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Guest Post — Public Access to the Endless Frontier

Vannevar Bush’s “The Endless Frontier” served as both blueprint and symbol of the American research enterprise. His writings are worth re-examination, as the country grapples (again) with the relationship between science and the American public.

  • By Alexa Pearce
  • May 19, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Delete the Drama: Creating A Cyberbully-free Zone in Scholarly Publishing 

It’s not always easy to recognize a cyberbully, or initially realize you’re being targeted. Here, some practices to help you to grow and protect your professional networks in ways that align with your values and vision.

  • By Randy Townsend
  • May 13, 2025
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Welcoming a New Chef in the Kitchen, Randy Townsend

Today, Randy Townsend officially joins us as a regular contributor in The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 13, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • May 12, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • 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:  Mentorship Program is a Win-Win for SSP Members

The SSP’s Mentorship Program is valuable for professionals at all career levels and offers learning opportunities — both for the mentor and the mentee.

  • By Martha Keyes, Rachel Ginder
  • May 7, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 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

Rubber Ducking For Research Communication: Why Explaining to Nobody Helps You Explain to Anybody

Explaining research to a rubber duck might sound odd, but it could be the secret to clearer thinking and better communication. This post explores how “rubber ducking” — a technique borrowed from programming — can help researchers explain complex ideas with more clarity, creativity, and confidence.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Apr 24, 2025
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

The Hidden Leadership Trap: Overcoming Reverse Delegation in Academia

Reverse delegation, a cycle where tasks flow back to the leader of an organization or team, can be difficult to overcome, particularly in academia.

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Apr 23, 2025
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post:  Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda – This Is Why We Need Peer Review

Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.

  • By David Green
  • Apr 17, 2025
  • 36 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 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

Guest Post — Valuing Community in a Time of Uncertainty

We asked the Program Committee Chairs what they’re looking forward to at this year’s SSP Annual Meeting.

  • By Erin Foley, Greg Fagan, Jessie Slater
  • Apr 11, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Peer Review Has Lost Its Human Face. So, What’s Next?

I think human-dependent peer review has lost its human element, thus its relevance, so what we can do to install a new system by abandoning the present one?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Apr 9, 2025
  • 19 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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