Emerald journals receive highest Impact Intensity rating for SDG commitment - October 7, 2021
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has been recognised for publishing two of the six journals to receive the highest ‘Five Wheel’ rating from Cabells and St Joseph’s University’s (SJU) first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Impact Intensity rating. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment and Gender in Management were… Read More
Annual Meeting Report and the new COAR Executive Board - October 6, 2021
The COAR Annual Meeting and General Assembly took place virtually from September 29 – October 1, 2021. It was attended by over 160 people and offered a great opportunity to consult and discuss current COAR initiatives and priorities with members and partners. The meeting began with… Read More
IOP Publishing expands Environmental Research series, unveils three new, fully OA journals - October 6, 2021
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching three new, fully open access (OA) journals, extending the publisher’s Environmental Research series. IOPP’s Environmental Research Series now comprises six titles that collectively address all major areas of environmental science. Environmental Research: Health (ERH) and Environmental Research: Climate (ERCL) are now open submissions. The third new journal, Environmental… Read More
Frontiers and Leuphana University of Lüneburg announce OA publishing agreement - October 6, 2021
The Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University Library of Leuphana University of Lüneburg supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Leuphana University of… Read More
PLOS Pathogens to offer authors seamless data deposition to Dryad - October 6, 2021
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced that PLOS Pathogens is introducing a new technology solution that makes depositing data simpler and more accessible for authors. As part of a one-year trial beginning October 5, 2021, PLOS Pathogens authors now have the option to upload their… Read More
Joint statement on access to e-book and e-textbook content - October 6, 2021
Together with other representatives and sector bodies, Jisc has pledged to help students and teachers in UK higher and further education to gain equitable and sustainable access to e-books, e-textbooks and related teaching content. Economic and technological changes in the current publishing market have led to… Read More
