Elsevier in China – a brief
Paul M. Evans, Vice President of Elsevier, China, has given a brief on the STM publishing industry, his company's proposed activities in China and ethical publishing standards. Read More
Andrew Berin, US Health Sciences Journals, Elsevier, on open access
Andrew Berin, Publisher of US Health Sciences Journals at Elsevier, made a presentation on open access at The Anchasl Spring 2005 Meeting held on April 1, 2005 at Wesley Long Community Hospital. The presentation examines the functions of open access journals, the role of commercial publishers, the rights of the… Read More
Defining paperless publishing
Kaufman-Will Group, consultants for STM publishers, presented the system of paperless publishing at the 45th annual meeting of the Council of Science Editors. The integration of technology in the publishing process involving editing, production, and peer-reviewing is discussed. Read More
Developing country access to on-line scientific publishing: Sustainable Alternatives
Carol Priestley made a presentation on access of developing countries to scientific researches published. Read More
Access To Scientific Literature: The Changing Landscape
Michael Held gave a presentation on the publishers’ model of disseminating scientific content and cost involved in accessing scientific journals. Read More
Scholarly Communication In Digital Era
Ingegerd Rabow, Director of library in Lunds University, has analyzed scientific communication in digital scenario comparing the various views. Read More
Scientific Markup Language
Tim Ingoldsby discusses archiving of STM articles with newer technologies in digital format and its effects on publishers. Read More
Anatomy of a Crisis: Dysfunction in the Scholarly Communications System
Lee. C. Van Orsdel, Dean of libraries, Western Kentucky University, compares the scientific journal pricing over the years and the gains of commercial publishers. Distinctions between academic and commercial publishers are pointed in the paper. Read More
Challenging Current Publishing Models
Jan Velterop, Publisher at BioMed Central, discusses the scenario where STM publishers make money for no investment and increase the cost of journals. He compares recent trends in publishing and dissemination of STM content. Read More
The pivotal role of subscription agents
Swets Information Services illustrates the role of a subscription agent between STM publishers and the readers. Giving statistics on the increasing number of electronic journals, Swets emphasises the need for agents in the current publishing scenario. Read More
