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?
As part of Cambridge University Press’s continuing focus on open access, five of its journals will publish with Hindawi under a new collaborative publishing agreement.
IOP Publishing has announced the seven winners of #IOPPPoster, its first poster conference hosted on Twitter.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has won the inaugural University Press Redux Sustainability Award for its SDG Pathfinder.
This new series of scientific assessments is to address pressing questions on global sustainability. The findings will be open access and free to all.
OpenAthens, a single sign-on solution for libraries, has announced a collaboration with QxMD and its app for medical institutions, Read.
IOP Publishing has extended access to its ebook programme with the launch of its new online bookstore.
Content Catalyst, a Leeds-based software company, has announced the launch of a new function for their feature product offering, Publish Interactive.
Content Catalyst announces a rebrand and unveiling of a new corporate website focused on content delivery and management solutions for market analysts and business information providers.
Researchers at five Hungarian institutions can now publish their research open access in 57 IOP Publishing journals.
Richard Bevan, Emerald Group CEO, has announced that John Yates will be joining the Emerald Group Board as CEO of Emerald Works, following the retirement of Peter Casebow.
Professor Hans Kromhout has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Professor Jin-Ling Tang has been appointed Clinical Research Editor for China by The BMJ, one of the world’s most cited general medical journals.
IOP Publishing and the Institute of Physics, in partnership with the University of Science and Technology of China, will host their first virtual Quantum conference in October 2020.
IOP Publishing has introduced a formal co-review policy, to help early-career researchers gain experience in peer review whilst ensuring they get credit for the work they contribute.
Did the UK react too slowly to the threat of Covid-19? One person who thinks so is Dr Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a journal that published two papers on the subject in January. As he tells Ray Snoddy, precious time was wasted.
