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Open Science 2.0: Building Understanding in an AI-Mediated World

Open Science 2.0 must focus not only on access, but also on trust, interpretation, learning, and effective communication. The challenge facing the scholarly publishing ecosystem is ensuring that what is open is also trustworthy, understandable, and genuinely useful.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke
  • Jul 14, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Where Do We Go From Here? How Scientific Societies are Thinking about the Proposed OMB Funding Rule

Today’s post features conversations with society publishing leaders resisting the proposed OMB rule change for federal research funding.

  • By Jessica Miles
  • Jul 8, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — When Thinking Is Outsourced: A Warning from a Scientist Trained Before AI

Today’s guest post sounds an alarm about the use of AI in research and warns that no amount of computational efficiency can compensate for the loss of our capacity for human thought.

  • By Mohamed Mannaa
  • Apr 29, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Opportunities and Perils of Discovery: STM Releases its Trends 2030

The new STM Trends 2030 was released, symbolizing a world full of opportunities but also with dangers lying just below the surface for scholarly publishing.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Apr 23, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Academic Publishing in the Age of AI: From Content to Trust

AI in science should not be viewed merely as a productivity tool layered onto existing workflows. It represents a structural shift in how knowledge moves through society, and therefore in how scientific authority is established and maintained.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke
  • Apr 22, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Standing Up, Standing Proud, Standing Together: Inside the Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit and the Movement for Equity in Scholarly Publishing: Part 2

Part 2 of a look at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ inaugural Pathways to Inclusive Publishing Summit, which brought together industry leaders, content creators, and allies to explore strategies for fostering inclusivity and accessibility within the publishing ecosystem.

  • By Randy Townsend, Damita Snow, Maxine Aldred
  • Apr 3, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Role of Gossip in Scholarly Publishing

Let’s say the quiet part out loud: gossip plays an important role in scholarly publishing. But is that a bad thing?

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen
  • Mar 23, 2026
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Why Science Communication Must be the Next Competitive Edge for Scholarly Publishers

Today’s guest bloggers assert that the future of the scholarly publishing depends on mastering science communication with the same rigor that global consumer brands apply to marketing.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Gareth Dyke, Maria Machado
  • Feb 6, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Celebrating Public-Good Curators: An Interview with Tracey Brown and Camille Gamboa

Who are public-good curators and how can they help improve public trust in science? Learn more in this interview with Tracey Brown (Sense about Science) and Camille Gamboa (Sage) about their recently co-published booklet on the topic.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Dec 16, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Science as Story, Memory as Infrastructure: A Conversation with Trevor Owens, Part 2

In today’s guest post, Wendy Queen (JHUP) continues her conversation with Trevor Owens (AIP) about how the tools and sensibilities of the humanities are helping to preserve the record of the physical sciences.

  • By Wendy Queen
  • Nov 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

In Defense of Pluralism and Diversity: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Scholarly Communication (Part 2 of 2)

Since every possible method and model of scholarly communication is imperfect, a healthy scholarly ecosystem must be pluralistic, providing space for experimentation and for a diversity of methods, models, and philosophies to coexist.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 18, 2025
  • 42 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — The Great Pullback: Why Academic Social Media’s Fragmentation Matters

Today’s guest bloggers share insights into the fragmented, tiring, and uncertain digital landscape for academics, and evidence that a shift is underway — with implications for scholarly communication that may be far-reaching.

  • By Deirdre Watchorn, Marion Schnelle
  • Oct 29, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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.

  • By Priyanka Gupta
  • Aug 6, 2025
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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.

  • By Lutz Bornmann, Christian Leibel
  • Jul 29, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Jun 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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