Guest Post — A Smarter Way to License Research Articles for AI
If LLMs are the future of information discovery, valuable scholarly content risks being left behind — unless we build a bridge with better licensing.
Guest Post — From Ivory Tower to Editorial Desk: Navigating the Leap from Academia to Scholarly Publishing
Today, guest blogger, Priyanka Gupta, shares the story of her career journey from academia to editorial leadership.
Guest Post — Well-meant Is Not Well-done: A Reply to “European Accessibility Act: Navigating the Challenges of EAA Compliance”
While large international players showcase well-resourced compliance roadmaps toward accessibility compliance, many in the European publishing landscape are facing a more sobering reality: legal ambiguities, economic limits, and structural mismatches between regulatory goals and scholarly publishing practices.
Guest Post – Metrics Sonification of Team Size Effects on Disruptive Research
Data sonification is the process of translating data into sound. Here, Lutz Bornmann and Christian Leibel present the sonified results of a recent analysis of the impact of scientific team size on innovation.
Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Carsten Buhr
Robert Harington talks to Carsten Buhr, CEO of De Gruyter Brill, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.
Guest Post — Vital Voices: The Student Journal Symposium for Literary and Research Publications
The George Washington Student Journal Symposium demonstrates how student-led journals inspire young people and nurture best practices in scholarly communications.
Ask the Librarians: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?
Librarian attendees reflect on their experiences at SSP’s Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
Ask The Fellows: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?
The 2025 SSP Fellows reflect on their experiences at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
We Need AI Standards for Scholarly Publishing: A NISO Workshop Report
NISO issues a report on workshops looking to improve the efficiency of working with AI systems in scholarly publishing
Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?
The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.