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Welcome to IOS Press Labs!

IOS Press Labs is a virtual meeting place where we can share what’s happening behind the scenes at IOS Press and what we’ve learned with all of our communities: readers, authors, editorial board members, reviewers, librarians, developers, and business partners.

Highlights from our latest blog posts and other features can be found on this page; to view all posts in chronological order, go here.

Latest Posts

Setting Targets for Working Sustainably and Inclusively

31 May 2021 | Carmel McNamara, IOS Press, Amsterdam, NL

IOS Press joined the UN’s SDG Publishers Compact at the end of 2020 and, in doing so, committed to develop sustainable practices and act as...

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SDGs

SDG Publishers Compact

Welcome to Labs – A Space for Conversation

16 April 2021 | Carmel McNamara, IOS Press, Amsterdam, NL

The launch of this new IOS Press Labs website feels like a milestone and we are incredibly pleased to be able to finally unveil it this month...

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website development

communication

digital strategy

Knowledge Graphs: Making Our Structured Data Stand Out

26 March 2021 | Carmel McNamara, IOS Press, Amsterdam, NL

IOS Press publishes hundreds of journal articles and book chapters every month. How can we ensure all of this content stands out and is...

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linked data

knowledge graph

Addressing the Challenges of Open Access Infrastructure

18 February 2021 | Astrid Engelen, Publishing Consultant, Amsterdam, NL

After decades of discussion, open access (OA) appears to be the direction of travel within scholarly publishing. Many...

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open access

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Digital Building Blocks for Website Infrastructure

IOS Press has formulated a digital framework that allows new journal websites to be made easily and seamlessly in-house. The priority was to focus on interoperability, flexibility, maintainability, and scalability. Click to discover how we went about this!

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Contribute a Blog Post to the Labs Website

The Labs website is open to contributors across the globe. We welcome posts relating to technical projects, publishing developments, software tools, and more. If an idea springs to mind, or you have a story to share that fits into the colorful tapestry of scholarly publishing, please get in touch!

Most Popular Labs Blogs

Addressing the Challenges of Open Access Infrastructure – Panel discussion from Rave Technologies’ publishing conference (by Astrid Engelen, Publishing Consultant)

Agile Working in Digital Publishing – Outline of Dropsolid’s agile approach to developing a digital experience (by Dominique De Cooman, Dropsolid)

Designing a Scalable Infrastructure for Journal Websites – Maximizing the digital experience (by Carmel McNamara, IOS Press)

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Most Popular IOS Press Content

COVID-19 Vaccination for Persons with Parkinson’s Disease: Light at the End of the Tunnel? (Bas Bloem et al., Journal of Parkinson's Disease)

In the World of Bladder Tumors: Size Does Matter (Justin Loloi et al., Bladder Cancer)

Effects of 8-hour time restricted feeding on body weight and metabolic disease risk factors in obese adults: A pilot study (Kelsey Gabel at al., Nutrition and Healthy Aging)

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