CLA and Kortext have agreed to buy the rebus:list reading list management system from PTFS Europe, a leading supplier of the Koha library management system and other products to the library market
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News
10 August 2017
Institutes in the USA lead the way in terms of influencing innovation, according to a report by Nature
09 August 2017
Kudos has developed a light-hearted quiz for researchers to test their awareness and understanding of research impact, and compare themselves with other researchers
Features
21 July 2017
Open access looks set to shake up the humanities and social sciences book landscape for the better, reports Rebecca Pool
28 June 2017
Change is constant in scholarly publishing; nowhere more than in the world of metrics. Here, four industry leaders offer Tim Gillett some predictions for the future
28 June 2017
As publishers and platform hosts root out discovery issues one by one, the path to clear-cut discovery is unfolding, writes Rebecca Pool
29 March 2017
It’s crucial that developing-country researchers are not forgotten, writes Andy Nobes
28 March 2017
From pilots to practice, more and more publishers are warming to open peer review, reports Rebecca Pool
24 March 2017
Cartoon abstracts are a very effective way to bring research to life, writes Daniel Pullin
Webcasts
02 December 2014
Dr Christopher Marker, will discuss Inspec, the indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the depth of its extensive coverage within physics, computing and engineering
Analysis & opinion
17 August 2017
From email to chat rooms to social networks, online collaboration has evolved rapidly over the years – as have users, writes Kent Anderson
09 August 2017
Jez Cope and Angela Davies describe a research sharing initiative in the north of England
19 July 2017
A global shift in priorities affects how publishers must think about the structure of academic research, says Martin Szomszor
Interviews
21 July 2017
Nigel Lee, CEO at Glasstree Academic Publishing, describes how he wants to transform scholarly communications
27 March 2017
Judy Verses is executive vice president for research at John Wiley and Sons
Events
Wrocław, Poland
19 August 2017 to 25 August 2017
Viewpoint
7 August 2017
Journal and article metrics are increasingly important across academic publishing. They can help researchers choose which journal to submit their work to, and assess the ongoing impact of an individual piece of work (including their own). Journal editors use them to assess their journals’ standing in the community, raise its profile, and potentially attract quality submissions. And metrics can also assist librarians in selecting journals for their institution and analysing their usage and impact, as well as helping them assess the impact of research published by those in their institution.
27 July 2017
‘What gets measured gets improved' has become something of a mantra for our Product team here at Emerald; and that refrain rang in our ears clear as a bell when the TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework) results came out recently for the UK.
Products
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced a release of its Summon discovery service
ChemRxiv, a new chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, is now available in a fully functioning Beta version for use and feedback by researchers
Show previews
Events coming soon