Drawing Lines to Cross Them: How Publishers are Moving Beyond Established Norms

Looking at five ‘lines’ that the publishing industry has broadly agreed upon, but that now we are finding ourselves crossing.

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Will New Clarivate Leadership Yield a Renewed Focus on Its Products?

Today, Clarivate has installed Bar Veinstein as president for Academic and Government, a move that should bring renewed focus to the product portfolio, writes Roger C. Schonfeld.

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Guest Post – Of Special Issues and Journal Purges

Christos Petrou takes a look at the Guest Editor model for publishing and its recent impact on Hindawi and MDPI, as Clarivate has delisted some of their journals.

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The New Clarivate Science: A Second-Order Consequence of Open Access

Today, Roger C. Schonfeld argues that Clarivate’s acquisition of ProQuest, which was completed last week, is another second-order consequence of open access.

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Journal Citation Indicator. Just Another Tool in Clarivate’s Metrics Toolbox?

Can Clarivate deliver on a single, normalized measurement of citation impact or did its marketing department promise too much?

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