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.
Niels Peter Thomas Academic media
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?
Professor Jonathan Drezner, a family medicine doctor specialising in sports medicine, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, published by BMJ.
IOP Publishing has appointed Julian Wilson as the company’s new sales and marketing director.
BMJ has agreed a partnership with the Asian Development Bank to launch an online Coronavirus Information Centre for healthcare professionals tackling the pandemic.
Identity and access management specialist OpenAthens has announced the details of its annual Access Lab conference which will take place virtually on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 March 2021.
IOP Publishing says it is revolutionising peer review learning with the launch of the first peer review certification programme dedicated to the physical sciences.
It’s no longer enough to create compelling content. Our audiences increasingly want to feel part of specialist communities made up of like-minded people, writes Zapnito CEO Charles Thiede.
LEIPA has entered the paper wrap market with a 100% recycled and 100% recyclable water-resistant wrap.
Science and health journalists have been critical to the reporting and public understanding of the Covid-19 pandemic, a leading panel has agreed.
BMJ has launched a new Comorbidities tool from BMJ Best Practice to improve care for patients with underlying conditions who are admitted to hospital.
IOP Publishing is proposing to move all its owned journals to double-blind peer review, making it, says the company, the first physics publisher to adopt the approach portfolio-wide.
OpenAthens, an identity and access management specialist, has announced its membership of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO).
The New Scientist marketing team won ‘Team of the Year’ at this year’s PPA Awards. Marketing Director Jo Adams was a recent guest on the InPublishing Podcast…
A new global peer review study from IOP Publishing has found that the imbalance in the distribution of peer review continues to be felt by Western and more experienced reviewers.
Steven Hall has informed the IOP of his intention to retire from his role as MD of IOP Publishing in March 2021. He will be succeeded by IOPP’s publishing director, Antonia Seymour.
IOP Publishing has joined Research4Life, a multi-organisation partnership aiming to reduce the knowledge gap between high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
