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
Fiona Hutton
Fiona Hutton, of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness
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While open science has gained from the pandemic many challenges remain, writes David Stuart
David Armstrong
Options for disseminating research content have proliferated over the past decade, writes David Armstrong
Rachel Burley
The peer review-based publishing is under more pressure than ever to become faster and more open, writes Rachel Burley
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Shane Rydquist and Minhaj Rais ask: has investment in new content types led to a new era in discovery?
James Gray
Kortext CEO James Gray reflects on founding the company, his wider career, and some life-changing moments
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'Elitist world' discriminating against humanities must be avoided at all costs, write Martin Eve and Anthony Cond
Sami Benchekroun
Sami Benchekroun outlines post-pandemic trends in scholarly communications
Alvin Hutchinson
Institutional repositories have not evolved in the way they were first intended, writes Alvin Hutchinson
Frances Downey
Frances Downey, head of research and innovation culture at UKRI, explains the formation of the organisation’s Good Research Resource Hub
