Meet SSP board members as they share their unique career journey in scholarly publishing. Discover what motivated their service, pivotal moments that shaped their path, and valuable insights that have guided their success!

Today's post summarizes STM's data-sharing guidance for medical and health science publishers, where privacy, regulation, and ethics make generic policy language especially hard to apply.

What is the role of a scholarly society now—and what will make that role relevant in the future?

Academic and research libraries, as well as public libraries, historical societies, and other organizations, hold extensive collections of rare and unique materials, such as archival and manuscript collections. These materials form an essential part of humanity’s cultural and historical record, and they are the vital source material for many humanistic fields. I believe that a second digital transformation is at hand for distinctive collections. How can library leaders establish a strategy for their distinctive collections that is fit for purpose today?

Today's post shares a personal reflection on the importance of Suicide Prevention Month and how our community can best support colleagues who may need support.

What is the role of a scholarly society now—and what will make that role relevant in the future?

Connect with experienced professionals through SSP's Mentorship Program — six-month one-on-one guidance for scholarly publishing careers.

Member News Release submitted by Wiley on 09/17/2026.

Submitted by Copyright Clearance Center on 09/10/2026.

Today's guest bloggers present a 6-part model for explaining spikes in manuscript submissions and better informing future publishing strategies.

Some readers are foxes, and some are hedgehogs. What kind of reader is AI, and how will that impact both the practice of science and the business of journal publishing?

Generative AI has made language tools ubiquitous, but it introduces risks of homogenized texts and semantic slippage.

Connect with experienced professionals through SSP's Mentorship Program — six-month one-on-one guidance for scholarly publishing careers.

Today’s post takes us through the history of maternal mental health and explores the complex systems and pressures that shape the experiences of many mothers.

Submitted by Cactus Technology Solutions (CACTUS).

Submitted by The Company of Biologists on 09/14/2026.

Closing out Peer Review Week 2026, today's post suggests that research novelty and capacity for innovation should be given greater priority than clarity and comprehensiveness in peer review.

What if the systems designed to protect scientific rigor are also making it harder for new ideas to emerge? Do different scholarly contributions deserve unique forms of evaluation?

Today's Peer Review Week post is a Kitchen Essentials interview with Daniela Saderi, Executive Director of PREreview.

Today's guest post asks what about our current peer review system is worth saving and if we're able to establish one that protects editorial judgment and preserves research integrity.

SSP’s latest Pulse Check asks how organizations are responding to today's research integrity challenges. Poll closes Sept 15.

For Peer Review Week 2026, we asked the Chefs two questions: What is one uncomfortable truth about peer review that the scholarly publishing community doesn’t talk about enough? And, beyond recruiting more reviewers, what conversation about peer review capacity are we overlooking?

SSP’s latest Pulse Check asks how organizations are responding to today's research integrity challenges. Poll closes Sept 15.

Member News Release submitted by Scholastica on 09/09/2026.

Today's guest post challenges our community to face tendencies toward groupthink and address the incentive structures that resist adaptation and innovation.

Member News Release submitted by Aries Systems on 09/09/2026.

Member News Release submitted by Access Innovations, Inc. on 09/09/2026.

Member News Release submitted by The MIT Press on 09/08/2026.

The US Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest in the copyright infringement litigation between The New York Times and OpenAI and Microsoft, et. al., largely siding with the AI companies and strongly favoring the notion of LLM training as fair use. We asked the chefs for their thoughts.

The journal portfolio, platform, or membership is no longer enough, as AI transforms how research is discovered and consumed. How will your organization adapt?

SSP’s latest Pulse Check asks how organizations are responding to today's research integrity challenges. Poll closes Sept 15.

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Today's interview with Sylvia Chou and Alexa Romberg, formerly of NIH, sheds some light on censorship at the agency and the damage it's doing to health research.

Members enjoy discounts, year-round resources, networking, leadership opportunities, professional development, and more!

SSP’s latest Pulse Check asks how organizations are responding to today's research integrity challenges. Poll closes Sept 15.

Today, we learn what's in store for this year's fall seminar from SSP.

Today's guest bloggers posit four important trends in scholarly communications that our community should be ready to tackle.

Highlighting unique career paths and insights, SSP Members share their first scholarly publishing role, pivotal moments in their career, and more!