Industry trends

In less than six months after its launch, research methods network, 'Methodspace', has more than 2000 members

The InChI Trust is launching this week with the aim of expanding and developing the InChI open-source chemical structure representation algorithm

Although many projects in the not-for-profit sector attempt to generate some revenue through subscription, pay-per-view and a range of licensing arrangements, their income still depends heavily on support from the institutions that host them

There has been a dramatic rise in research output by scientists in the developing world since 2002, according to the partners of Research4Life

The Netherlands' SURFdirect and Creative Commons Netherlands recommend the most liberal Creative Commons licence for reuse of material in the context of education and research

The high-energy physics open-access consortium, SCOAP3, has added Finland to its list of member countries

Student associations in the USA are calling on universities, research funders, and researchers to support open access to research

Millions of "orphan works" cannot be accessed online because their rights holders cannot be found

Open-access publication could save the Netherlands up to 133 million euros, according to new research from Australian economist John Houghton