Open Book: ‘No rhyme or reason’ on ebook prices
9 July 2020
A UK-based university librarian, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has spoken out about ‘gobsmacking’ prices for some ebooks
Industry trends
Accelerating open science in physics
2 July 2020
Daniel Keirs considers open science from the perspective of a physics publisher, including some of the steps needed to accelerate progress
Matt McKay
Publishers 'swift to release Covid-19 research' – STM Association
1 July 2020
Papers related to the pandemic have been downloaded more than 150 million times, writes Matt McKay
Nandita Quaderi
Making decisions with confidence: the importance of editorial integrity
30 June 2020
Nandita Quaderi, editor-in-chief of the Web of Science at Clarivate, explains what editorial integrity means for citation data and journal evaluation
2020 Journal Citation Reports now available
30 June 2020
Alex Freeman
Cambridge scientist 'breaks up the old-fashioned academic paper'
23 June 2020
Documentary-maker Alex Freeman never imagined she would create a tool that could overhaul the structure of academic publishing, writes Faye Holst
ALPSP chief executive Wayne Sime
ALPSP shortlists finalists for innovation award
23 June 2020
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers – ALPSP – has announced its shortlist for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2020
Publishers ‘must drop fees in wake of Covid-19’ – Jisc/UUK
17 June 2020
Major academic publishers are being urged to reduce their prices by 25 per cent on all agreements in light of the severe financial impact institutions are facing because of the pandemic
Preprint journal clubs – invitation to researchers
16 June 2020
eLife has partnered with PREreview to bring together scientists globally for a series of virtual discussions around research posted as preprints
MIT sticks to OA principles and ends Elsevier talks
12 June 2020
MIT – the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – has ended negotiations with the publisher Elsevier for a new journals contract
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Deciding to do nothing about preservation could be a disaster, says Paul Stokes
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The Russian Federation has declared 2021 as a year of Science and Technology – which predicts an increase in the sphere of scientific publications, writes Julia Peregudova
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More than 120 delegates from an array of institutions and countries around the world joined the organisers of CISPC for the first virtual version of the event.
