PLOS and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announce Community Action Publishing Deal
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish fee-free in PLOS Medicine and PLOS Biology.
AAAS announces updates on OA publication
AAAS and the Science family of journals believe in empowering authors with choice. We support open access (OA) options that are informed by the scientific community, contribute to the accurate record of published scientific content, and protect the overall integrity of that content.
OpenAthens announces finalists for its Best publisher UX award 2021
Leading single sign-on provider OpenAthens has announced the finalists of its Best Publisher User Experience (UX) award for 2021.
The Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research launches new interactive publishing environment
ScienceOpen and Compuscript are teaming up to create a new, interactive experience for readers and authors of the open access journal, the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (IJAFR) published by Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland.
New Open Access Platform for Mathematics launched online
With its funding decision in 2019, the Joint Science Conference of the Federal Government and the Länder had paved the way for zbMATH Open. Now it is done: In an elaborate work process, the information service was transformed into an open access platform.
See The Future 2020: Enago Hosted a Virtual Conference on the Future of Research...
Enago hosted See the Future, a global event that featured distinguished experts from the fields of scientific research and higher education, including a Nobel Laureate. The conference was attended by researchers, university managers, and publishing professionals from all over the world. It was one of the largest events for authors with 20,000 registrations worldwide.
Future Science Group chooses The Charlesworth Group for their WeChat Account Management solution
Future Science Group, has chosen The Charlesworth Group for their WeChat Account Management solution.
JMIR expands its leadership team to fuel the company’s next phase of growth
JMIR Publications, a leading “born digital” open-access publisher of academic peer-reviewed journals with a focus on digital health and open science, and other innovative scientific communication products, today announced the appointment of three senior executives to join its leadership team, starting in January 2021.
Emily Poznanski Named Director of CEU Press
CEU President and Rector Michael Ignatieff, announced today that Emily Poznanski, current Director of Strategy at the highly respected academic publishing house, De Gruyter in Berlin, will join CEU Press as its new director on February 15th 2021.
Wiley announces the acquisition of Hindawi for $298m
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Hindawi Limited, an innovator in open access (OA) publishing and one of the world's fastest-growing scientific research publishers, for a total purchase price of $298 million.
The Charlesworth Group and Researcher agree new strategic partnership for the Chinese market
The Charlesworth Group is excited to announce a new strategic partnership in China with Researcher. Under this partnership, The Charlesworth Group will provide Researcher with a package of digital marketing support services, market insight and advertising sales collaboration to support the growth of Researcher app in China
Springer Nature joins SDG Publishers Compac
Springer Nature has built on its existing commitment to accelerate delivery of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by joining with other publishers in signing up to the recently launched SDG Publishers Compact.