Scientific research publishing is a particularly lucrative industry. The most recent estimates suggest that it generates around 19 billion US dollars (or 16.67 billion euros) in annual turnover, with margins of around 40 per cent. These staggering figures largely reflect the fact that the “Big Five” commercial publishers, such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor...

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Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.

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Two poems, Violin Man and Pierogi in Oświęcim, by Alisha Erin Hillam.