CONTENTS Contents Opportunity cost? 4-7


Rebecca Pool investigates how publishers are attempting to adjust to the open access model


Brexit blues? 8-9


Nicko Goncharoff and Mark Carden offer different views on the potential repercussions of the UK’s referendum on EU membership


Analysis 10-19


Semantic analysis explained • SSP Annual Meeting review • Putting data into context • Identity and access management • Article- level innovations • The power of mentorship


News 20-24


CLA launches new licensing solution • Semantico announces competition winners • Open Athens ‘manifesto’ • UKSG appoints executive director • HEFCE report reveals societal impact of research


Events 26-28


London Info International launches The Disruptor Zone • ALPSP to announce plans for 10th anniversary conference


Interview


Pinar Ezrin, founder and president of Accucoms


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Opportunity cost? 4 Leader: Tim Gillett Paying the price?


News that the Wellcome Trust – the world’s largest medical research charity – is to launch a new


open-access publishing platform, has been described as ‘just the beginning’ by F1000’s Vitek Tracz.


Indeed, a complete switch to open access publishing seems likely if not inevitable – but the industry continues to wrestle with the issue of how to turn a profit from such a model. On page 4, Rebecca Pool talks to key scholarly publishing players in an effort to get to the bottom of the conundrum. It’s just a few weeks since the UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union – and already the research world is beginning to feel the effects. While the repercussions of ‘Brexit’ are difficult to predict at this early stage, the fallout seems likely to be widespread; on pages 8 and 9 two respected industry figures suggest that there will be negative effects if the UK does indeed invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – but also that there could be some reasons to be cheerful. We have our usual excellent selection of contributed opinion pieces on a wide range of topical subjects including semantic analysis, mentorship, and data analysis; as well as previews of several industry events due to take place in coming months. We look forward to seeing what the remainder of 2016 holds for us all! @researchinfo


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