When research met policy – a perfect match online
Alex Freeman, founder of Octopus.ac, explains the platform's new feature integrating government ‘areas of research interest’
Metrics
Predatory Publishing in 2025
Simon Linacre assesses the state of predatory publishing, 15 years since the term was first coined
Bluesky now tracked as Altmetric research attention source
Real-time tracking detects posts, reposts and quotes that contain a direct link to research
Open data “on edge of being a global standard”
State of Open Data report provides quantitative analysis on growth of open data sharing globally
Free COUNTER membership in Research4Life countries
Libraries, publishers and related organisations in more than 100 countries to benefit from offer
Altmetric now tracks clinical impact of research
New 'attention source' will enable users to see the practical applications of medical research
Clarivate reveals Highly Cited Researchers
Mainland China and Hong Kong made sizeable gains, while the United States gradually lost share
Expanding horizons
Gaelle Bequet reflects on the ISSN International Centre's decade of innovation and global reach
Goldilocks and the research management systems
Kathryn Smith asks: how do we find one that’s just right?
Quality and trust over impact
Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports continue to evolve, writes Nandita Quaderi
Have we reached the limits of altmetrics?
AI increases both the risk of deliberate metric manipulation as well as the overall noise in the scholarly publishing system, writes David Stuart
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Silent, yet indispensable
Andrea Chiarelli explains how identifiers, metadata and shared infrastructures bolster research integrity