A changing environment
Ron Mobed, CEO of Elsevier, shares his thoughts on research trends, open access, and publisher profit-margins
Ron Mobed, CEO of Elsevier, shares his thoughts on research trends, open access, and publisher profit-margins
Earlier this year Elsevier bought the web-based engineering information company Knovel. Siân Harris caught up with what the company has been doing since it was bought, and how things have changed
Open standards and better metadata are paving the way for more robust publishing systems, writes Siân Harris
There are many sources of information available to researchers. Database providers argue that this makes the role of high-quality databases as important as ever. Interviews by Siân Harris
Earlier this year SAGE and Jisc organised a librarian roundtable to examine the implications of managing article-processing charges. Siân Harris, who also wrote the report of the event, describes some of the key findings
Esther Harris explains why publishers need to rethink user experience and experiment relentlessly
More focus needs to be placed on user experience in the field of research, writes Jake Smallridge
What to do if your research paper is too long for an article but not long enough for a monograph? Katie Silvester explains
David Myers tells us about his new venture, the Data Licensing Alliance, and his adventures in wine-making
Scott Edmunds highlights opportunities to improve the publishing process by improving transparency, accountability and speed
More and more library publishers are sharing experiences to topple tradition, reports Rebecca Pool
Many readers of scholarly literature today are underserved by traditional publishing formats, writes Emma Warren-Jones
Sharing platforms offer effective ways of connecting with researchers and create fertile ground for serendipity, writes Claire Webber
Tamir Borensztajn assesses inequity in the research process and ensuring fair access to diverse information
Emily Choynowski surveys the challenges facing academic publishers in the Middle East
Delving into physics digital archives provides surprising and inspiring food for thought, writes Gaia Donati
Fiona Hutton, of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness