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Do you think that charges associated with Open Access publishing are currently being managed across stakeholder groups in a transparent and trustworthy way? What changes would you like to see taking place in the system? Do we need community governance, new standards, or something else?

OpenAthens, which makes access to knowledge easy through single sign-on solutions, opens applications for its Best publisher user experience (UX) award 2023. The award is a fantastic opportunity for online publishers to demonstrate how their innovative work improves user experience. Publishers must submit their application form by Friday 18 November 2022.

Aligning with the strategic importance of improving submission quality, the Charlesworth Group and Writefull have now partnered to offer authors Writefull for free within the Charlesworth AI Paper Checking Service. The aim is to reduce the likelihood of manuscript rejection and help quicken the publication process.

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has reached an unlimited transformative agreement with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) allowing affiliated researchers to publish their work open access (OA) at no cost to them. The fees for publishing their work openly will be covered centrally by UNAM, a public research university ranked as one of the best and biggest universities in Latin America.  

Morressier is an exciting organisation that is revolutionising the way scientific research and discovery works. By introducing new and innovative technologies to research and STM content Morressier is truly a content pioneer that can stand firmly at the heart of the ConTech mission.

ResearchGate, the professional network for worldwide researchers, and Maximum Academic Press (MAP), an academic publisher which has launched 17 journals, have established a content partnership. The goal of the partnership is to boost the visibility and accessibility of gold open access publications, consistent with MAP's mission of publishing high quality open science contents and making them available to scholars worldwide.

PeerJ, the award-winning Open Access publisher, has announced the launch of the IABO Hub on behalf of the International Association for Biological Oceanography in an initial 5 year publishing partnership. The Hub is a community-led scholarly publishing channel for IABO’s members.

Two of the tertiary education sector’s expert bodies in digital technology have formally agreed to work more closely together on a range of strategically important themes.  Following the signing of a three-year memorandum of understanding, which runs until July 2025, Jisc and UCISA will initially deepen collaboration around the following subjects

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with CiteAb, a search engine that helps scientists identify the best scientific product to use in their research.

IOP Publishing has reached a transformative agreement with Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium (VIVA). The unlimited ‘Read and Publish’ agreement will enable VIVA affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access (OA) in the majority of IOPP’s journal portfolio at no additional cost. 

Public trust in science can be boosted if major funding bodies adopt improved, standardized policies for data sharing and open access research, say the authors of a new report.

The reinvention of publishing and information organisations has accelerated through the pandemic and the ConTech.Live mission to learn, share and explore the transformative impact of new technologies has never been more relevant. We have a growing list of fantastic sponsor organisations who understand this, and we are delighted that they will be reconnecting with our community of publishing, content and tech professionals in November.