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The Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of Serbia has adopted a new national open science (OS) policy – the Open Science Platform 2.0 – that applies to all Serbian publicly-funded research projects and programmes. EIFL welcomes the adoption of the policy, which significantly expands the scope of OS efforts in Serbia, and updates the country’s first national OS policy, which was adopted in 2018. 

The recent months have been deeply unsettling for those of us who work in the global scholarly communications industry.  The challenges stemming from a shifting U.S. political landscape, which threaten academic freedom, DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) initiatives, the scholarly record, and federal research funding, are affecting the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) community in multiple ways: mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially.

We’re pleased to once again share our annual reporting from the Plan S Journal Comparison Service to give our community insight into how our publication fees are used to support journal activities. 

Silverchair announced today a new partnership to host the MIS Quarterly journal on the Silverchair Platform. MIS Quarterly has been partnered with Silverchair’s ScholarOne Manuscripts product since 2007 and looks forward to the efficiencies of the new combined organization.

IOP Publishing and Fudan University are organising a one-day international workshop, AI-driven discoveries: Machine Learning for the Physical Sciences. The event brings together leading researchers from around the world to explore how machine learning and AI are transforming the physical sciences.  

Sage releases its annual Independence with Impact Report highlighting achievements from 2024. For 60 years, Sage has published resources that advance disciplines, cultivate critical thinking skills in the classroom, and drive social change inside and outside of our organization.

Digital Science has awarded its latest Catalyst Grants to two innovative teams, supporting their technology ideas aimed at safeguarding research integrity and strengthening trust in science. The winners will use the funding and mentorship from Digital Science to develop their ideas, both of which include enhanced dashboards – visualizations based on available data – to flag retracted or questionable research papers.

Frontiers has renewed its national open access agreement with Norway for 2025, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science. Originally signed in 2020, this agreement - facilitated by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) - streamlines the publishing process for Norwegian researchers and strengthens the country’s leadership in open access publishing.

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and CSIRO Publishing, Australia's leading science publisher of books, peer-reviewed journals, and magazines, today announced a new Journal Home partnership covering over half of CSIRO Publishing’s internationally respected journal portfolio.

The OA2020 Initiative, coordinated by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) on behalf of the Max Planck Society, will host the 17th Berlin Open Access Conference (B17) on February 5-6, 2025 at Harnack House, Berlin. The conference is entitled "Moving OA Forward: From Transformation to Collective Responsibility".

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) introduces Ultimate Databases for Schools and Public Libraries to provide reliable, high-quality, curated content to support the research needs of middle and high school students, educators and public library patrons. The collection includes six multidisciplined databases offering full-text magazines and journals, nonfiction and reference e-books, educational videos, primary source documents and evidence-based health reports accessible through an intuitive user experience and seamless integrations.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has agreed a new three-year Open Access publishing agreement with Couperin, a consortium of French Higher Education and Research establishments. The agreement represents the expansion of a longstanding and successful partnership, building on the success of the previous agreement, from 2022-2024. The members of the agreement include the leading universities in France.