eLife’s funder-partners to invest in ‘publish, then review’ model for science publishing - December 10, 2021
eLife has announced that its four funders, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Max Planck Society and Wellcome, are extending their support for the non-profit organisation. The new investment will boost eLife’s efforts to openly review and curate research published as… Read More
The Association of American Publishers files suit against the State Of Maryland over unprecedented encroachment into federally protected copyrights - December 10, 2021
The Association of American Publishers (AAP), the national trade association for the U.S. publishing industry, has filed suit against the Maryland Attorney General seeking to enjoin and overturn an unconstitutional Maryland law that directly conflicts with the federal Copyright Act by forcing any publisher, domestic and foreign,… Read More
Joanna Ball named new Managing Director at DOAJ - December 10, 2021
DOAJ has announced the appointment of Joanna Ball as its new Managing Director. With over 20 years’ management and leadership experience, Joanna has a proven track record as a vocal advocate for open access. She brings a wealth of experience and strategic leadership from work as… Read More
Aries set to launch modernized main menu interface for authors and reviewers - December 10, 2021
Aries Systems is embarking on a multi-year, multi-phase user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) redesign initiative of its workflow management solutions. Aries has announced the upcoming release of enhanced Main Menus for the Author and Reviewer roles within Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM) as… Read More
STM Solutions to develop collaboration platform to safeguard research integrity - December 9, 2021
STM Solutions, the operational arm of STM (The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) has started the development of a powerful new platform to detect integrity issues in manuscripts submitted for publication to scholarly journals. The platform will significantly improve publishers’ capabilities to detect and… Read More
Springer Nature Group to plant 10,000 trees in support of sustainable development goals after reaching one million OA milestone - December 9, 2021
To celebrate becoming the first to publish one million Open Access (OR) articles, research and education publisher Springer Nature has announced it will fund the planting of 10,000 trees – one for every employee - over the next year, in the Khasi Hills in… Read More
