News features

'Online journals reduce citation count'

5 August 2008
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool

APA rethinks NIH policy after backlash from open-access community

17 July 2008
The American Psychological Association is looking again at its plans to charge authors to fulfil the National Institutes of Health mandate.

Libraries divided over preservation urgency

16 June 2008
Library views are mixed about the urgency of digital preservation, according to a study by Portico and Ithaka.

Seal sets standards for open-access journals

19 May 2008
The SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access journals intends to address the confusion that sometimes surrounds the use and reuse of material published in OA journals.

Copyright should be the same for digital media, say researchers

14 April 2008
A British Library survey has revealed that researchers want the same rights with digital information as they have with print