Kamran Abbasi appointed editor in chief of The BMJ - December 16, 2021
Kamran Abbasi has been appointed as the new editor in chief of The BMJ. He will take up the post on January 1, 2022, succeeding Fiona Godlee, who has been in the role for more than 16 years. Abbasi has been executive editor of The BMJ since… Read More
MyScienceWork to index academic journals, books, and conference series from IOP Publishing - December 16, 2021
Research management tech provider MyScienceWork (MSW) has announced a partnership with IOP Publishing to index one of the largest collections of academic journals, books and conference series in physical sciences. Effective as of December 2021, the partnership permits supplementary access to a comprehensive portfolio… Read More
Transformative deal between Springer Nature and the Egyptian Government to drive forward open research - December 15, 2021
Springer Nature, The Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) have agreed a landmark Transformative Agreement (TA), increasing the momentum across global economies of all sizes for open access (OA) publishing and the wider move to open science and research. This… Read More
PLOS announces publishing agreement in Germany; expands footprint in the European Union - December 15, 2021
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced an agreement with Sachsen Consortia to facilitate unlimited publishing across all 12 PLOS titles with no fees for researchers. This agreement encompasses PLOS’ three innovative publishing models, ensuring researchers from 11 Saxon institutions benefit from frictionless, fee-free publishing with… Read More
CABI to recruit global editorial board for a new collection of ‘One Health’ resources launching in 2022 - December 15, 2021
In 2022, CABI will launch a new set of transdisciplinary One Health resources. Stressing the interconnections between humans, animals, plants, ecosystems and their shared environment, the collection consists of CABI One Health – an Open Access journal, One Health Cases – a curated collection of real-life examples… Read More
ALPSP announces extensive scholarly publishing training programme for 2022 - December 15, 2021
International Trade Association, ALPSP, has announced the launch of its new, extended training programme for 2022. With new courses recently created in response to member requests, the full training calendar now includes over 30 different topics specifically tailored to those working in scholarly publishing. Additional sessions introduced… Read More
