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Springer Nature signs transformative agreement with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoSpringer Nature agrees to its first transformative agreement (TA) in Mexico with partner Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), in Mexico. It is also the first and largest institutional TA for Latin America, showing extended support for open access (OA) across the Americas. This TA follows the…
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Frontiers announce new author name change policyFrontiers announced a new policy to make it easier for authors to retrospectively change either their names, pronouns or both. The policy has been created as part of Frontiers' commitment to improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in publishing. It covers name changes made for any reason, including…
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AIP Publishing appoints Dr. Bo Wang as Editor-in-Chief of APL MaterialsAIP Publishing has announced the appointment of Dr. Bo Wang of the Beijing Institute of Technology as the new Editor-in-Chief of APL Materials. Wang will lead the journal as it expands to represent material science, materials chemistry, and materials physics more holistically. Wang is a prominent…
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The Chaoyang University of Technology is now live with OCLC’s WorldShare Management ServicesThe Chaoyang University of Technology, in Taiwan, is now live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as their new library services platform. The Chaoyang University of Technology is a private, technical university located in the Wufeng District in Central Taiwan. Founded in 1994, the…
Read moreEverything you need to know in the scholarly publishing space, all in one place. Browse our collection of resources featuring articles, whitepapers and presentations relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Our collection of resources covers topics such as Open Access publishing, Research Publishing, peer review and author support for Scholarly communication, and AI-ML/NLP in Scholarly communication.
MENA barriers to open access publishing
Academic publishing is undergoing dramatic changes, with growing support for open access and increased desire for online learning and e-resources pushing a complete rebuilding of publisher revenue models. Covid-19, by emphasizing the critical relevance of online access to research, has likely accelerated the movement toward a greater digital focus in…
Harnessing Science for a Sustainable Future: Narrowing the Policy, Research, and Community Divide
This white paper presents key takeaways and recommendations from a virtual conference held last year that brought together policymakers, government representatives, UN officials, and leading researchers from over 100 countries around the world to discuss the role of science in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how to better integrate…
Elsevier in China – a brief
Paul M. Evans, Vice President of Elsevier, China, has given a brief on the STM publishing industry, his company's proposed activities in China and ethical publishing standards.
Browse our events calendar to plan your attendance at the most relevant events in the scholarly publishing industry. This section contains a collection of seminars, conferences, discussions, webinars, and annual meetings to enable you to be seen at the most relevant events.
Digital Book World, the annual gathering of the publishing industry, returns to New York City after six years. Digital Book World 2023 exhibitors include Amnet Systems, PageMajik, eBooks2Go, Pozotron, Klopotek, Open Road Media, Bowker, Data Conversion Laboratory, Ingram Content Group, Spotify, ReaderBound, Virtusales, BooksIO, BookFusion, BISG, SiteFusion, Beat Technology AS,…
Read MoreThe Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing (BISP) is a not-for-profit organization that provides the logistics for the Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) Conference, an annual exchange of information between publishers, researcher institutions, libraries, universities and decision-makers at local, national and EU level. The APE has been ‘the’ annual meeting place…
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