February/March 2014

Automating allocation of reviewers can speed up the review process - but the information about the reviewers' interests need to be good. Sian Harris speaks to the co-founder and CEO of open-access publisher Frontiers

Janne-Tuomas Seppanen describes a new journal that he hopes will provide recognition for good peer reviews

Jackie Jones discusses why Wiley is piloting a new system to help transfer peer review between journals

Last May, ProQuest bought e-book aggregator EBL. Sian Harris finds out about the company's plans to bring this and other businesses more closely together

Childhood friends formed New Zealand-based Publons to help academics build a reputation for their reviews, writes Sian Harris

Sian Harris asks four subscription agents about how libraries purchase content and the implications of this for the agent's role

Many discussions at the Online Information 2013 conference focused on the changes and opportunities for information professionals, writes Sian Harris

As preservation professionals meet the rising demands of traditional publishers, can they also attend to the needs of riskier ventures, asks Rebecca Pool