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IOP Publishing (IOPP) was confirmed as the winner of the new ALPSP Impact Award 2023 with its entry as the first society publisher to combine double anonymous and transparent peer review. This was closely followed by Original Études for the Developing Conductor which was awarded highly commended for its peer-reviewed, freely-available, Creative Commons licensed collection.

Science Europe is very pleased that an agreement was reached between the United Kingdom and European Union on association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes. The lack of such an agreement caused much uncertainty for both researchers in the UK and for researchers collaborating with UK partners in the last several years.

IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) announce that Applied Physics Express (APEX) is to become fully open access (OA). From January 2024, all articles published in APEX, the journal devoted to rapid dissemination of new findings in applied physics, will be immediately and openly accessible for anyone to read.

Cadmore Media, the leading independent streaming service provider for societies and publishers, is delighted to announce the formation of its integrated sales and marketing team. These appointments come at a time of significant growth for Cadmore Media, and will drive an upward momentum that furthers the adoption of streaming audio and video within the community of researchers, academics, practitioners, instructors, faculty members and more. 

Introducing Immune System, Karger’s latest Open Access journal. The new peer-reviewed journal will focus in Immunology with a special attention to Environmental Immunology, Immunomics and Immunotherapy, bridging clinical, preclinical and translational investigations. 

Editage — a brand of Cactus Communications (CACTUS) —  a science communication and technology company —  unveiled its publication support service tailored for US researchers. This comprehensive service aims to assist researchers at every step, from manuscript crafting to its broader dissemination

Oxford University Press (OUP) is launching Oxford Intersections, a new resource combining original research from multiple academic disciplines centred on a complex global topic.

Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Society for Open, Reproducible and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE). 

Frontiers has today published a new author policy designed to help prevent cases of “authorship-for-sale” among its research publications, a term used throughout the industry which refers to the unethical practice of buying or selling authorship on research papers. 

In January 2021, Cell Press gave author teams publishing in our primary research articles the opportunity to share information at the acceptance stage about inclusion and diversity topics relating to their paper as well as the option to compile an inclusion and diversity statement to appear near the acknowledgments of their published paper.

Publisher’s latest open access (OA) report shows the growth, impact and value of its OA portfolio and how the company is delivering greater transparency around its publishing activities. Authors publishing open access (OA) with Springer Nature see their work used more than if they had published with other mixed model or pure OA publishers. 

German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar will open the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18–22 October 2023) on Tuesday, 17 October 2023. Slovenia is the Guest of Honour at this year’s book fair. Under the motto “Honeycomb of Words”, 75 Slovenian authors, poets and translators are expected to appear in Frankfurt.