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…