#Publishers Need a #Library Relations Strategy: "Publishers who have not invested in a library relations strategy are operating without access to perspectives and knowledge directly relevant to their decisions." via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/19/w...

NEW TODAY: A few thoughts for publishers on developing "a library relations strategy — a deliberate, sustained commitment to engaging with the library community in ways that are substantive, reciprocal, and structurally supported, operating alongside sales relationships."

Why Every Publisher Needs a Library Relations Strategy scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/19/w...

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

Filter, Not Funnel: What Zero-click Means for Brand and Engagement scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/18/f...

"Some bots overwhelm websites with their aggressive crawling, while other bots perform valuable site indexing." Tim Lloyd discusses an issue familiar to all #scholarlypublishers – bot traffic – and suggests a more nuanced approach to filtering it. @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social #AI #repositories

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win! - The Scholarly Kitchen

Are we doing enough at the earliest stages to protect research quality? In a recent guest post for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social, our COO, Sarah Hands, and #ResearchIntegrity Consultant, Dr Claudia Taubenheim, examine this question in depth. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/bjtbndtkwx #PeerReview

Friday Zen: Puffins For the Win! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/15/f...

APC Caps and Bans - Why Funder Policies Aimed at Curbing the Publishing Industry Don’t Work - The Scholarly Kitchen

New from me today in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social , a look at the many workarounds researchers take to get what they need out of publishing their results, regardless of their funder's agenda scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/14/a...

APC Caps and Bans — Why Funder Policies Aimed at Curbing the Publishing Industry Don’t Work scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/14/a...

Josh Dahl draws on submission data from across ScholarOne to examine what's behind the 33% surge in submissions, & why the pattern points to something more fundamental than AI volume. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/13/guest-post-is-growth-always-good-news-2026-article-submission-surges/

Guest Post — Is Growth Always Good News? 2026 Article Submission Surges - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post — Is Growth Always Good News? 2026 Article Submission Surges scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/13/g...

'staying out of the political fray to seem neutral is no longer a defense. In an era where scientific authority is being deliberately undermined, a refusal to take a position can become a form of complicity. As Holden puts it, when we fail to engage, “the enemy is sometimes us".' 🧪

Guest Post — Restoring Trust in Science: What Would Make a Difference? - The Scholarly Kitchen

Fixing "... a system where institutional rankings and relentless funding pressures drive researchers toward haste and overstatement"

Guest Post — Restoring Trust in Science: What Would Make a Difference? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/12/g...

Mental Health Awareness Week: Revisiting Mental Health Mondays - The Scholarly Kitchen

Mental Health Awareness Week: Revisiting Mental Health Mondays scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/11/m...

Hurray for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social & @lyconrad.bsky.social in particular! Who doesn't love a good style guide!? 👏👏👏

Announcing The Scholarly Kitchen's Style Guide - The Scholarly Kitchen

Announcing The Scholarly Kitchen’s Style Guide scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/08/a...

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

Guest Post — Love, Death & Robots: Scholarly Edition - The Scholarly Kitchen

Congratulations to @hopkinspress.bsky.social and @bioone.bsky.social on a landmark nonprofit integration! Learn more in this @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social interview with @wendyqueen.bsky.social, Barbara Kline Pope, and Lauren Kane: buff.ly/Tnlp0wV

Are researchers still reading papers or are they just reading AI summaries of papers instead? “Zero-click readership”: efficient? Yes. risky? Also yes. I explored this in my latest piece for @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/06/z...

Guest Post — Love, Death & Robots: Scholarly Edition scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/07/g...

Zero-Click Readership: Are AI Overviews Changing the Way We Discover Research scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/06/z...

More: Stronger Together: BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press Join Forces (Interview with Lauren Kane, Barbara Kline Pope, and Wendy Queen scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/05/s... @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social

Exciting news from @bioone.bsky.social & @hopkinspress.bsky.social - they're joining forces! Many thanks to Lauren Kane, Barbara Kline Pope & Wendy Queen for sharing more in this @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social .social interview. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/05/s...

Stronger Together: BioOne and Johns Hopkins University Press Join Forces scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/05/s...

Could AI Help Fix Peer Review, or Will it Only Make Things Worse?, via @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/18/g... #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #IA #PeerReview #Research #Integrity

Today’s post will be a bit late to honor an embargo. Stay tuned.

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

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — The Validation Trap: Rethinking Confidence Through Emotional Fitness scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/04/m...

“What happens when we use #AI as a substitute for #cognition? … “The danger is not an immediate #collapse of #scientific #quality. ... And because the output looks ‘good,’ the loss is easy to miss, until it accumulates. …”

Really interesting summary of @scholarlypub.bsky.social's latest pulse survey on #advocacy in today's @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social -- engaging collectively w/ policymakers is a clear priority to #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/01/s...

LOSS - [of ability to think] "is easy to miss, until it accumulates" scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/29/g... "As many writing scholars have argued for decades, writing is not just a way to report what we think; it is one of the main ways we arrive at what we think"

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report - The Scholarly Kitchen

Shaping Our Collective Voice Through Advocacy — SSP Pulse Check Report scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/01/s...

Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming - The Scholarly Kitchen

"Writing a single paragraph often required reading dozens of papers, abandoning weak ideas, and slowly learning how to synthesize evidence into something coherent. It was difficult, frustrating, and time-consuming. But that difficulty was not incidental. It was how scientific thinking was formed."

Guest Post — SSP Annual Meeting: The Highlights are Coming scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/30/g...

Guest Post – When Thinking Is Outsourced: A Warning from a Scientist Trained Before AI - The Scholarly Kitchen

Guest Post – When Thinking Is Outsourced: A Warning from a Scientist Trained Before AI scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/29/g...

We’re excited to share a new guest post in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social by our colleague Kelly Harvey, Editorial Operations Specialist, AIPP, exploring why investing in early-career professionals is critical to the future of scholarly publishing. 📖 Read the article here: https://aippub.org/48umRwV

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