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5 Academic Publishing Trends To Watch In 2013

Posted at 8:44AM Monday 21 Jan 2013

A crescendo of calls for a complete re-imagination of traditional pay-for-access models, the 'Academic Spring' campaign, the high profile Cost of Knowledge Elsevier protest, and the launch of a plethora of new initiatives aimed at directly challenging the role of publishers, capped a tempestuous, transitional year. So what can we expect from 2013?

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