Industry trends

Scientific research has not been hindered significantly by a recent proliferation of technology patents and licensing agreements, according to surveys in four countries.

The Bundesrat, Germany's second parliamentary chamber, has passed a resolution supporting open access and scientific publishing.

A number of options are available to raise the quality of peer review, according to a new report from the European Science Foundation (ESF).

The EU's High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries has presented an advisory report on copyright issues to the European Commission.

Scientists fear that non-traditional publication could affect their chances of promotion, according to a new study.

The UK should have a live, fully-integrated, national electronic theses service within two years, thanks to funding of a new project.

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has endorsed the Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing.

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has called for the open-access debate to be opened up to different types of scholarly literature and different access models.