Dare to share?
1 December 2016
From clarity to confusion, Rebecca Pool looks at the highs and lows of data sharing in scholarly publishing
December 2016/January 2017
Life through a lens
1 December 2016
At Frankfurt Book Fair, Research Information heard claims that the use of video in scholarly publishing is ‘hockey-sticking’. Tim Gillett zooms in on the action
C is for collaboration
1 December 2016
Steve Arlington is president of the Pistoia Alliance – a global, not-for-profit alliance of life science companies, vendors, publishers, and academic groups
The Arab dream of new libraries
24 November 2016
European and North American countries should pay attention to the development of libraries in Arab countries, writes Rafael Ball
ARM addressing the engineering skills gap
24 November 2016
October saw the launch of ARM Education Media, a subscription-based digital content hub offering education kits. Khaled Benkrid tells us more
Next-generation research environments
4 November 2016
Chris Brown asks whether the environments in which we conduct our research are up-to-scratch
Recognising the role of women in cancer research
2 November 2016
The issue of female representation in STEM occupations has been a hot topic in recent years, writes Katherine Single
'A software geek at heart'
12 October 2016
There are a growing number of new tools and services available to support academics throughout the research cycle. Here, Emily Marchant from Cambridge University Press speaks to Matias Piipari, the founder of an online writing tool called Manuscripts, which is designed specifically for the authoring of academic texts
Latest issue
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
