Funding research publication to benefit all: David Carr discusses the Charity Open Access FundAn alliance of six leading UK medical research charities, including the Wellcome Trust, recently announced the establishment of The Charity Open Access Fund (COAF). COAF became operational October 1st, 2014 and is being administered by the Wellcome Trust. We had the chance to catch-up with the Wellcome Trust’s Policy Advisor, David Carr, to learn more.   Q.…

Here's how we're making Open Access account management easier for institutions and fundersNext week is Open Access week!  We’ll be featuring open access-focused posts all week, so stay tuned. We’re kicking the festivities off a little early by introducing a new tool to make open access easier for funders and institutions.  Is Open Access Fund Management getting overwhelming?   Many funders require the published output of research they fund to…

Open Access and the early career researcherWe’re kicking off Open Access week fittingly.  With a theme this year of "Generation Open", highlighting the role of students and early career researchers in the open access movement, it seems appropriate to hear what this community has to say.  As a part of this generation, Wiley Advisor and Sense About Science Voice of Young Science member Daniel Amund shares his thoughts and feelings on Open…

What does Open Access mean to you?We’ve got #OAWeek fever!  We’re hosting a free webinar at 11 AM EDT today on Open Access and scholarly societies.  Register here and join us.  And, don’t forget to join our live Open Access publishing Twitter chat also today at 12 PM EDT with Allen J. Moore and Andrew Beckerman.  Follow @WileyOpenAccess and participate using #WileyOAChat. …

Celebrating a new era in scholarly publishingWe continue our celebration of Open Access week with a reflection on the past, present and future of the movement from Deni Auclair of Outsell Inc.   This week, Deni participated in the Wiley/CCC webinar: "Open Access: Case Studies Yield Insights for Societies".  View the recorded webinar here. In response to the rise of open access, Elsevier is quoted…

The cost of Open AccessWe all want Open Access - authors, readers, funders and indeed publishers alike. EMBO is keenly interested in the OA question both from a policy viewpoint and as a funder and publisher of high-level biomedical research. EMBO Press publishes four journals, two of which are fully OA and one of which, Molecular Systems Biology, was…

Wiley Open Access by the numbersAs we close out another eventful Open Access week, we wanted to share some stats on Wiley’s open access program, which has been growing by leaps and bounds since it launched in 2011. Check out the infographic below for the numbers, then visit the Wiley Open Access website to explore our full range of Open…

Exploring open access publishing opportunitiesWe thought we’d extend last week’s Open Access theme a bit longer to shed some light on the various open access publishing options available.  Wiley Open Access team members Verity Emmans and Stefano Tonzani were co-authors on this post. Open access is on the rise - Simba Information predicts that total revenues collected from open access…

Guidance for the health information professionalOctober is National Medical Librarians Month  and Health Literacy Month, so it seems a good time to delve into a recent virtual issue entitled "The role of the health information professional." published by The Health Information and Libraries Journal  (HILJ) to coincide with this year’s CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference.    The issue focuses on three main themes:…

How to make the most of conferencesFirst and foremost, conferences are an important opportunity to present your work, learn about others’ research, and generally see some science that you normally perhaps wouldn’t. But as well as the science, conferences have lots of other things to offer that will enrich your trip, and making smart use of your time out of the…

Learning to take the lead in business and beyondThis summer we were fortunate to have Betsy Myers, former senior advisor on women’s issues in the Clinton administration and current director of the Center for Women & Business at Bentley University, speak at Wiley’s Boston office.  Betsy’s talk set off a sensation within the office, with the initiation of a book club to discuss Betsy’s book Take the…

How and why researchers share data (and why they don't)I am pleased to present here results from a survey Wiley conducted into researcher views of data sharing.  Earlier this year, we contacted 90,000 researchers across a wide array of disciplines and received more than 2,250 responses from individuals engaged in active research programs. Leading up to the survey, we conducted a series of interviews…

Celebrating the work of the 2014 Nobel LaureatesThe winners of this year’s Nobel Prize have recently been announced, and Wiley is proud to have published work by nine of the laureates. "I would like to congratulate each of the 2014 Nobel laureates on their remarkable achievements," said Steven Miron, Executive Vice President, Global Research. "We are honored that the laureates are a…

Data with a soul: the top 6 things we learned at The Market Research EventHarnessing influence, creative storytelling, and flipping the fundamentals were key themes at The Market Research Event (TMRE) last week, billed as the most comprehensive insights conference in the world.  Here’s what we learned: 1. What we think our customers want and what they actually want is different. Prior preferences are weak predictors of future purchasing. …

Mentoring the next generation of reviewersPeer review is at the heart of scientific publishing. It provides the opportunity to discuss and improve upon a manuscript before publication and helps to ensure quality standards of articles published. But current complexities in the academic landscape, variations in the approach to assessing research, and difficulty securing reviewers due to demands on time are…

Supporting scholarship throughout the lifecycle: a Q&A with librarian, publisher and educator Maria Stella BonnBack in May, we had a chance to sit down and talk with Maria Stella Bonn at the SSP Annual Meeting in Boston.  Maria is currently senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois and before that, she served as the associate university librarian for publishing at the University of…

Working together for the betterment of published researchThe Core Outcomes in Women’s Health (CROWN) Initiative is a consortium of over 70 Obstetrics and Gynecology journals all committed to encouraging the development and reporting of core outcomes sets within the specialty. In May 2013 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology received a paper that prompted the establishment of collaboration between journals…

Wiley Editing Services celebrates 1st birthdayOne Year Ago Wiley launched Wiley Editing Services with the mission of increasing manuscript quality and facilitating shorter review times for our authors. Motivated by the fact that manuscripts are often returned purely for English language and formatting issues, we want to ensure that there are no barriers for authors in the process of publishing…

Finding the right fit for your research: a Q&A with Ben Mudrak of Research SquareWith the ever-increasing number of journals out there, it can be tough to determine where to submit your research.  Ben Mudrak, scientist and Strategic Accounts Manager at Research Square, spoke to us recently about how JournalGuide may be able to help.  Q. Can you tell us about JournalGuide?  When, how and why did it come about? A.…

The next billion: The future of community engagement in a connected world"Welcome to the Connected World." This simple yet portentous greeting marked a day of thought-provoking—and at times provocative—discourse on exactly that concept.  But, haven’t we always been here? Even before the advent of the Internet, before telecommunications, before the rise of modern society itself, we have been a species with an intrinsic and prevailing need…

Working together to improve the user experience: a conversation with Susan Stearns of the Boston Library ConsortiumQ. Can you tell us about your background and your current position? A. I’m a librarian by training and worked early in my career in both academic and corporate libraries.  However, the bulk of my career has been spent on the library software vendor side, working for companies such as Faxon Research Services, NorthernLight Technologies,…

Time management tips for authors and researchersI collaborated with the Wiley Author Team to launch a webinar on November 13, 2014 on time management for authors. As the Manager for Training and Development at Wiley, I was pleased to apply time management techniques to feedback and live questions from authors and researchers. If you missed the webinar, you can listen to the…

How can scholarly societies or associations add value with eLearning programs?Memberships are in decline It is no secret that many scholarly societies or associations are seeing membership numbers dwindle in recent years. Whether this is due to member needs changing and societies being unable to adapt quickly, the almost ubiquitous access to academic resources seeing the society publication cease to be the main draw, or just simply…

Putting research knowledge at the center of development: a Q&A with Sue Corbett of INASP, Part IIt’s nearly Thanksgiving in the United States, a time for gratitude and reflection.  It’s easy to take access to research, and all that comes with it, for granted in the developed world, but as this interview with Sue Corbett, Executive Director of INASP, reminds us, there’s still much work to do in improving access and services for researchers in developing…