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December 2018/January 2019 l Issue 99 Open data: growing pains 4


While researchers, publishers and funders warm to data sharing, issues over misuse, citation and credit remain, reports Rebecca Pool


Putting research first 10


Despite the problems confronting academic publishing, it remains one of the most lucrative sectors in the world, says Manuel Martin


Creating ‘fundamental truth’ 14


SpringerNature’s new CEO Daniel Ropers outlines his early thoughts as a ‘newbie’ to scholarly communications


A truly exciting time


Danny Kingsley, deputy director at Cambridge University Library, looks forward to the many challenges facing librarians


Securing your library’s resources 18


Ensuring security in libraries is more important now than ever, says Scott Klebe Don’t close off the


definition of open 19


We need to explore exactly what we mean by ‘open access’ for books, writes Matthew Day


16 The importance of concepts 20


Harnessing content management is the next generation in technology for publishing, writes Manisha Bolina


Research impact and academic blogging


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Researchers are increasingly looking for ways to justify their relevance, says Janet Salmons


Time for open submissions? 24


Publishers should be constantly aiming to develop technological innovations, argues Amye Kenall


Connected, open, seamless 26


Annette Thomas, of Clarivate Analytics, was keynote speaker at Charleston Conference. Here, we present highlights of her speech


CISPC 2018 – meet our moderators


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December marks Research Information’s annual event, Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle


News and products


A torrent of titbits from around the industry


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At this year’s Charleston Conference, the keynote speaker – Clarivate Analytics’ Annette Thomas – spoke at length about the need for the academic publishing industry to place the needs of researchers and scholars at the heart of its raison d’être.


It’s a theme that we are hearing


increasingly often at conferences and meetings around the world, and is taken up by one of our contributors, Manuel Martin, on page 10. Martin states that problems are prevalent at the very core of the scientific publishing industry, with healthy profits masking internal issues in what he refers to as a ‘highly oligopolistic space’. What’s more, concerns over predatory operators now even extend to the conference industry. In her article on page 4 Rebecca


Pool finds that, while data sharing is becoming increasingly prevalent among researchers, funders and publishers, there are still major issue around misuse, citation and credit – but there are positive signs around a growing thirst for data citations. It’s not all bad news though – as


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attested to by our two set-piece interviewees. Daniel Ropers, CEO of SpringerNature, outlines many reasons to be cheerful after his first year in charge, while Danny Kingsley, deputy director at Cambridge university Library, explains that a focus on open access and open research is potentially putting the library at the heart of the academic institution – a development she describes as truly exciting.


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Leader: Tim Gillett Look on the bright side


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