Academic and scientific publishing runs on a different model from the rest of the industry. Its readers are mostly researchers and clinicians, and its customers are often the libraries and institutions they work for. What it really sells is confidence in the research record.
Open access has become the standard model, moving revenue away from subscriptions towards publishing charges and institutional agreements. Learned societies that switched early have used the change to build data and analytics products around their journals. Where research comes from is changing as well, with a growing share now produced in Asia.
However, it is a common misconception that open access somehow reduces the importance of the publisher. In reality, it is the opposite.
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AI raises the stakes. Fabricated papers test peer review on an industrial scale, and publishers are building integrity tools while deciding on what terms to license their content to AI developers.
Science also reaches general readers through magazines and specialist journalists, who face many of the same pressures as the rest of the press.
Below you'll find some of our best feature articles on academic and scientific media, from open access and research integrity to medical journals, institutional sales and science journalism, alongside our latest news and industry commentary.
We asked Niels Peter Thomas, chief executive officer of BMJ Publishing, what does best practice publishing look like in academic media? This is what he said…
The task ahead is clear, says Anke Beck: to harness AI not as a threat but as a catalyst.
Sara Sharman, head of content services, Institution of Engineering and Technology, tells Ciar Byrne about how the scientific / academic media sector is managing the digital transformation journey.
Laura Feetham-Walker, head of publishing strategy and performance, tells us how IOP Publishing is using AI now and where she sees the best opportunities for future development.
Pandemics, climate change, health inequality are all existential threats that require expert trusted analysis, and that is why BMJ’s content is increasingly in demand beyond its traditional audience.
With all the current talk around ‘post-truth’ and ‘alternative facts’, with people like Michael Gove saying they’ve “had enough of experts”, the newly rebranded Emerald Publishing – part of Emerald Group – is sticking to its core values. As Tony Roch
Mark Allen Group is a big believer in print… and a big believer in digital too! As Matt Cianfarani tells Ciar Byrne, digital publishing is opening up lucrative new revenue streams for the group’s healthcare titles.
Catherine de Lange of New Scientist was crowned Editors’ Editor of the Year at the BSME Awards. Here, she talks about her trend-spotting tricks, the “pub test” the team employ for stories & how she’s running a 70-year-old publication like a start-up.
With big issues like AI and robotics, climate change and space exploration, it’s difficult to keep science off the front pages. But what does all this mean for the science journalists and writers who are forever adding context and explanation?
The study, ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by society physics publishers finds the biggest barrier to OA publishing in the physical sciences.
ResearchGate, a professional network for researchers, and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), an international scientific union, have established a content partnership.
The report highlights BMJ's work to support health professionals to improve their practice and deliver the best care through better evidence, decisions, and systems.
Informa plc have published their full statutory results for the six months to 30 June 2022 and announced the divestment of Maritime Intelligence.
IOP Publishing extends open access publishing with its first three Transformative Agreements in the US. The trio of agreements will support greater access to high quality US research worldwide.
The findings, from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ finds that 82% of European physics researchers are unaware of Plan S.
Dr Jocalyn Clark, most recently of The Lancet, will be The BMJ's new international editor. She will take up her post in August 2022.
Society publisher, IOP Publishing, is to offer authors discounted OA publishing across all its journals to increase global equity and inclusion in open access publishing.
Findings from a new global study commissioned by society physics publishers show that early career researchers in physical science want to publish OA, but face financial barriers.
OpenAthens has announced a dedicated customer support team in Singapore due to the increase in demand for access to research materials in the APAC region.
Acorn Web have invested in two additional stitching lines to be installed this summer.
Animal Welfare, the official journal of UFAW, is to become fully open access in 2023 as it moves to Cambridge University Press.
Emerald refreshes its commitment to advancing the research impact agenda and calls for sector wide action in its new ‘Are you in?’ campaign.
Karger Publishers has acquired the Gloucestershire-based company Research Publishing International (RPI) for an undisclosed amount.
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has published the first articles from the new, open access journal, Environmental Research: Climate.
