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36 Until the bitter end?


Rebecca Pool asks who will survive the seismic shifts in scholarly publishing


Fighting misinformation


Roy Kaufman on fake news and the importance of copyright


Take-off for OA books


Two different viewpoints on the rise of open access books


Breaking the mould


Independent publishing is the result of a ‘broken pact’, writes Daniel Berze


Patent landscape analysis


Rob Poolman looks at the subject of patent landscape reports


Further analysis


In praise of graph databases l Ensuring data accuracy in research organisations l Burgeoning Bulgaria l Avoiding research article ‘rot’


News


Digital Science takes stake in Peerwith l CUP’s ‘discoverability initiative’ l Obama tops Altmetric rankings l Figshare teams up with SpringerNature


Event previews


Researcher to Reader l UKSG 2017 Conference and Exhibition l London Book Fair


Interviews


Richard Bevan reflects on Emerald’s 50 years in business l SIr Philip Campbell sings the praises of good mentorship


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Spring hasn’t quite sprung yet in the northern hemisphere, but here at Research Information we are already gearing up for the scholarly communications conference season – and, accordingly, this issue looks ahead to three UK events: Researcher to Reader, UKSG 2017, and London Book Fair. We’ll be at all three events, observing and reporting the goings-on. The role of subscription agents


comes under question in Rebecca Pool’s feature on page 4, with several commentators offering their opinions on what the future holds for the sector, amid a fast-shifting industry scene. Open access books represent one of the few segments in publishing that are showing healthy growth, and in this issue we talk to two companies – Knowledge Unlatched and InTech Open – that have been making waves in the last 12 months. There’s also a look at how independent publishers are taking advantage of recent trends in the industry. There’s an in-depth look at patent


landscape analysis, an investigation into the power of graph databases for research, a look at how academic publishing is on the rise in Bulgaria, and an argument that copyright could provide the antidote to the growth of so-called fake news. Two interviews with major industry


players complete a fairly packed edition of Research Information – we hope you enjoy reading it, and look forward to seeing you soon!


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