Analysis & opinion
Are 'predatory' publishers an American export?
16 May 2013
So-called 'predatory' publishers can be a thorn in the side for advocates of gold open access but does the stereotype of such publishers present a true picture? Rob Virkar-Yates investigates
Designing researcher-centric library services
12 May 2013
Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka and Ben Showers of Jisc report on a study of how libraries can better support chemists and other researchers
Research suggests importance of elite journals is declining
29 April 2013
The proportion of the top papers that appear in elite journals has fallen since the late 1980s and early 1990s, according to a new study by researchers from Canada and Estonia
SPOTLIGHT: Librarian boosts university reputation ... on the quiz circuit
24 April 2013
The final of the BBC quiz programme University Challenge will be broadcast in the UK next Monday. Alongside the knowledge and expertise of the eight students who have reached the final, the competition reveals an unusual role that a university librarian can play in supporting their institution, writes Sian Harris
Openness debate follows Mendeley acquisition
11 April 2013
Elsevier has bought Mendeley. Sian Harris investigates why the companies have chosen to join forces and how the research community is responding
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Making discoveries at discovery meeting
20 March 2013
Dynamic data presents a world of possibilities
20 March 2013
Sunny start for Europeana Cloud
20 March 2013
Drive to gold increases need for APC management
7 March 2013
Tracking research across the fields
7 March 2013
Is cloud storage the answer to preservation?
14 February 2013
Information access is crucial for creating and supporting engineers
11 February 2013
Five trends for 2013
11 February 2013
The scholarly plumbers
21 January 2013
New ways to measure science?
18 January 2013
CASE STUDY: Introducing OA within your portfolio
15 January 2013
Good language is vital to research communication
14 January 2013
Research analytics: friend, foe and informant
7 January 2013
Preparing to serve the researcher of tomorrow
13 December 2012
Transforming library services with mobile technology
4 December 2012
Research into reading and library habits has lessons for publishers
4 December 2012
Project explores open-access books in the humanities and social sciences
26 November 2012
More publishers move towards CC-BY licence for OA articles
15 November 2012
Can big data benefit society?
15 November 2012
Academic and professional publishing - a science and an art
24 October 2012
A researcher by any other name?
23 October 2012
Platform helps healthcare collaboration
23 October 2012
Global standards help visually-impaired researchers
4 October 2012
E-books force rethink of processes
4 October 2012
Gender inequality continues in science and technology
4 October 2012
Project empowers open data in public administration
1 October 2012
Scholarly publishing: a journalist's perspective
17 September 2012
Considering the future scientific journal
10 September 2012
Report reveals impact of open access on libraries
4 September 2012
Guidelines needed to prevent impact-factor abuse
29 August 2012
THREE-QUESTION SPOTLIGHT: People make the publishing industry
22 August 2012
Librarians and publishers still have problems with e-books
20 August 2012
Mobility changes the way information is used
20 August 2012
Don't use the L-word
7 August 2012
Reaping all the rewards of research-led teaching
29 July 2012
Publishers must tackle digital author royalties
11 July 2012
Expanding developing-world access
9 July 2012
Dying languages get digital home
9 July 2012
Political-science research does not 'waste taxpayer dollars'
2 July 2012
UK should embrace OA but process is complex, says Finch report
20 June 2012
Data innovation helps librarians stay ahead of the game
19 June 2012
Weighing up gold and green
30 May 2012
Indifference or delegation?
16 May 2012
What about data?
16 May 2012
Three-Question Spotlight: Home gamer helps publishers
25 April 2012
Is this the end of the printed textbook?
23 April 2012
Text mining promises huge benefits but copyright law can limit its use
15 March 2012
Treaty provokes tensions over rights
13 March 2012
Focus group reveals reticence about move to digital
28 February 2012
Apple enters digital textbook market
10 February 2012
Partnership brings library customers to Mendeley
17 January 2012
The constant innovator
17 January 2012
Geospatial data gathering bears fruit
11 January 2012
Scholarly information - past, present and future
15 December 2011
Researchers can disrupt publishing
21 November 2011
Professional publishers concerned about data exception in UK's IP plans
19 October 2011
EU addresses orphan works and 'out-of-commerce' books and journals
18 October 2011
Evolution, revolution or something else?
22 September 2011
How do we incentivise data sharing?
21 September 2011
Reviewing peer review
10 August 2011
Is the crowd opening up or dumbing down research?
19 July 2011
Librarians need to persuade politicians across Europe
19 July 2011
Changing landscape poses challenges for supporting effective research
18 July 2011
Openness should 'go deep'
15 June 2011
Infrastructure supports access to data
17 May 2011
Research Information speaks on e-books for scholarly research
16 May 2011
Digitisation partners optimistic despite copyright issues
28 April 2011
Digitisation project connects history
20 April 2011
Information overload will prompt behaviour change
20 April 2011
Unstructured information presents new opportunities for libraries
5 April 2011
Physicists get video abstracts
17 March 2011
Financial challenges, digital opportunities
17 March 2011
Putting research data in the cloud
2 March 2011
Digitised resources widen access to hidden treasures
15 February 2011
Medical student association backs open access
19 January 2011
New platform is positive sign for research
12 January 2011
Research gives new role for the cloud
21 December 2010
Research Information talks about e-books at Online Information
3 December 2010
The future of research in tough times
29 October 2010
Sharing information between academia and business
3 September 2010
Openness inspires both research and teaching
20 August 2010
Google drops its Wave
20 August 2010
Making the case for innovation
14 July 2010
Digging into data in new ways
10 June 2010
Putting 'brainware' first
18 May 2010
Be part of the conversation
28 April 2010
Untangling Europe's digital rights
27 April 2010
Data preservation: to infinity and beyond
29 March 2010
Industry changes challenge traditional peer review
18 March 2010
Report helps universities present OA business case
18 March 2010
New grant supports open-access publishing in the Netherlands
15 February 2010
Is Citizen Science the future for researchers?
3 February 2010
Conference helps assess online usage
20 January 2010
Virtual resources support 'research on demand'
6 January 2010
Virtual filing for research
4 December 2009
Publishing is more than just information
4 December 2009
Data-sharing culture has changed
12 November 2009
Physicists get new research network
9 September 2009
Elsevier redefines online articles
21 July 2009
Students join access debate
25 June 2009
Can HE keep up with the Web 2.0 world?
12 June 2009
Research4Life programmes show dramatic growth
18 May 2009
Biology journal shortens peer-review process
19 February 2009
Open-access publishing brings cost savings
27 January 2009
Report reveals the true cost of communication
15 January 2009
Research conferences go virtual
18 December 2008
Journal launch rate continues to rise
20 November 2008
New association champions open-access publishing
14 October 2008
Publishers urged to do more to be green
9 October 2008
'Online journals reduce citation count'
5 August 2008
APA rethinks NIH policy after backlash from open-access community
17 July 2008
Libraries divided over preservation urgency
16 June 2008
Seal sets standards for open-access journals
19 May 2008
Copyright should be the same for digital media, say researchers
14 April 2008
Teamwork saves review time in neuroscience
6 March 2008
Academics back peer review but want improvements
7 February 2008
Project tackles metadata mess
15 January 2008
Libraries chase digital dream
13 December 2007
Users don't expect social networking from libraries
19 November 2007
Electronic books entice academic librarians
15 October 2007
Open access debate gets personal
7 September 2007
Scholarly publishers snub Microsoft
11 August 2007
E-book strategies confuse users
3 July 2007
Code tackles journal transfer problems
12 June 2007
Latin America provides new publishing opportunities
14 May 2007
Project resolves rights management issues
5 April 2007
Industry groups agree on fundamentals of scholarly communication
6 March 2007
EC outlines information-access plans
20 February 2007
Final versions carry little weight with librarians
30 January 2007
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