Guest Post – Code Plagiarism and AI Create New Challenges for Publishing Integrity
This post explores author, reviewer, and publisher ethics and responsibilities related to the use of AI in coding and publishing research software.
From Detection to Disclosure — Key Takeaways on AI Ethics from COPE’s Forum
Summing up the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Forum discussion on Emerging AI Dilemmas in Scholarly Publishing, which explored the many challenges AI presents for the scholarly community.
Guest Post — Beyond Open Access, Part 1: Make Academic Content Truly Accessible for All
Open access has revolutionized how research reaches readers — yet, true accessibility is an ethical imperative for institutions, publishers, and service providers to create genuinely inclusive scholarly communication.
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.
Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses
An AAAS survey reveals authors’ concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work.
Debate: Journal Editors Do Not Need To Worry About Preventing Misinformation From Being Spread
A summary of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) debate session, where Haseeb Irfanullah argued in favor of a motion declaring that journal editors do not need to worry about preventing the spread of misinformation, while Are Brean argued against it.
Discouraged, but not Dissuaded: The 2025 SSP President’s Address
Heather Staines Presidential Address from the SSP 2025 Annual Meeting.
Dispensed With A Matronly Air: Trust and AI
BBC Maestro has delivered a writing course taught by a speaking and moving on-screen image of Agatha Christie. Did the AI behind it succeed?
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.
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.
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.
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
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 2)
How should we think about the problems of misinformation and disinformation in the context of scholarly publishing, research, and libraries?
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Scholarly Communication (Part 1)
How do the problems of misinformation and disinformation intersect with the concerns of scholarly communication?
Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus
In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.