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University Libraries has entered into a new “read and publish” agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry, beginning Jan. 1. In addition to subscription access to the complete package of RSC journals, the agreement provides for Open Access publishing in RSC journals by corresponding authors affiliated with any NU campus, at no cost to themselves. 

Supporters of research integrity have signed a new declaration calling for data-driven forensics – known as Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) – to lead the charge in detecting, exposing and even preventing fake science. The Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Paris Declaration was drafted during an event in Paris last week organized and run by Digital Science’s VP of Research Integrity, Dr Leslie McIntosh.

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and Sage, a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, has announced a renewal of their Journal Home partnership. The renewed agreement will see a diverse selection of Sage’s open access and an addition of hybrid journals accessible through Journal Home, growing visibility and engagement through ResearchGate’s 25m+ active researcher members globally

Silverchair announced today a partnership with CSIRO Publishing to host their rich repository of over 120,000 articles and extensive book collection. CSIRO Publishing is Australia's leading science publisher of books, journals and magazines. Their mission is to enhance the impact of science by communicating the outcomes of research, empowering decision makers, and enriching the lives of their readers. 

Cadmore Media is excited to announce a new partnership with IET.tv, a trusted leader in video production since 2002. This collaboration allows Cadmore Media to offer production services to its clients, including high-quality broadcasts, webinar production, original content creation, and in-person event capture, all seamlessly integrated with Cadmore’s industry-leading video publishing solutions.

Defining the true impact of research is an elusive task. Open science practices such as data sharing, code sharing, protocol and methods sharing, preregistration, and others, can establish pathways towards increased impact. Communicating that impact hinges on easy access to as many elements of the research, metadata surrounding the research, and its usage, as possible. It takes a village.

University Libraries has entered into a new “read and publish” agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry, beginning Jan. 1. In addition to subscription access to the complete package of RSC journals, the agreement provides for Open Access publishing in RSC journals by corresponding authors affiliated with any NU campus, at no cost to themselves. 

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and Sage, a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services, has announced a renewal of their Journal Home partnership. The renewed agreement will see a diverse selection of Sage’s open access and an addition of hybrid journals accessible through Journal Home, growing visibility and engagement through ResearchGate’s 25m+ active researcher members globally

More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated by ZB MED comes into effect on 1 January 2025 and is valid until the end of 2026. Joining the consortium is still possible until the beginning of 2025.

As part of its ongoing efforts to make Open Access (OA) publishing more equitable, the Microbiology Society is pleased to announce a new Article Processing Charge (APC) waiver agreement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). The agreement, commencing in January 2025, will cover unlimited fee-free OA publishing in all Society titles for researchers across 33 developing and transition economy countries and territories.

Supporters of research integrity have signed a new declaration calling for data-driven forensics – known as Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) – to lead the charge in detecting, exposing and even preventing fake science. The Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) Paris Declaration was drafted during an event in Paris last week organized and run by Digital Science’s VP of Research Integrity, Dr Leslie McIntosh.

The leading scientific publisher has long been a partner to the Indian research community and will now serve 6380 institutions under ONOS, empowering approximately 18 million researchers, students, and educators. As the largest publisher of academic research in India, Springer Nature is committed to supporting Indian authors and institutions, enabling more of them to get published and for their work to reach a global audience.

Springer Nature announced that it has founded a Latin American Research Advisory Council (LARAC) to better support and collaborate with researchers in the region. This joins the publisher’s existing research advisory councils in Africa (ARAC), Europe (ERAC), Japan (JRAF), Korea (KRAF), and the United States (USRAC).

Karger Publishers extended the partnership with the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), providing access to the entire Karger Journal Collection for researchers from 260 Brazilian institutions.

Rebecca has had a long and successful career in leadership roles across the public service and university sector. From 2019 to 2023 she was Chief Executive of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), where she led the organisation through the pandemic, implementing large scale innovation to improve performance and support digital transformation.