Editor's picks

Kelly Snell

Analysis and opinion
Enhancing accessibility and efficiency in research

Kelly Snell explains why CABI saw an opportunity to better serve users by creating its own platform

Digital libraries

From left: Antonia Seymour, Daniel Ebneter, Charlotte Talmage and Joyce Lorigan

Analysis and opinion
Successful transformation comes from within

Charlotte Talmage reflects on a panel discussion on how publishers can manage change

Change management

Jeff Stonefield

Analysis and opinion
Meeting the needs of today’s digital native researchers

Jeff Stonefield explains why researchers need to be firmly at the centre of product and system development

Article processing, Technology

News

partnership
Charlesworth partners with APS on WeChat marketing in China
30 May 2024

Collaboration will help APS support its engagement with the Chinese physics community

Library news
OCLC launch "milestone in long-term linked data strategy"
30 May 2024

Launch creates, curates, and connects linked data entities to improve metadata visibility

Academic freedom
Academic freedom "must remain high on the EU agenda"
29 May 2024

Legal framework conditions "not sufficient to deal with infringements of academic freedom", says EU lead

Analysis & opinion

Kelly Snell

Digital libraries
Enhancing accessibility and efficiency in research
20 May 2024

Kelly Snell explains why CABI saw an opportunity to better serve users by creating its own platform

Analysis & opinion

From left: Antonia Seymour, Daniel Ebneter, Charlotte Talmage and Joyce Lorigan

Change management
Successful transformation comes from within
22 April 2024

Charlotte Talmage reflects on a panel discussion on how publishers can manage change

Jeff Stonefield

Article processing
Meeting the needs of today’s digital native researchers
27 March 2024

Jeff Stonefield explains why researchers need to be firmly at the centre of product and system development

Julian Wilson

transformative agreements
Ten years of Transformative Agreements
01 March 2024

Julian Wilson asks: are TAs delivering on their promise for open access?

Features

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ebooks
Searching for the right ebook business models
24 April 2023

The rapid adoption of ebooks in recent years has led to greater scrutiny of pricing models, writes David Stuart

Features

Metrics
COUNTER: more than just subscription metrics
11 April 2023

Twenty years after its launch, the latest update to the COUNTER Code of Practice is about to go live

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FAIR data
Making publishing platforms fairer
09 March 2023

Four industry figures tell Annabel Ola what needs to change to make research accessible to all

Grey literature
The chasm between the scholarly record and grey literature
02 March 2023

Toby Green examines the growing problem of grey literature research, which is not being published

Interviews

Interview
INTERVIEW: Democratising science

Christian Box of Karger Publishers reflects on 20 years in the industry and his hopes for the future of scholarly communications

Mateja Jamnik

Artificial intelligence
INTERVIEW: Advancing AI and women's journey in science

Mateja Jamnik, Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge

Frederick Fenter. Image: Frontiers

Interview
INTERVIEW: Re-enforcing the power of open science

Frederick Fenter, Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers, explains the recent formation of the Open Science Charter and its call for unrestricted access to scientific knowledge by 2030

Viewpoint

Working to engineer a better world? Watch the IET video here: Intelligence & Research - The IET

open science
Transforming research for an Open Science world

IET's Research Solutions are helping to transform research for an Open Science world

Industry trends
Increasing your employees’ copyright awareness

Your employees and copyright awareness: sharing your policy may not be enough

BMJ and Overton launch first medical research impact tool

BMJ and Overton launch first research impact tool focused on health and social care

Resources

Research news
Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities in Scholarly...

During a time of thorough transformation towards Open Access and, moreover, Open Science, the field of scholarly communications is facing new challenges.

Working to engineer a better world? Watch the IET video here: Intelligence & Research - The IET

open science
Transforming research for an Open Science world

IET's Research Solutions are helping to transform research for an Open Science world

White paper
Three US organizations reflect on their transition to OA

In the US, the pace of transition to OA is accelerating. An increasing number of libraries are signing transformative agreements (TAs) that support authors to publish OA, while maintaining access to subscription content.

Press releases

IOP Publishing's Applied Physics Express converts to fully...
13 September 2023

From January 2024 all articles published in APEX will be immediately and openly accessible

Karger Publishers expands open access portfolio
13 September 2023

Journal features research and reviews reporting on translational and clinical studies encompassing all fields of immunology

SPIE partners with Cadmore Media for video publication
05 September 2023

Partnership brings SPIE’s 55,000+ video assets to Cadmore’s streaming platform

News story

The Research Information Yearbook 2023-24 is out now!

20 September 2023

We are delighted to tell you that the Research Information Yearbook for 2023-24 is now published!

 

As ever, the last 12 months has been a time of change in scholarly communications, and this yearbook covers many of the subject areas that have seen crucial developments: artificial intelligence; open science and research; ebook pricing; preprints; user experience; developments in the Global South, India and the Middle East; metrics and citation; and industry standards.