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he American Chemical Society (ACS) is pleased to announce that Mohammed Yahia will assume the editor-in-chief role of its weekly news magazine, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Yahia will replace Interim Editor Michael McCoy.

The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) today release a new Open Access Journals Toolkit. The launch of the Toolkit marks a significant milestone in the efforts of OASPA and DOAJ to promote transparency, accessibility, and inclusivity in scholarly publishing.

The RSC is proud to have signed Read & Publishing agreements with institutions in 32 countries. And while more choice can be a positive for researchers, the RSC understands that having agreements with different publishers can mean it is increasingly difficult for authors to keep track of which journals their article processing charges are covered in.

]u[ Ubiquity are pleased to announce the official launch of four new ]u[ Ubiquity Repositories; The Paul Smith's College Libraries Institutional Repository, Hobart and William Smith Repository for Institutional Scholarship Exploration (RISE), The Nazareth University Repository, and Le Moyne College's Research Repository. 

PLOS today is announcing that it will soon launch two new journals: PLOS Mental Health and PLOS Complex Systems. PLOS sees these new journals as an opportunity to give evolving research communities opportunities to forge a new path for research in the field.

EDP Sciences, in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is delighted to announce the introduction of links between Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) articles and corresponding ESO datasets. This initiative establishes A&A as the first major astronomy journal to feature such links, significantly enhancing research discoverability and facilitating a more comprehensive reader experience.

Gain knowledge and time: embed the ScioWirebeta Widget in your website for a custom feed of new research summaries. Today, SciencePOD launches the beta version of its research newsfeed ScioWirebeta now available in its Widget edition.

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is rolling-out a new co-review policy across its entire owned journal portfolio as part of its commitment to ensuring an inclusive and supportive review process.  Early career researchers (ECRs) often support more experienced academics by contributing ideas or comments to peer review reports.

We are delighted to release the Subscribe to Open (S2O) 2023 Transparency Report for our mathematics journals* co-published by EDP Sciences and the Société de Mathématiques Industrielles et Appliquées (SMAI). Following the announcement that the journals will continue to publish in open access in 2023, this report marks our third consecutive year of providing this comprehensive overview, reinforcing our commitment to transparency.

Enago Charlesworth has secured a strategic partnership with SocoPay, a payment gateway processing platform operated by the China Educational Publications Import & Export Corporation Ltd (CEPIEC). The partnership will support Enago Charlesworth’s partner publishers to offer a simplified, local payment option to their Chinese customers.

The journal Acta Biochimica Polonica will be published by Frontiers as part of an agreement signed with the Polish Biochemical Society (PTBioch). Acta Biochimica Polonica will open for submissions with Frontiers in August 2023. The journal will publish its first papers on Frontiers gold open access platform in January 2024.

Sustainability & Circularity NOW publishes latest research on benign molecules and materials, closed-loop, waste-free systems, and other actionable solutions to tackle global environmental crises. The new journal is the first open access publication with a multidisciplinary focus on sustainability and circularity in chemistry and beyond.