We ask Ann Chapman, co-founder of Minesoft, about patent information and 10 years of the PatBase patent database
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
Martijn Roelandse
It might be fair to say we have entered the era of irreproducible science, write Martijn Roelandse and Anita Bandrowski
Heather Staines
The new non-profit Knowledge Futures Group offers institutions a valuable scholarly communications resource, writes Heather Staines
From deposits to discovery, Rebecca Pool looks at the long and winding journey of the institutional repository
A UK-based university librarian, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has spoken out about ‘gobsmacking’ prices for some ebooks
Daniel Keirs considers open science from the perspective of a physics publisher, including some of the steps needed to accelerate progress
Matt McKay
Papers related to the pandemic have been downloaded more than 150 million times, writes Matt McKay
Nandita Quaderi
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
Documentary-maker Alex Freeman never imagined she would create a tool that could overhaul the structure of academic publishing, writes Faye Holst
