Going to a conference can involve lengthy negotiations about budgets, flight details, accommodation and work schedules. But it doesn't always have to be like that. Sian Harris finds out about new moves to bring more of the benefits of research meetings online
Analysis & opinion
20 November 2008
A recent survey tracking publisher behaviour reveals that businesses are launching more journals, have relaxed copyright policies and are unsure of the latest internet technologies, writes Rebecca Pool
14 October 2008
Siân Harris spoke to some of the people behind the new Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
09 October 2008
Siân Harris reports back from the recent ALPSP conference about how publishers could better address environmental concerns
05 August 2008
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool
17 July 2008
The American Psychological Association is looking again at its plans to charge authors to fulfil the National Institutes of Health mandate.
16 June 2008
Library views are mixed about the urgency of digital preservation, according to a study by Portico and Ithaka.
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.
14 April 2008
A British Library survey has revealed that researchers want the same rights with digital information as they have with print
06 March 2008
Nadya Anscombe reports on how rival neuroscience journals are working together to simply and speed up the peer-review process
07 February 2008
The peer review process is supported by the majority of researchers, according to a new report
15 January 2008
Nadya Anscombe reports on a pilot project that hopes to unite the different metadata systems used by publishers and libraries
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The pandemic has pushed the use of technology to the fore and it is likely to remain there, writes Tim Gillett
Lou Peck and Phil Hurst
Lou Peck and Phil Hurst cast an eye over proceedings during Peer Review Week
Academic publishers are railing against inaccurate stories and asking the scientific community to do more, writes Matt McKay
We've recently seen some positive and impactful changes to the way in which the OA landscape can work, writes Steven Inchcoombe
Rebecca Pool asks: has Covid-19 pushed the move towards open data to the point of no return?
