A new platform is helping to link researchers with potential candidates for research studies. Matt Terrell describes the Call for Participants project and looks at its global potential
Analysis & opinion
In an article based on his presentation at the UKSG conference earlier this month, Ernesto Priego gives a researcher-focused perspective on 'impact'
The team behind the ISSN identifiers have developed a new resource to help people assess the quality and relevance of open-access resources. Sian Harris reports
In discussions about gold open access and the risk of paying twice, The Royal Society of Chemistry's approach is often mentioned. Max Espley and Serin Dabb explain how it works
Carolyn Alderson of Jisc Collections looks at some approaches to acquiring e-books
Mark Carden reports from this year's Association of Subscription Agents conference
Teresa Tocewicz takes a look at how visualisation can be used most effectively for data analysis
The Wellcome Trust has released on figshare the details of article-processing charge (APC) payments that it made in 2012-13. The majority of the payments were in the late hundreds or low thousands. However, sums ranged from a low of £45.94 to a high of £13,200 for an open-access book
At the end of last year Research Information editor Sian Harris was guest on a Copyright Clearance Center webinar on open access. She reports on some of the things she discussed
The impact of data loss can be staggering for research. Nathan Westgarth argues the case for better data management
Jisc's Rachel Bruce describes the changes required to ensure managing data is a high priority for research institutions
Mark Carden casts a critical eye over some of the industry hot topics discussed at the Academic Publishing in Europe meeting in Berlin last month