Are STM publishers doing the right thing?

The International Publishers Association (IPA) President Michiel Kolman provided his perspective into how scientific, technical, and medical publishers are leading the rest of the publishing industry in embracing an increasingly digital environment during his speech at the Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) 2017 conference in Berlin in January 2017. Kolman reflected on the conference’s theme of Publishing Ethics to ask the question, “are publishers doing the right thing?” and challenged Europe to consider how best to support the important role publishers play in disseminating written ideas.