When Wiley discovered that paper mills were infiltrating their operations at Hindawi, this was a serious wake-up call – not only for them, but for academic publishing as a whole. Scholarly publishing [ read more ]

If you want a better insight into how impactful journals actually are when making a decision about where to submit your research, then start thinking beyond a journal’s quoted Impact Factor. This [ read more ]

Today is World Quantum Day – didn’t ya know? To celebrate, IOP Publishing is celebrating rising stars in the quantum research sphere, and launching a special collection of its most popular, cutting-edge [ read more ]

If proof were ever needed of how time-poor, information-overloaded and prone to distraction we’ve all become, the visual abstract has become a valuable tool in drawing readers’ attention to the latest journal [ read more ]

We’ve all been there … you’ve become fluent and efficient using your favourite software package, because it does that thing which really makes life easier for you and lets you get on [ read more ]

There’s a good argument for encouraging academics and scientists to venture beyond their own discipline and delve into subjects outside their expertise. It can deliver valuable insights on the ‘bigger picture’ of [ read more ]