Learned society owned publisher EDP Sciences has announced the launch of a new multi- and inter-disciplinary open access journal: 4open
As open access policies come into force, UK higher education institutions are racing to meet the mandates. Rebecca Pool reports
Howard Ratner is executive director of CHOR Inc, the organisation behind the new CHORUS service in the USA. We ask him what CHORUS is about, what plans he has and his thoughts on open access in general
The UK's system for assessing research and allocating money has added new open-access requirements. Neil Jacobs looks at what this means for researchers in the UK and elsewhere
At the end of last year Research Information editor Sian Harris was guest on a Copyright Clearance Center webinar on open access. She reports on some of the things she discussed
The SciELO Citation Index of cited references from open-access journals from South America and other Ibero-America areas are being integretedinto the Web of Knowledge
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded $50,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation towards development of the SHared Access Research Ecosystem initiative
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
Earlier this year SAGE and Jisc organised a librarian roundtable to examine the implications of managing article-processing charges. Research Information editor Sian Harris, who also wrote the report of the event, describes some of the key findings
Future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be made available to the public at no charge, thanks to a new policy
Michael Upshall is head of sales and business development at Unsilo
Michael Upshall reports on an ongoing survey focusing on artificial intelligence in academic publishing
Helen Tian considers what international publishers should consider when building a marketing strategy in this region
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Donald Samulack investigates the possibilities of augmented reality in academic publishing
Andrew Preston
Andrew Preston describes how to make transparent peer review work at scale
Micah Vandegrift
Micah Vandegrift discusses a broad variety of methods to share research and scholarship, especially infused with open values
The discussion in scholarly publishing has moved on from open access to open research, from opening up access to publications to opening up the whole research process and as wide a variety of research outcomes as possible.
Adrian Mulligan
Researchers now spend almost as much time searching for articles as actually reading them, writes Adrian Mulligan
Scholarly publishing leaders must show the way in using the technology to solve problems within the industry, writes Darrell Gunter
Roy Kaufman
Roy Kaufman focuses on a promising trend for dynamic, content-empowered learning environments
Catt Thompson-Baum
Catt Thompson-Baum, conservation manager for Wiley Digital Archives, gives an inside view of the world of archive collections – from mummified rats to medieval parchments
Claire Doffegnies
Given the constant discussion about Brexit at the moment, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the EU Parliament continues to legislate on issues that affect the lives of citizens across Europe, from Agriculture to Transport, writes Claire Doffegnies
