Articles, talks and reports by Mark Ware
The STM Report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing. An update of the 2006 report Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments. (October 2009)
Access by UK small and medium-sized enterprises to professional and academic information A report for the Publishing Research Consortium (Sept 2009) (Slides from presentation to ALPSP Conference are here)
Web 2.0 and scholarly communication A preprint of an article originally intended for Learned Publishing (April 2009)
Why Journals Change Publishers. Talk given at the UKSG 2008 Annual Conference (April 2008)
Peer review in scholarly journals: Perspective of the scholarly community – an international survey (pdf, 1.4 Mb). A research report for the Publishing Research Consortium (January 2008).
Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives (pdf, 660 Kb). A summary version of the peer review study for the Publishing Research Consortium intended for a more general audience, with some additional background information and context (January 2008).
A Guide to Rights and Royalties Management Software
. A report for ALPSP giving an overview of the available rights and royalties software systems currently available.
Choosing a publishing partner: advice for societies and associations (pdf, 220 Kb). A preprint of an article published in Learned Publishing in its January 2008 issue
Journal publishing systems: outsource or in-house? (pdf, 350 Kb). A preprint of an article published in Learned Publishing in its July 2007 issue (here)
Scientific publishing in transition: an overview of current developments (pdf, 227Kb). ALPSP/STM White Paper, September 2006
ALPSP Survey of Librarians on Factors in Journal Cancellation
. Research report, published by ALPSP
Open archives and their impact on journal cancellations (pdf, 582Kb). Published in Learned Publishing July 2006
Preprint and postprint repositories and their impact on publishing. Joint ALPSP/SSP seminar, chaired by Mark Ware. 28 November 2005
Online Submission and Peer Review Systems (pdf, 570 Kb). Published in Learned Publishing October 2005
Online Submission and Peer Review Systems. Report published by ALPSP June 2005
E-only journals: is it time to drop print? ALPSP seminar chaired by Mark Ware, 2 February 2005
Moving to Online Submission and Peer Review. ALPSP seminar chaired by Mark Ware, 14 October 2004
Institutional repositories and scholarly publishing (pdf, 793 Kb). Published in Learned Publishing, April 2004
Universities’ own electronic repositories yet to impact on Open Access. Contribution to Nature’s Web Focus on Access to the Literature, March 2004.
Pathfinder Research on Institutional Web-based Repositories. Report commissioned by Publisher & Library/Learning Solutions (PALS)
Medical CPD: an overview of online developments. (pdf, 698Kb)Presentation to the Interprofessional CPD Forum, October 2003.
E-learning: New Opportunities in Continuing Professional Development (pdf, 326Kb). Published in Learning Publishing, January 2003