Findings of the most comprehensive survey of publishing workforce released - February 12, 2021
The latest findings of the Publishers Association’s UK publishing workforce survey show that while publishing continues to meet its target to employ at least 50% women in senior roles within five years, there has been little progress in its other target of increasing the ethnic diversity of… Read More
Clarivate report introduces data-driven approach to citation-based classification - February 11, 2021
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has released a report that examines the organisation of information in the global scientific community and introduces a flexible new data-driven approach to citation-based classification. The report highlights new technology,… Read More
ALPSP reveals key findings from scholarly publishing survey - February 3, 2021
ALPSP, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, has shared feedback following a recent survey conducted with both members and non-members in the scholarly and professional publishing industry. Over 300 respondents participated in the survey, which sought to gain insight into the needs of the… Read More
Clarivate, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Higher Education Press of China release Engineering Fronts 2020 - December 21, 2020
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the Higher Education Press of China have released their joint report, ‘Engineering Fronts 2020’… Read More
Simba Information examines the pricing issue in its latest report Open Access Book Publishing 2020-2024 - December 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has thrust the idea of open access to research into the forefront, bringing more focus to open access books as researchers and librarians look for ways to push their work forward amid lockdowns and restrictions. From the end user perspective, a large cache of freely accessible… Read More
Clarivate releases report on Innovation in South and South East Asia - December 14, 2020
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced the release of a new report on Innovation in South and South East Asia. The report Innovation in South and South East Asia… Read More
The Society for Scholarly Publishing launches Professional Skills Survey - December 9, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has invited scholarly communications professionals from across the field to share their professional skill sets by participating in the second wave of Professional Skills Survey. Launched in 2019, the Professional Skills Survey informs SSP’s
Simba reports on open access book market in Open Access Book Publishing 2020-2024 - December 7, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the movement towards open research and open access publishing in scholarly journals, but after shrinking in the pre-COVID-19 period, open access books are not poised to capitalise—this according to the latest report from Simba Information, a leader in media intelligence and… Read More
Figshare launches The State of Open Data 2020 - December 4, 2020
Figshare, the online digital repository for academic research, has launched its annual report The State of Open Data 2020. The report is the fifth in the series and is the result of a collaboration between Figshare, Digital Science, Springer Nature and other… Read More
Gold open access research has greater societal impact - November 30, 2020
What impact does open research have on society and progressing global societal challenges? The latest results of research carried-out between Springer Nature, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the Dutch University Libraries and the National Library consortium (UKB), illustrates… Read More
