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?
Professor Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li, a researcher of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and medical informatics, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Health & Care Informatics.
IOP Publishing has set out its commitments to supporting open science across the physical sciences with the launch of ‘open physics’.
Cambridge University Press has reached a transformative Open Access agreement with the Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources.
Researchers from four institutions in the Netherlands will soon benefit from unlimited open access publishing in IOP journals.
BMJ’s clinical decision support tool BMJ Best Practice has been selected to provide healthcare professionals and patients across Norway with full access to its content over the next three years.
Cambridge University Press has reached a transformative Open Access agreement with the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC).
Cambridge University Press has reached an agreement with the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) to publish their flagship journal, PMLA.
Researchers at up to 58 UK universities will soon benefit from a new open access (OA) ‘read and publish’ agreement between Jisc and IOP Publishing (IOPP).
Emerald Publishing has launched a suite of free teaching modules to help academic faculty boost their skills in incorporating cases into their classroom teaching.
TTG Media was one of the big winners at Friday’s awards event, walking off with several awards including ‘Independent Publishing Company of the Year’.
From this week, The BMJ will be using two new wrappers for mailing out subscriber copies.
BMJ has added a new title to its expanding portfolio of more than 70 specialist journals, with the launch of the Integrated Healthcare Journal.
In celebration of United Nations Day 2019, Emerald Publishing has pledged to make ‘open’ accessible to all by covering the Article Processing Charge (APC) for a limited number of pieces of research.
The IET has launched a call for papers for a new gold open access journal in the field of quantum wireless communication.
The world of subs marketing is changing rapidly, as content consumption habits evolve & publishers look to increase reader revenues. What should publishers be doing? We grab 5 minutes with Stuart Lacey, MD of Air Business Subscriptions, to find out.
