Interview with Alex Hansen

Open science and open publishing is the future. The old model, where publishers end up owning the work they publish, is closely connected to having papers printed on paper. When papers now no longer are distributed in print, but only exist as abstract bits on hard disks, it is becoming hard to justify this model.

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Posted: November 25, 2013
Tags: Alex Hansen frontiers Open Access open science

Scientific publishing: Changing “Nature”

For all the differences, the fates of Nature and Frontiers have become intertwined. On February 27th Nature Publishing Group (NPG), which owns Nature and 81 other scholarly journals, announced that it has bought a controlling stake in Frontiers for an undisclosed sum. Besides 30 titles in 14 scientific fields the Swiss upstart brings a social-networking platform—a LinkedIn for boffins, if you like—to share not just research, but news, job offers, information about conferences and events. It currently boasts around 80,000 members.

The Economist. See also the article on Frontiers’ website.

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Posted: February 28, 2013
Tags: economist frontiers nature scientific publishing the economist