July/August 2005

Market size and trendsIn 2004, European sales of online scientific, technical and medical (STM) information increased by 16 per cent at current prices to…

While the debate rages about the merits of open-access (or 'author-pays') journals compared with traditional, subscription-based journals, another movement has been growing behind the…

Libraries, particularly those serving the research and corporate sectors, have found their roles undergoing considerable change as their customers increasingly demand a service on…

The American Institute of Physics was founded in the 1930s to provide publishing services to scientific societies. With the advent of the Web, AIP…

As the world's leading society publisher, Blackwell Publishing's mission is to create long-term partnerships with our clients that enhance learning, disseminate research, and improve…

CABI Publishing has had an exciting year so far; 2005 has seen several new developments aimed at meeting the needs of customers in the…

We all have an important role to play in the STM community: scientists, researchers, authors, editors, doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners, librarians and…

Subscription agents have seen many e-journal (and e-journal package) orders returning to the fold within the last few years - i.e. back to the…

The Internet has revolutionised the world of scientific information technology. Probably the most important revolution has been the ease with which a user can…

The truth may well be out there, but unless it is properly indexed there is very little chance of most scientists being able to…

Some 10 years have passed since e-journals began their radical transformation of scholarly publishing. In that time, both the content and its users have…

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has established itself as one of the leading publishers in the life sciences with the international journal Nature and a…