A UK-based university librarian, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has spoken out about ‘gobsmacking’ prices for some ebooks
Analysis & opinion
02 July 2020
Daniel Keirs considers open science from the perspective of a physics publisher, including some of the steps needed to accelerate progress
Matt McKay
01 July 2020
Papers related to the pandemic have been downloaded more than 150 million times, writes Matt McKay
Nandita Quaderi
30 June 2020
Nandita Quaderi, editor-in-chief of the Web of Science at Clarivate, explains what editorial integrity means for citation data and journal evaluation
Alex Freeman
23 June 2020
Documentary-maker Alex Freeman never imagined she would create a tool that could overhaul the structure of academic publishing, writes Faye Holst
10 June 2020
Digital Science has released a report highlighting the global research landscape trends and cultural changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
01 June 2020
In February 160 attendees gathered in London at BMA House for the Fifth Researcher to Reader Conference. Heather Staines reports
05 May 2020
Tamir Borensztajn describes attempts to support an open research infrastructure
30 April 2020
Mark Carden ponders: does the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the world has changed forever and nothing will be the same again?
Kim Eggleton
28 April 2020
Kim Eggleton wonders: how do we solve the problem of diversity in peer review?
28 April 2020
Publishing organisations should look to adopt modular infrastructure and modular business models so they can experiment, writes Brian Cody
06 April 2020
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
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Antonia Seymour, chief executive at IOP Publishing, and Andrew Barker, director of library services and learning development at Lancaster University, talk about hybrid working and re-thinking how we work
David Stuart writes: are new ways of measuring research are providing a more realistic picture of scholarly communication?
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Siân Harris looks at what role cloud-based services play in libraries today, their benefits and limitations and what challenges remain
Charlie Rapple
Kudos co-founder Charlie Rapple explains her passion for accelerating the dissemination – and impact – of science
Sowmya Swaminathan
Sowmya Swaminathan discusses the implications for publishers in helping to foster open research practices
Nandita Quaderi
Nandita Quaderi explains how Covid-19 continues to affect the citation network, and introduces a new kind of citation distortion
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere
Oluchi Ojinamma Okere outlines how researchers in sub-Saharan countries are being hamstrung by economics
Helen Lippell
Helen Lippell explains why organisations should learn more about taxonomies, ontologies and metadata - and describes her love of a good quiz
Mark Hahnel
Figshare founder Mark Hahnel describes the company's beginnings and raison d’être – and his wider hopes for scholarly communications
Miriam Maus
If scientists are successful, we are successful, writes Miriam Maus, publishing director at IOP Publishing
