Social networking has huge potential for science
1 December 2008
Earlier this year Collexis launched its first social networking site, BiomedExperts.com. The company's chief operating officer, Steve Leicht,tells us how such sites can help research
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Updated tool helps to organise references
1 December 2008
Mhari Duncan believes that the new EndNote X2 from Thomson Reuters has many advantages over previous versions
Growth slows, but new technology holds promise
1 December 2008
Annual growth in the European STM information market has dropped to 4.6 per cent. Market analyst David Mort looks at some of the trends over the past year
Library management systems embrace change
1 December 2008
Integration, usability and good discovery tools are some of the requirements of modern library management systems, as their providers
tell Siân Harris
New entry tries new publishing model
1 December 2008
Bloomsbury is launching an open-access monograph imprint, writes John Murphy
Publishers urged to do more to be green
1 December 2008
Environmental responsibility is becoming a big issue for publishers. Siân Harris reports on some of the green ideas at the ALPSP conference
Extending the power of the 'simple' web link
1 December 2008
When it comes to linking in future web systems, people should look to the past, according to Geoffrey Bilder's presentation at the recent ALPSP conference in Old Windsor, UK
Preservation community calls for action to safeguard information
1 December 2008
Siân Harris reports from the iPRES 2008 conference
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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
