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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?

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Nov 5, 2025
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

2025 Update: Quantifying Consolidation in the Scholarly Journals Market

Catching up with the ongoing consolidation of the journals market — what has happened in the two years since this was last examined? And how does the market look if you add in a large number of relatively newly launched journals?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 20, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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.

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • May 9, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

Guest Post – Reducing the Burden of Diversity Tax: Recommendations for Allies

This third post in the “Reducing the Burden of Diversity tax” series makes recommendations for allies to reduce the burden of diversity tax on their colleagues.

  • By Chhavi Chauhan, Shaina Lange, Tony Chen
  • Aug 10, 2022
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

SSP 2022 Annual Meeting Submission Deadline is Approaching — Don’t Miss Out!

The Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 44th Annual Meeting will be held June 1–3, 2022, and there’s still time to submit your proposals

  • By Yael Fitzpatrick, Lori Carlin, Tim Lloyd
  • Nov 11, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Preprints Are Not Going to Replace Journals

At a recent meeting, a debate was held on the motion: Preprints are going to replace journals. I was asked to oppose the motion and this post is based on my arguments.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jun 30, 2021
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Participate in the SSP 2021 Annual Meeting!

Send in your proposals for sessions at the 2021 SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Yael Fitzpatrick, Cason Lynley
  • Nov 30, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast: Episode 5, The Publishing Industry and the Pandemic Part 2

Meredith Adinolfi and Sara Grimme speak with Sarah Tegen and Ann Michael about how early career professionals can continue to focus on career development and growth, particularly during the pandemic.

  • By Meredith Adinolfi, Sara Grimme
  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Peer Review Week 2020 Resources For Everyone!

As we say farewell to another Peer Review Week, here are some handy resources created by members of the Organizing Committee that you can use all year round!

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Sep 25, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Ask The Chefs: New Skills

In a world of face-paced constant change, individual development and evolution is critical. What new skills have you developed in the past 5 years and why?

  • By Ann Michael
  • Jul 18, 2019
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

Guest Post — What Does Bangladesh Tell Us About Research Communication?

How three transformations in scholarly publishing over recent years could help Bangladesh move out of the UN’s List of Least Developed Countries by 2024. Guest post by Haseeb Md. Irfanullah.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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