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Research Information Yearbook 2023/2024

Digital Edition

Research Information Yearbook 2023/2024

1 November 2023

Research Information Yearbook 2022/2023

Breaking down barriers to data sharing

11 January 2023

Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast.

From open access to openly accessible

11 January 2023

Patrick Hargitt explains why 2022 became the year that accessibility got serious.

Publication and data surveillance in academia

11 January 2023

Joseph Koivisto and Jordan Sly from the University of Maryland discuss the implications of the publications-as-data model.

How was the transition to open access advanced in 2022?

11 January 2023

Despite the collective and decisive step changes in enabling the transition to open access this year, we should not be complacent, writes Susie Winter.

Open access in scholarly publishing: Where are we now?

11 January 2023

Thomas Shaw and Andrew Barker from Lancaster University Library discuss the realities, challenges and future impact of open access in the research community

Making universal access to research a reality

11 January 2023

It’s not a question of if, but how. The future of scholarly publishing is open, yet the debate on how to accelerate the growth of open access continues

Digital Edition

Research Information Yearbook 2022/2023

3 January 2023

Autumn 2022

Digital Edition

Research Information Autumn 2022

6 October 2022

The critical range of publishing platforms

30 September 2022

Publishing platforms are digital solutions that are principally designed to help publishers and authors to evaluate and disseminate content

The possibilities of open science

21 September 2022

Research Information spoke to four experts in the field about the ongoing move to open science, and the challenges that have emerged in an increasingly complex open-science ecosystem.

Bridging the gap with video

21 September 2022

Siân Harris considers the use of video in scholarly communications today and the challenges and opportunities for the future.

Analysis and opinion

Support for early-career researchers

21 September 2022

Six university presses join forces to support early-career researchers from 2022 to 2025 with the OpenUP initiative

‘We’re prioritising the in-person event to the highest degree’

13 September 2022

Leah Hinds, executive director, Charleston Hub, gives us the details of the new and improved conference taking place in November, including session and speaker information, as well as insights into what’s new this year.

Photo credit: Olwenn Ní Dhubhghaill

Analysis and opinion

Debunking digital myths

6 September 2022

Sabine Louët uncovers three myths about digital research dissemination and shares lessons she has learned

Five industry leaders on the future of publishing platforms

26 August 2022

As the move towards open science and FAIR data progresses, platform providers are facing new challenges. Five industry figures tell Tim Gillett what comes next.

'Fast publication can save lives!'

15 July 2022

River Valley Technologies director Maryam Bazargan describes her early career, 10 years of working with her brother Kaveh, and her love of languages and cultures

Summer 2022

Digital Edition

Research Information Summer 2022

18 August 2022

Letting go of the way we worked pre-pandemic

4 August 2022

As offices have started to open up, Antonia Seymour talks about how not being bound by location means we need to re-think how we work.

The challenge of measuring scholarly communication

5 July 2022

David Stuart writes: are new ways of measuring research are providing a more realistic picture of scholarly communication?

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Bright future for libraries in the cloud

4 July 2022

Siân Harris looks at what role cloud-based services play in libraries today, their benefits and limitations and what challenges remain

'It just frustrates me to see research not being read and used'

30 June 2022

Kudos co-founder Charlie Rapple explains her passion for accelerating the dissemination – and impact – of science

Sowmya Swaminathan

Analysis and opinion

Early sharing not the only driver for preprint use

29 June 2022

Sowmya Swaminathan discusses the implications for publishers in helping to foster open research practices

Nandita Quaderi

Analysis and opinion

Another extraordinary year for citation impact

27 June 2022

Nandita Quaderi explains how Covid-19 continues to affect the citation network, and introduces a new kind of citation distortion

Oluchi Ojinamma Okere

Analysis and opinion

Open Book: African scholars facing economic crunch

20 June 2022

Oluchi Ojinamma Okere outlines how researchers in sub-Saharan countries are being hamstrung by economics

A Mastermind of taxonomy

15 June 2022

Helen Lippell explains why organisations should learn more about taxonomies, ontologies and metadata - and describes her love of a good quiz

Working towards a fairer playing field

7 June 2022

Figshare founder Mark Hahnel describes the company's beginnings and raison d’être – and his wider hopes for scholarly communications

Miriam Maus

Analysis and opinion

Conference highlights early-career research barriers

6 June 2022

If scientists are successful, we are successful, writes Miriam Maus, publishing director at IOP Publishing

Spring 2022

James Gray

Analysis and opinion

Is there a systemic problem with ebooks?

23 May 2022

James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed

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Analysis and opinion

UX – putting the user first

23 May 2022

Matt Balara explains how an established publisher, De Gruyter, completed an extraordinary transformation

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Pandemic brings preprints into the spotlight

19 May 2022

From rapid disease information to a way to promote and share regional knowledge in multiple languages, preprints have come into their own in recent years. Siân Harris finds out more

Céline Richard

Analysis and opinion

When two worlds collide

21 April 2022

Céline Richard explains what the Large Hadron Collider has taught us about the importance of open access research

Changing the landscape of scientific communication

21 April 2022

Ivy Cavendish tells the inspirational tale behind the formation of a writing tool for researchers, TooWrite

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Bringing people together for semantic enrichment

20 April 2022

There is a continuing need for the sorts of insights and judgements that only a person can bring, writes David Stuart

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

Analysis and opinion

Usage: the missing measure of impact

19 April 2022

COUNTER reports have an integral role to play in our wider scholarly communication system, writes Tasha Mellins-Cohen

A passion for impact

12 April 2022

Emerald Publishing CEO Tony Roche talks of his career in scholarly publishing and a love of eastern cuisine

The wisdom of preservation

7 April 2022

Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS executive director, reflects on her career and explains the importance of robustly preserving academic resources

Heather Staines

Analysis and opinion

Cross-pollination enables hybrid event to bloom

25 March 2022

Heather Staines sums up proceedings at this year's Researcher to Reader conference

Winter 2022

Esther Harris

Analysis and opinion

Welcome to the experience economy

17 February 2022

Esther Harris explains why publishers need to rethink user experience and experiment relentlessly

Jake Smallridge

Analysis and opinion

Eliminating barriers to accessibility

15 February 2022

More focus needs to be placed on user experience in the field of research, writes Jake Smallridge

Katie Silvester

Analysis and opinion

Element of truth

14 February 2022

What to do if your research paper is too long for an article but not long enough for a monograph? Katie Silvester explains

Data and decanting

14 February 2022

David Myers tells of his new venture, the Data Licensing Alliance, and his adventures in wine-making

Scott Edmunds

Analysis and opinion

Preprints and open peer review come of age

10 February 2022

Scott Edmunds highlights opportunities to improve the publishing process by improving transparency, accountability and speed

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United they stand

10 February 2022

More and more library publishers are sharing experiences to topple tradition, reports Rebecca Pool

Emma Warren-Jones

Analysis and opinion

How UX innovation is democratising scholarly research

9 February 2022

Many readers of scholarly literature today are underserved by traditional publishing formats, writes Emma Warren-Jones

Analysis and opinion

Share and share alike

8 February 2022

Sharing platforms offer effective ways of connecting with researchers and create fertile ground for serendipity, writes Claire Webber

Tamir Borensztajn

Analysis and opinion

Not just semantics: supporting equity in research

10 January 2022

Tamir Borensztajn assesses inequity in the research process and ensuring fair access to diverse information

Emily Choynowski

Analysis and opinion

MENA barriers to open access publishing

4 January 2022

Emily Choynowski surveys the challenges facing academic publishers in the Middle East

Gaia Donati

Analysis and opinion

Discovery through multi-lingual science archives

17 December 2021

Delving into physics digital archives provides surprising and inspiring food for thought, writes Gaia Donati

'Publishers need to help speed research up, not slow it down'

18 November 2021

Fiona Hutton, head of STM open access publishing and executive publisher at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness

December 2021/January 2022

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Open science and the new normal

12 November 2021

While open science has gained from the pandemic many challenges remain, writes David Stuart

David Armstrong

Analysis and opinion

Insights on the use of audio-visual content by surgeons

11 November 2021

Options for disseminating research content have proliferated over the past decade, writes David Armstrong

Rachel Burley

Analysis and opinion

How AI is accelerating research publishing

1 November 2021

The peer review-based publishing is under more pressure than ever to become faster and more open, writes Rachel Burley

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Analysis and opinion

Audio and video 'broadening target audiences'

29 October 2021

Shane Rydquist and Minhaj Rais ask: has investment in new content types led to a new era in discovery?

'Where there is hardship, there is hope'

27 October 2021

Kortext founder and CEO James Gray reflects on founding the company, his wider career, and some life-changing moments

Image: Svetlana Buzmakova/Shutterstock.com

Analysis and opinion

'Crucial time' for OA monographs

21 October 2021

'Elitist world' discriminating against humanities must be avoided at all costs, write Martin Eve and Anthony Cond

Sami Benchekroun

Analysis and opinion

Industry at a strategic crossroads

19 October 2021

Sami Benchekroun outlines post-pandemic trends in scholarly communications

Alvin Hutchinson

Analysis and opinion

Open Book: Institutional intent vs. repository reality

18 October 2021

Institutional repositories have not evolved in the way they were first intended, writes Alvin Hutchinson

Embedding a positive culture

22 September 2021

Frances Downey, head of research and innovation culture at UKRI, explains the formation of the organisation’s Good Research Resource Hub

October/November 2021

Scott Williams

Analysis and opinion

‘It was time for a fundamental change’

1 October 2021

Publisher De Gruyter describes a digital transformation of its business

Image: Vasin Lee/shutterstock.com

Covid-19: A catalyst for change?

29 September 2021

Eighteen months into the pandemic, Rebecca Pool asks: do libraries face an exclusively digital future?

Gali Halevi

Analysis and opinion

The future of evaluative metrics

29 September 2021

Gali Halevi discusses the impact of new publishing outlets and formats

Relaunching the academic seminar

23 September 2021

Andrew Preston and Ben Kaube tell us about their new venture Cassyni, which is aimed at shaking up the world of academic seminars

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Analysis and opinion

The art of judging things for what they are

20 September 2021

Kim Eggleton on how using anonymity can create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review

Hannah Heckner

Analysis and opinion

Staying open to open science needs

1 September 2021

When it comes to platforms and the shifting OA landscape there's no one-size-fits-all solution, writes Hannah Heckner

Nick Newcomer

Analysis and opinion

Malicious mislabeling at the expense of embracing DEI

31 August 2021

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of every conversation in higher education and academia, writes Nick Newcomer

Nicola Jones

Analysis and opinion

How can open science help achieve sustainability?

27 August 2021

The time for action is now, write Nicola Jones and Nick Campbell

Image: Anna Kutukova/Shutterstock.com

Analysis and opinion

Language as a barrier to publishing?

26 August 2021

Hilde van Zeeland and Juan Castro describe how natural language processing is changing the game

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