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?
From the 1st October 2018, BMJ will provide BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning to all NHS Wales staff. This follows an expansion of the NHS Wales e-Library for Health which is managed by NHS Wales Informatics Service.
Cambridge University Press has announced that its new content sharing tool, Cambridge Core Share, is now a permanent feature of its online books and journals platform following a successful ten-month pilot.
This week, BMJ publishes the first issue of General Psychiatry, previously known as Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry.
More than 50 journals from Springer, including Nature, Nature Physics and the Journal of Material Science have been added to Inspec, the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) abstract and indexing database for physics, electronics, comput
Professor Mark Beattie has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology.
The BMJ and the Health Foundation are launching a joint series of papers exploring how to improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
In response to community feedback, IOP Publishing has introduced a new peer review information module for online papers.
A new open access engineering journal, IET Nanodielectrics, has been launched by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), in response to significant developments in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Radcliffe Group has announced the launch of a new web platform Radcliffevascular.com and the launch of a new journal, Vascular and Endovascular Review (VER), under the editorship of Mr Stephen Black, MD as Editor-in-Chief.
BMJ, a leading medical knowledge providers, has agreed a partnership with the NHS in the North of England to provide BMJ Best Practice to NHS staff to support patient care across the region.
A new initiative launched by BMJ Careers this week promises to help NHS Trusts fill all their medical vacancies, even the hardest to fill posts, and save money as they go.
Future Markets Inc, the publisher of Nanotech and Graphene, is launching digital archives of both titles in partnership with digital publishing company Exact Editions.
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ will launch BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health later this year in July 2018 at the 4th NNEdPro International Summit in Cambridge.
Articulating a noble mission statement and having a clearly defined direction of travel, helps motivate your teams and … drive commercial success. New BMJ CEO Peter Ashman talks Meg Carter through his first year in charge.
IOP Publishing, home of the Journal of Physics series, has launched three new open access journals.
