6 things researchers want from publishers nowOver the past few months, we’ve frequently found ourselves sitting on the other side of the desk -learning directly from researchers about what they need most from publishers - at events such as this ALPSP Seminar, Sense about Science workshops, SSP and through our own UX testing.   Below are some of the strongest messages that…

JournalMap: map-based discovery of scholarly literaturePick up your smartphone and ask it where the nearest place is to buy a cup of coffee. You will be presented with a map showing all of the nearby coffee shops. Choose one and your phone displays walking directions on a map with an arrow guiding your path. It’s amazing and getting better every…

How do we nurture the research breakthroughs of the next century?Today’s post is the prizewinning essay from a recent contest open to UK-based Wiley Advisors.  Advisors were invited to submit an essay on  "The challenges and opportunities facing ECRs in building an international reputation in the 21st Century".  Congratulations to Jonathan Foster who has won an all-expenses-paid trip to Frankfurt to participate on a ECRs panel at…

How to maximize the impact of your published researchSo you have published your research, your publisher is working hard to market your work, but how can you give your paper that extra push? How can you maximize the impact of your published research? Listening to our authors, we hear three key consistent requirements: 1. Authors want to publish their work quickly 2. Authors…

Connecting the ivory tower with the boardroomOne thing I have concluded with 100% certainty during over 17 years spent working in both investment banking and finance academia is that ne’er the twain shall meet! It seems as if there is a universe of banks and bank practitioners out there engaged in finance every day, alongside a parallel universe of academic institutions,…

Battling the imposter monsterThe essay below was a runner up from the essay contest for our UK-based Wiley Advisors on "The challenges and opportunities facing ECRs in building an international reputation in the 21st Century".  Congratulations and thanks to Lindsey! If all the world’s a stage, the internet is the backdrop for a career in STM research. Journals, blogs, and…

Wiley takes measures to target plagiarismWith one in three editors encountering plagiarism on a regular basis, it remains a real problem in scientific publishing, and open access is no exception. And the problem isn’t improving, there has been a recent increase in article retractions and problems with published work tarnished by plagiarism or even complete fabrication. However, the growth of…

5 tips for improving your article's Altmetric scoreA few months ago, Wiley rolled out the Altmetric service across all journals on Wiley Online Library. A common query we receive from our authors is ‘how can we get involved?’ This post outlines five simple things that you (as authors) can do to help improve your article’s Altmetric score. But first, let me address…

Early career researchers and the pressure to publishBelow is the final post in our series of winning essays from UK-based Wiley Advisors on "The challenges and opportunities facing ECRs in building an international reputation in the 21st Century".  Congratulations to Patricia! Young researchers face many challenges in the process of building an international reputation. At the same time, these challenges and opportunities…

Everybody loves dataTo coincide with the RDA4 meeting this week and the publication of a special issue from Learned Publishing, we decided to devote this week to the topic of data.  LIz Ferguson starts us off with her take on the Learned Publishing special issue on data.    It takes little more than a glance at the opening paragraphs…