcoming Lettie Conrad as the new Deputy Editor at The Scholarly Kitchen.
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