With the rise of the internet changing this industry beyond recognition, scientific publishing is becoming more complex. Siân Harris found out why this could make the agent's role more important than ever
Two years ago Elsevier became the first publisher to agree to deposit all its journals articles into the Dutch National Library. Elsevier's director of IT Solutions, Geoffrey Adams, explains why and how it is progressing so far
Thomson plans to buy Information Holdings, the parent company of MicroPatent. Peter Rees found out what this might mean to patent users
John Murphy profiles the president and CEO of the Research Libraries Group, an international organisation for libraries, museums and archives
In all the talk of journals pricing and reducing the turnaround of the peer review process, the issue of quality can get overlooked. Ulrich Pöschl describes an open-access journal that is seeking to redress the balance
David Mort kicks off our new analysis section with a critical look at the effects of mergers and acquisitions on end-users
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens announced the winner of its inaugural best publisher user experience (UX) award for 2020 earlier this year
As scholarly publishing communities search for the meaning behind metrics, the need for context is becoming crystal clear, reports Rebecca Pool
In February 160 attendees gathered in London at BMA House for the Fifth Researcher to Reader Conference. Heather Staines reports
Tamir Borensztajn describes attempts to support an open research infrastructure
Mark Carden ponders: does the Covid-19 pandemic mean that the world has changed forever and nothing will be the same again?
Kim Eggleton
Kim Eggleton wonders: how do we solve the problem of diversity in peer review?
Publishing organisations should look to adopt modular infrastructure and modular business models so they can experiment, writes Brian Cody
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of open access and open science, writes Rossana Morriello
