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?
Exact Editions has launched a brand new digital books service. In partnership with four publishers, Exact Editions are using their expertise to deliver books in a new digital format, specifically aimed at the institutional market.
Launching this week, TandFChina.com is Taylor & Francis’ online hub for the scholarly community in China.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and CEPRI (the China Electric Power Research Institute) have launched the first issue of a new fully open access journal, High Voltage.
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is now the exclusive sales channel for institutional customers outside the UK wanting access to RCNi Learning – a brand new e-learning platform from RCNi for nurses and nursing students.
RCNi have launched a new e-learning platform for nurses and nursing students at rcnilearning.com. RCNi Learning supports nurses through their academic studies and helps them complete vital CPD requirements.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has signed an agreement with CEPRI (the China Electric Power Research Institute) to co-publish a new, open access engineering journal, High Voltage.
BMJ, one of the world’s leading healthcare knowledge providers, announced yesterday that its decision support tool BMJ Best Practice has been accredited by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
Emerald Global Publishing Group - which encompasses Emerald Group Publishing, Research Media and GoodPractice - has developed a workplace gender diversity programme, which it has called Stride.
As part of continued efforts to support the author community and the scholarly discovery process, Emerald Group Publishing is partnering with ORCID, which provides a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking resear
BMJ has joined forces with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a world leader in biomedical research, to provide self-study online modules for doctors and healthcare researchers to develop their research skills and become published au
BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency linked to the Zika virus.
Emerald Group Publishing has selected Plan International as its charity of the year for 2016, having raised more than £20,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK in 2015.
Emerald Group Publishing has acquired the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship (IJSMS) from International Marketing Reports (IMR).
At an international signing ceremony held at the Egyptian presidential palace, Emerald Group Publishing signed a four year agreement to provide Egyptian citizens with access to Emerald content via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project.
Emerald Group Publishing has signed a major agreement with the French national licensing programme, ISTEX, to make key academic resources available to the French research community.
