Dynamic documents, semantic technologies and better signposting in scholarly resources are some of the ways libraries and publishers can help researchers, according to a study by Lettie Conrad and Mary Somerville
Analysis & opinion
Many recent policies favour openness, and studies show that researchers as readers value this too. However, as authors, researcher priorities are different. Rachel Bruce and David Prosser consider this gap and what can be done to address it
Every year Thomson Reuters uses its citation analysis tools to study the research landscape and the researchers within it. Christopher King shares what the latest study says about the field of genomics
Last year the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution began asking authors to include tweetable abstracts in their submissions. The journal's assistant editor Samantha Ponton explains why and how the journal went about it
Richard Padley argues the case for scrutinising software submitted with scholarly articles within the peer-review process
Data sharing and data publication should be more broadly adopted among scholars, argues Norman Wiseman
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
Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka and Ben Showers of Jisc report on a study of how libraries can better support chemists and other researchers
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
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
Elsevier has bought Mendeley. Sian Harris investigates why the companies have chosen to join forces and how the research community is responding
Neil Grindley reports from the recent Jisc Discovery Summit 2013 and the parallel discussions on Twitter