Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It
Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here’s why I think that’s the case.
Guest Post – The Next Era of Reference Management: An Interview with William Gunn
Today’s guest post features an interview with William Gunn discussing how AI will (or won’t!) change the future of reference management tools.
Guest Post — Open Scholarship is Poised to Create More Value than Ever, but Are We Ready?
Today’s guest blogger observes how advances in technology create unprecedented opportunities in open scholarship, and asks: Can incentive structures keep up?
Guest Post — What is The ‘Right’ Way to Make Tea? Why International Marketing Needs a Local Touch
Today’s guest bloggers advocate for marketing strategy using localization, which brings cultural fluency, awareness, and authenticity to our communication with partners around the world.
AI in Scholarly Publishing — SSP Pulse Check Report
The first of SSP’s new polling initiative, Pulse Check, explores AI in scholarly publishing and set out to understand how our communities are navigating this monumental shift.
Hot Takes on the First Quarter of 21st Century Scholarly Publishing
Todd Carpenter looks back on the past quarter century of a digital revolution in scholarly publishing.
Guest Post — How AI is Transforming Platform Strategy: Beyond the Hype
Today’s guest blogger challenges us to look beyond the hype of AI, and embrace AI agents handling platform grunt work, validation, and parallel processing that expands what we can accomplish with immediate and substantial productivity gains.
Why We Must Work Together to Harden the Scholarly Supply Chain
At the STM innovation and Integrity days in London last week, it’s clear that research integrity has become an increasingly pressing issue. Many publishers are reporting significant increases in submissions of questionable legitimacy. perhaps now is the time for a new alliance between publishers, funders, institutions and researchers to protect the integrity of the scholarly record, before it’s too late.
SEO Still Matters: Building Blocks for the Future of Content Discoverability
As the search and user behavior landscapes undergo dramatic evolutions, marketers and others are left to wonder what SEO means for publishers now.
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.
Guest Post — What Do College Students Lose When Libraries Are Ignored?
Today’s guest post argues that academic libraries are an investment in the very foundation of quality scholarship and responsible publishing.
Impact Metrics on Publisher Platforms: Who Shows What Where?
A review of 12 major publishers finds that they display an average of 6 journal-level impact metrics on their platforms. The Journal Impact Factor is the only metric displayed on all 12.
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?
Manuscript Submissions Are Up! That’s Good, Right?
Publishers have led themselves into a mess by focusing on rising submissions as a positive indicator of journal performance. The time has come to close the floodgates and require that authors demonstrate their commitment to quality science before we let them in the door.