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Guest Post — When AI Helps Write Research: What Happens to Lived Experience?

In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, today’s post shares results from an experiment with qualitative data analysis — demonstrating that, while AI can detect patterns, humans must decide what those patterns mean.

  • By Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari 
  • May 21, 2026
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Why Scholarly Societies Must Compete Through Stewardship, Not Scale

Research disciplines require institutions that create cohesion, uphold standards, and provide continuity over time. Scholarly societies are uniquely positioned to serve that role credibly and durably.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Holly Koppel
  • May 20, 2026
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Why Every Publisher Needs a Library Relations Strategy

Publishers that lack a deliberate library relations strategy are making consequential decisions without important and useful community perspectives.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • May 19, 2026
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Filter, Not Funnel: What Zero-click Means for Brand and Engagement

The threat of zero-click search makes organizational brand more important than ever and presents a huge opportunity.

  • By Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen
  • May 18, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win!

Today we bring you a dose of Friday fun, with thanks to the National Trust.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 15, 2026
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

APC Caps and Bans — Why Funder Policies Aimed at Curbing the Publishing Industry Don’t Work

A new report suggests the NIH’s promised APC caps will reduce global OA spending. But so far, funder efforts to control publisher and author behavior have largely been ineffective. Here’s why.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 14, 2026
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Is Growth Always Good News? 2026 Article Submission Surges

ScholarOne saw a submission surge in the first quarter of 2026 — evidence that AI is increasing the strain on peer review’s social contract with researchers.

  • By Josh Dahl
  • May 13, 2026
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Restoring Trust in Science: What Would Make a Difference?

Today’s guest post asserts that trust won’t be restored by “better messaging” alone, but via better incentives, more disciplined public communication, and really listening to the people who have walked away from us.

  • By Steve Smith
  • May 12, 2026
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Mental Health Awareness Week: Revisiting Mental Health Mondays

To honor the UK’s Mental Health Week, we take a look back at the Mental Health Monday posts in The Scholarly Kitchen with calls to action, practical tips, and tools for “taking ACTION.”

  • By Dianndra Roberts
  • May 11, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Announcing The Scholarly Kitchen’s Style Guide

Today we announce The Scholarly Kitchen’s new style guide for Chefs and guest bloggers alike.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • May 8, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Guest Post — Love, Death & Robots: Scholarly Edition

Today’s guest post proposes a method for identifying, measuring, and managing robotic usage of scholarly content.

  • By Tim Lloyd
  • May 7, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Zero-Click Readership: Are AI Overviews Changing the Way We Discover Research

Today’s post asks: If research is increasingly accessed through AI-generated summaries rather than via primary sources, then what does it mean to “engage with research” at all?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • May 6, 2026
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Stronger Together: BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press Join Forces

Today BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press announced that they’re joining forces. Learn more in this interview with Lauren Kane, Barbara Kline Pope, and Wendy Queen

  • By Alice Meadows
  • May 5, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Validation Trap: Rethinking Confidence Through Emotional Fitness

Today’s Mental Health Awareness Monday reflects on the need for validation in publishing careers, and how we might reduce unnecessary pressure on performance while preserving rigor.

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Akshay Masurekar
  • May 4, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report

This month’s Pulse Check survey focuses on our community’s views on advocacy, industry priorities, and challenges of engaging with policymakers and the public.

  • By Melanie Dolechek
  • May 1, 2026
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

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