Publishers and editors want evidence and the ability to test assumptions when making strategic decisions about the direction of a journal or programme. Data visualisation delivers faster, deeper insights and better answers to questions about the health of a journal programme.
Viewpoint
28 September 2016
Publishers are natural content marketers—while other industries must generate new content to be successful “content marketers,” publishers already have a treasure trove of it and create more every day.
But scholarly and professional publishers have traditionally seen themselves as content curators and nurturers, not content marketers. Much of their staff were—or still are—scholars and professionals in their respective fields, after all.
4 August 2016
When you visit the doctor with a worrying symptom, or take your sick dog to the vets, you assume that the practitioner you consult is basing his diagnosis and treatment decision on the best available evidence, and not just on a quick Google search. After all, the pace of progress and change in scientific research is rapid, and it may be some years since your doctor did her training.
28 July 2016
Open Access has transformed academic publishing. A majority of the world’s academic publishers follow a hybrid model for at least some journals; around 43% of academic content published in the UK is Open Access. The rising tide of OA content brings its own challenges, none more significant than how the broadest possible audience can find quality, peer reviewed open research.
18 April 2016
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Jonathan Bresman explains why the Starship Enterprise and Jurassic Park needed semantic search
Neil Blair Christensen
Neil Blair Christensen discusses the evolution of enriched scholarly research
Anna Clarkson
Anna Clarkson details a reconstruction of the publishing process
Harriet Clark
The repository has become an increasingly important part of an institution’s infrastructure, writes Harriet Clark
Jennifer Schivas
Jennifer Schivas re-examines semantic enrichment’s strategic importance
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Many believe open access funding agreements will tip the balance of publishing output. But not everyone, says Rebecca Pool
Amer Abukhalaf
Research institutions and funders need to be more aware of the phenomenon, writes Amer Abukhalaf
Manisha Bolina
The need for fast, accurate and enriched data has never been more pressing, writes Manisha Bolina
Nathan Cunningham
A national infrastructure for research data is necessary to effectively apply AI and machine learning, writes Nathan Cunningham
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Publishers’ power in the research ecosystem must be tackled on a sector-wide basis, writes Silke Machold
Phil Gooch
Phil Gooch looks back at the history of semantic enrichment, and how it will be used going forward
Simone Taylor
AIP Publishing's Simone Taylor talks digital books, inclusion, long-distance walking and gluten-free baking
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Keywords help people find visual content on search engines, photo libraries and in-house image databases, writes Clemency Wright
Prabhakar Bisen
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Advancements in digital technologies have played a vital role in modernising the entire scholarly publication process, writes Prabhakar Bisen
