Editor's picks

BMA House in Central London is the venue for the conference

News story
R2R Call for Papers - first deadline next week

The Researcher to Reader Conference will take place in London on 25-26 February 2025, and the call for papers is currently open

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Jon Bentley

Analysis and opinion
Libraries eye multiple uses for artificial intelligence

AI-driven technologies can serve a vast range of use cases in libraries, explains Jon Bentley

Artificial intelligence

Kathryn Smith

Analysis and opinion
Goldilocks and the research management systems

Kathryn Smith asks: how do we find one that’s just right?

Research management

News

BMA House in Central London is the venue for the conference

conference
R2R Call for Papers - first deadline next week
25 July 2024

The Researcher to Reader Conference will take place in London on 25-26 February 2025, and the call for papers is currently open

Library publishing
Big Ten Academic Alliance launches library publishing pilot
25 July 2024

Project will create unified discovery layer for diverse publishing platforms of participating libraries

Research news
Clarivate releases annual G20 scorecard
18 July 2024

For the first time report includes data for European Union and G20’s new permanent member, the African Union

Analysis & opinion

Artificial intelligence
Managing the risks of AI in libraries
22 July 2024

AI can offer many benefits to research libraries and their users – but it’s also important to be aware of the risks, explains Jon Bentley

Analysis & opinion

Jon Bentley

Artificial intelligence
Libraries eye multiple uses for artificial intelligence
11 July 2024

AI-driven technologies can serve a vast range of use cases in libraries, explains Jon Bentley

Kathryn Smith

Research management
Goldilocks and the research management systems
10 July 2024

Kathryn Smith asks: how do we find one that’s just right?

Nandita Quaderi

Journal Citation Reports
Quality and trust over impact
20 June 2024

Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports continue to evolve, writes Nandita Quaderi

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

SSP President Heather Staines

Interview
INTERVIEW: “I want others to fall in love with the profession”

Heather Staines, newly-appointed president of SSP, recalls her career and outlines her hopes for the wider industry

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

Viewpoint

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

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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.