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Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming

Today, members of SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Program Committee share reflections for all attendees — including those joining the Highlights Webinar on June 17, 2026.

  • By Marianne Calilhanna, David Turner, Jennifer Regala, Michelle Urberg
  • Apr 30, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — Develop to Delegate: How Investing in Early-Career Professionals Strengthens Organizations

Today’s guest post advocates for investing in the development of early-career professionals to foster a healthy pipeline of emerging talent in scholarly publishing.

  • By Kelly Harvey
  • Apr 28, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Quality Over Quantity: Why Scholarly Publishing Needs Stronger Front-End Gatekeeping to Build Trust and Long-Term Value

Today’s guest bloggers call publishers to lean into, rather than away from, their liability for science integrity and rigor.

  • By Claudia Taubenheim, Sarah Hands
  • Apr 27, 2026
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Can Peer Review Keep Up? Announcing the Theme for Peer Review Week 2026

Today, we share the results of a global community poll that produced the theme for Peer Review Week 2026 (14–18 September): “Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed and Quality.”

  • By Maryam Sayab, Roohi Ghosh, Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke, Mingfang Lu
  • Apr 20, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — The SSP Annual Meeting: Keeping the Faith in Unsettled Times

Today, co-chairs for SSP’s 48th Annual Meeting Planning Committee discuss what they’re most excited to deliver in this year’s program.

  • By Jessie Slater, Greg Fagan, Marianne Calilhanna
  • Apr 10, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

How Can Scholarly Publishing Overcome Its ‘SDG Inertia’?

Is there an inertia slowing efforts by scholarly publishers toward achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 26, 2026
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

STM Plants a Flag About Responsible Use of Research Content in GenAI

A new STM Association paper seeks to foster a discussion about how GenAI systems can reliably incorporate scholarly research.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Mar 19, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

What Publishing Leaders Say About AI When They’re Not on Panels: A Pulse on All Things AI

Today’s post explores issues facing scholarly publishers around AI — using it, layering it, competing against it, and licensing to it.

  • By Todd Toler, Angela Cochran
  • Mar 11, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 12 mins

Guest Post — AI Readiness and the New Value Equation in Scholarly Publishing

Today’s guest bloggers explain how semantic enrichment of scholarly content allows publishers to shape the next generation of technology by making it indispensable to AI.

  • By Veronica Showers, Heather Kotula, Marjorie Hlava
  • Feb 24, 2026
  • 11 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Mental Health Awareness Monday — Sing the Songs That Bring You Joy

Today’s guest post shares personal reflections about mental health awareness, the importance of boundaries, and routines you can employ to embrace balance.

  • By Anna Jester, Sylvia Izzo Hunter
  • Feb 23, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 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

Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … Part Two: The Path Forward

Today’s post paves a clear path forward in making AI work for publishers in the brave new agentic world.

  • By Jonathan Woahn
  • Jan 29, 2026
  • 21 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Courage to Be Uncertain: A New Approach to Impostor Feelings

Today’s guest bloggers reflect on the experience of “imposter syndrome” and how we might adopt a new approach to moments of uncertainty and change.

  • By Holly Koppel, Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Jan 26, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — AI Isn’t Going to Pay for Content … At Least Not How You’re Hoping It Will

Today’s guest post is the first in a two-part series — we begin by facing up to the fact that AI will not become the content windfall the way many in the publishing industry hope.

  • By Jonathan Woahn
  • Jan 21, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

2025 Readership Survey

The Scholarly Kitchen’s 2025 Readership Survey reflects feedback from our community that will shape the future direction of our blog.

  • By Alice Meadows, Dylan Burris, Simone Taylor
  • Jan 16, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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